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Diamond Hill: 26 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Apollo Gold Corporation
townsend, Broadwater County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401960

Diamond Hill has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
25
Years on record
1994–2000
Latest incident
Sep 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
26
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,461
proposed penalties
$2,461
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Apollo Gold Inc Diamond Hill Mine's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
289
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: 289 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Diamond Hill has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-03-11.
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.
19.2%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
23.1%
reasonably likely or greater
42.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.8% low, 96.2% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.

Diamond Hill recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Montana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 10.03 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. 1992 to 2002
  2. Apollo Gold Inc Diamond Hill Mine 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 2
2002 4
2001 4
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Diamond Hill sits in Broadwater County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 2.5% 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.
Broadwater County, Montana · Population 7,310
2.5%
Mining share of county employment
$63,636
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
2003 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 16 1 0 62500.0
2002 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 849 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 821 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 723 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 672 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,808 0 0 0.0
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 1,859 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,356 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,303 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,712 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,934 1 0 168.5
2000 Q1 6,434 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

25 on file

2000 · 7 incidents

September 22, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal stoper miner MACHINERY
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRILLING A DRIFT ROUND HE LEANED HIS JACKLEG AGAINST THE RIB THE JACKLEG FELL OVER STRIKING EE'S ON RIGHT FOOT BREAKING 4 BONES IN HIS FOOT

May 11, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ROCK BOLTING WHEN HE SLIPPED AND SMASHED HIS RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THE JACK LEG AND THE ROCK.

March 2, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal stoper miner MACHINERY
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Struck by falling object

MINER WAS COLLARING A HOLE IN THE RAISE. A ROCK CAME DOWN HITTING EMPLOYEE'S HARD HAT AND BOUNCED HITTING HIM IN THE FACE.

February 20, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING A TIRE ON A HAUL TRUCK. EMPLOYEE PULLED WRONG AND STRAINED HIMSELF.

February 14, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal stoper miner MACHINERY
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE WAS DRIVING A ROCK BOLT WHEN A ROCK LOOSENED HITTING EE ON THE HEAD EE RECIEVED STITCHES.

January 28, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Fall from machine

MINER WAS ON THE BACK OF AMUCKER MOVING VENT BAG THAT WAS HANGING DOWN AND SLIPPED , FELL HITTING HIS HEAD. EE RECEIVED 5 STITCHES ON HIS HEAD.

January 10, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE WAS LONG HOLE DRILLING WHEN COLLARING A HOLE EE LOOKED UP A SMALL ROCK HIT HIM IN THE RIGHT EYE. A PATCH WAS PUT ON EE S RIGHT EYE HE WAS ALSO GIVEN A PRESERIPTION.

1999 · 4 incidents

December 29, 1999 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler MACHINERY
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ROCK BOLTING AS HE WAS DRIVING A BOLT A ROCK CAME LOOSE HITTING HIM ON THE CHIN. EE RECD 4 STITCHES ON HIS CHIN

October 19, 1999 MT · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EE WAS DRILLING WITH A JACKLEG IN A RAISE WHEN A ROCK FELL & HIT HIM ON THE HEAD KNOCKING HIS HARDHAT OFF, ANOTHER ROCK HIT HIM ON BACK OF THE HEAD AND RIGHT SHOULDER.

August 27, 1999 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MINER WAS MOVING A ROCK FROM THE ROADWAY CLEANER GROUND AND STRAINED HIMSELF.

1998 · 3 incidents

November 23, 1998 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD LOWERED A JACKLEG DRILL DOWN OUT OF A RAISE WITH A ROPE. HE WAS UNTANGLING THE ROPE AND LOST HIS FOOTING. HE FELL OFF OF THE LANDING 20'-25', LANDING IN A LOADER BUCKET.

