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DBRM Pit-North: 68 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Hamilton, Ravalli County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402264

DBRM Pit-North has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2008–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
68
citations
15
significant & substantial
$7,910
proposed penalties
$7,860
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $50 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Knife River dba JTL Group's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
51
inspections on record
593
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: 593 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DBRM Pit-North has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-07.
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.
22.1%
significant & substantial
2.9%
high negligence or reckless
22.1%
reasonably likely or greater
44.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 38.2% low, 58.8% moderate, 2.9% 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.
15 citations taken to the federal commission · 22% of citations on record
  • Settled 15 · 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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
3%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2013-12-12.
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 2009-1006M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $612 → $612
WEST 2014-133M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $300 → $300
WEST 2008-349M Settlement Melick 2009 $200 → $200
WEST 2012-1356M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $200 → $200
WEST 2005-526M Settlement Hodgdon 2005 $165 → $115
WEST 2009-889M Settlement Gill 2011 $100 → $100
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: 2019-09-18, 6 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2019-09-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.42 0.50 Truck Driver
2003-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2016-07-20, 10 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2016-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
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. Donaldson Brothers Ready Mix Inc 2002 to 2026
  2. Knife River dba JTL Group 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 3
2024 2
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 2
2017 3
2016 2
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 5
2011 6
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 3
2006 4
2005 3
2004 4
2003 3
2002 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

DBRM Pit-North sits in Ravalli County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Ravalli County, Montana · Population 45,807
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$71,323
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 1,495 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 381 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 828 1 0 1207.7
2025 Q3 1,219 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,238 3 0 2423.3
2025 Q1 443 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 795 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,102 0 0 0.0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,271 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 495 3 1 6060.6
2023 Q4 1,059 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,143 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,343 2 1 1489.2
2023 Q1 375 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 639 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,544 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,636 3 0 1833.7
2022 Q1 522 3 0 5747.1
2021 Q4 1,245 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,185 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,336 6 1 4491.0
2021 Q1 726 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,191 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,414 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,435 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 875 3 0 3428.6
2019 Q4 836 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,339 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,043 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 255 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,021 2 0 1958.9
2018 Q3 1,167 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 888 1 0 1126.1
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 933 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,134 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,146 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 427 1 0 2341.9
2016 Q4 509 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 951 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,251 2 2 1598.7
2016 Q1 415 2 0 4819.3
2015 Q4 785 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 999 1 0 1001.0
2015 Q2 1,196 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 608 1 0 1644.7
2014 Q4 897 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,131 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,048 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 677 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 857 3 1 3500.6
2013 Q3 1,320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 786 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 236 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 350 2 1 5714.3
2012 Q3 764 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,140 2 0 1754.4
2012 Q1 1,194 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,524 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,474 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,072 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 647 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 864 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,068 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 668 1 0 1497.0
2009 Q3 710 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 668 6 2 8982.0
2009 Q1 0 1 0
2008 Q4 258 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 864 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,020 3 1 2941.2
2008 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 403 2 0 4962.8
2007 Q3 859 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,125 3 1 2666.7
2007 Q1 786 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 430 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 929 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,238 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 430 1 0 2325.6
2005 Q4 681 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,147 4 3 3487.4
2005 Q2 1,172 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 316 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 441 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,455 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,184 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 402 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 816 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,019 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,735 6 1 3458.2
2003 Q1 609 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 516 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 699 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,295 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

November 3, 2025 MT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Donaldson Brothers Ready Mix Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Climbing down the loader ladder using 3 points of contact and when their left foot touched the ground they let go of the ladder - they rolled an ankle when they touched the ground (must have stepped over a rock or in a small hole). Tried to walk it off but was in too much pain.

2008 · 1 incident

September 9, 2008 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Donaldson Brothers Ready Mix Inc · Fall down stairs

Employee was walking down the stairs from the office and tripped over the 4th step from the ground twisting his left ankle.