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CUTTING & POLISHING PLANT: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

T Patrick O'Hara · Surface
Controlled by T Patrick O'Hara
Park, Park County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2400660

CUTTING & POLISHING PLANT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1983–2001
Latest incident
Aug 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
18
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,657
proposed penalties
$1,597
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $60 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
12
inspections on record
163
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: 163 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CUTTING & POLISHING PLANT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 outstanding across 2 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$60
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $240 in penalties contested before the Commission, $120 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-11-17.
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.
27.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
27.8%
reasonably likely or greater
38.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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 2004-230M Dismissal Lesnick 2004 $120 → $120
WEST 2004-313M Dismissal Lesnick 2004 $120 → $0
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: 2002-11-19, 23 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-11-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.4 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2002-11-19 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Pelletizer Operator
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. Livingston Marble & Granite 1950 to 1999
  2. Livingston Marble & Granite Works 1986 to 1987
  3. Montana Travertine 1999 to 2002
  4. T Patrick O'Hara 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 8
2004 4
2003 5
2002 7
2001 9
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CUTTING & POLISHING PLANT sits in Park County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Park County, Montana · Population 17,484
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$66,607
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
2005 Q2 3,368 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,289 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,282 1 0 438.2
2004 Q3 925 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,490 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,315 2 0 1520.9
2003 Q4 2,245 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,210 0 0 0.0
Show 14 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2 969 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,193 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,215 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,201 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,459 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,416 1 0 413.9
2001 Q4 3,134 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,283 2 0 609.2
2001 Q2 2,219 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,236 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 912 12 5 13157.9
2000 Q2 418 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,512 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2001 · 3 incidents

August 15, 2001 MT · Metal/Non-Metal forklift operator POWERED HAULAGE
Montana Travertine · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LIFTING ROCK WITH FORKLIFT, FORKLIFT CAUGHT ROCKTWISTING STEERING WHEEL, BREAKING FINGER.

August 14, 2001 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Travertine · Struck by falling object

MOVING ROCK, LOST GRIP & DROPPED IT ON FINGER.

June 8, 2001 MT · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Travertine · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNLOADING ROCK, ROCK ROLLED ON FINGER "PINCHING" TIP OF FINGER. LOST HIS FINGERNAIL.

1993 · 1 incident

1992 · 1 incident

June 22, 1992 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Livingston Marble & Granite · Struck by falling object

68935 UNLOADING ROCK ONE FELL ON TOP ARM

1991 · 2 incidents

December 20, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Livingston Marble & Granite · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED ON ICY TRACK AND FELL HURTING LOWER BACK.

November 5, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Livingston Marble & Granite · Fall to the walkway or working surface

TRIPPED AND HIT BACK ON ROCK.

1990 · 1 incident

1983 · 1 incident