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Crusher #3: 47 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Albert A Schellinger
Columbia Falls, Flathead County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402029

Crusher #3 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2016–2019
Latest incident
Mar 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
47
citations
10
significant & substantial
$5,608
proposed penalties
$5,608
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Schellinger Construction Company Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
26
inspections on record
251
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 251 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crusher #3 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $585 in penalties contested before the Commission, $585 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-04-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
21.7%
significant & substantial
4.3%
high negligence or reckless
21.7%
reasonably likely or greater
13.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.4% low, 78.3% moderate, 4.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$585 proposed, $585 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2011-11-10.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2012-203M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $585 → $585
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2025-09-04
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.49 0.33 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.41 0.44 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-08-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.45 0.71 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-08-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Schellinger Construction Company Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 1
2024 1
2023 0
2022 1
2021 1
2020 2
2019 1
2018 3
2017 0
2016 5
2015 2
2014 1
2013 1
2012 0
2011 2
2010 2
2009 0
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 4
2004 4
2003 5
2001 0
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Crusher #3 sits in Flathead County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.7% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Flathead County, Montana · Population 108,445
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$71,327
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 562 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 364 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 170 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 567 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 38 0 0 0.0
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 207 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 191 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 401 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 157 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 713 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 126 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 80 3 2 37500.0
2019 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 729 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 389 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 168 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 43 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 549 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,804 1 0 554.3
2016 Q1 136 3 0 22058.8
2015 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 297 4 1 13468.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 162 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 516 5 2 9689.9
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 1 0
2010 Q4 102 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 718 4 0 5571.0
2010 Q2 92 9 4 97826.1
2010 Q1 214 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 961 4 1 4162.3
2008 Q2 937 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,854 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,143 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,718 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,936 4 0 1362.4
2007 Q1 2,819 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,216 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,431 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,980 1 0 505.1
2006 Q1 751 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,242 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,391 4 0 2875.6
2005 Q2 2,043 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,460 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,117 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,536 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,720 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 185 3 0 16216.2
2003 Q4 1,568 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,394 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 1 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2019 · 1 incident

March 29, 2019 MT · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

Employee fell off trailer while adjusting a lifting chain on a screen that was being loaded on a flatbed trailer. Employee was taken to hospital for broken ribs and internal injury evaluation.

2016 · 1 incident

May 9, 2016 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee suffered a seizure while operating feed loader.