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.
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
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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
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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.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
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| 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 file2021 · 1 incident
LHC., Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
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