Mining Incidents

Crusher Operation #2 Metal/Non-Metal

LHC., Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Roger L Claridge
Kalispell, Flathead County, MT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2402660

Crusher Operation #2 has $29K in proposed MSHA penalties and $24K 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
$5,632
paid to date
19% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $23,524 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
21
inspections on record
229
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: 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 $24K 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
$6K
paid to date
$24K
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.
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
2025 Q4 628 1 1 1592.4
2025 Q3 837 4 1 4779.0
2025 Q2 804 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,673 3 3 1793.2
2024 Q4 1,846 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,572 2 0 1272.3
2024 Q2 1,110 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,239 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,065 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,772 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 318 4 0 12578.6
2022 Q4 585 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,325 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,216 5 0 2256.3
2022 Q1 832 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,250 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,636 2 0 1222.5
2021 Q2 898 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,228 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,345 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,189 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,816 4 2 2202.6
2020 Q1 810 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 769 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,623 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,952 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 629 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,212 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,395 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,239 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 274 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 255 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 347 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 384 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 331 16 9 48338.4
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 280 2 0 7142.9
2015 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 727 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2021 · 1 incident

September 20, 2021 MT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
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.

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