Crusher Operation #2 has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $21K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2021
Latest incident
Sep 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
56
citations
21
significant & substantial
$29,156
proposed penalties
$8,443
paid to date
29% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $20,713 gap.
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: 229 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 Operation #2 has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $21K 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.
$29K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$21K
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-11.
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.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
Still open
4 · 100%
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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2026-04-15.
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.
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: 2025-09-23
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz31 over
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-09-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.32
0.35
3.77
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.65
0.42
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.77
0.35
Front-end Loader Operator
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2016-03-30, 10 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2016-03-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
SF ROAD
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
6
2025
6
2024
5
2023
5
2022
6
2021
6
2020
6
2019
6
2018
5
2017
4
2016
7
2015
2
2014
2
2013
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Crusher Operation #2 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
LHC., Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was repositioning blocking under the crusher and another piece of blocking settled into the ground. As a result, they pinched fingers between the blocking and the landing gear. Employee received stitches on the left middle finger.