September 19, 1998 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Fall from piled material

EE WAS WETTING DOWN A MUCKPILE. THE ROCK HE WAS STANDING ON MOVED AND HE LOST HIS BALANCE. HE FELL OVER BACKWARDS DOWN THE MUCKPILE AND LANDED ON HIS BACK. RETURNED TO WORK (RESTRICTED DUTYA0, NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT (9/23).

March 5, 1998 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WLAKING AROUND A PARKED TRUCK. HE SLIPPED ON THE WET SLOPED ROADWAY. AS HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM,HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE AND FELL.

1997 · 5 incidents

December 12, 1997 MT · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON A GENERATOR. OIL WAS NEEDED FOR THE OPERATION. HE LIFTED A 5 GALLON CONTAINER OF OIL AND FELT PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK. EMPLOYEE WAS SEEN BY A DR. ON 1 2-13-97. HE SUFFERED A STRAIN IN LOWER LUMBAR AREA OF HIS BACK.

June 25, 1997 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD JUST GOTTEN OFF HIS HAUL TRUCK AND WAS WALKING ACROSS THE STOPE. THE GROUND WAS CLEAR EXPECT FOR ONE ROOF MAT, WHICH HE TRIPPED ON. ASHE CAUGHT HIMSELF, HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE SEVERLY

March 31, 1997 MT · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD CHANGED A 17.5X25 TIRE AND WAS ROLLING IT TO THE STORAGE AREA. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ROLL IT OVER A ROUGH SPOT IN THE GROUND WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF IT. HE TRIED TO CATCH THE TIRE AS IT WAS FALLING, BUT IT FELL ON HIS LEG.

March 22, 1997 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ROCK BOLTING WITH A JACK LEG. HE HAD JUSTTURNED OVER THE DRILL TO HIS PARTNER. THE OTHER EE HT THE THROTTLE ON THE DRILL & THE BOLT DRIVER POPPED OUT OF THE CHUCK. THE BOLT DRIVER STRUC K THE EE ON THE FOOT. HE CONT TO WORK UNTIL 3/2697 WHEN HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION

March 21, 1997 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Struck by falling object

EMP WAS ROCK BOLTING WITH A JACK LEG. AS HE WAS COLLARING A BOLT HOLE, A ROCK BROKE LOOSE AND FELL, GRAZING HIS FOREARM. SIX STITCHES REQUIRED TO SUTURE CUT.

1996 · 1 incident

July 2, 1996 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS MUCKING BORE HOLE CUTTINGS WHEN HE GOT SOME ROCKS-DUST IN HIS EYE.

1995 · 2 incidents

March 5, 1995 MT · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator MACHINERY
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

DRILLER RELEASED CHUCK AND THE CORE BARRELED ROPPED THROUGH THE CHUCK. INJURED EMPLOYEES FINGER WAS OVER THE ROD BELOW THE CORE BARREL. CORE BARREL STRUCK FINGER CAUSING CUT.

February 16, 1995 MT · Metal/Non-Metal section foreman, bullgang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, shift boss HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Struck by falling object

WHILE LOADING BLAST HOLES ON FACE EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING TO LOAD AN EYE HOLE. AREA AROUND BLAST HOLE WAS LOOSE AND FELL STRIKING HIM ON THE LEFT FOOT JUST BEHIND THE STEEL TOE.

1994 · 3 incidents

November 22, 1994 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Struck by falling object

WHILE DRILLING ROCK BOLT HOLES TO INSTALL 9' MATS FOR A GROUND SUPPORT. EMPLOYEE FINISHED ONE HOLE AND STARTED ANOTHER. RATTLING OF DRILL APPARENTLY CAUSED GROUND TO LOOSEN AND A LARGE ROCK FE LL FROM BACK.

August 16, 1994 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE, THE MINER, LIFTED JACKLEG DRILL & PULLED LOWER BACK. SLIPPED LOWER BACK DISC - HE IS TREATED AS AN OUTPATIENT W/CHIROPRACTIC & PHYSICAL THERAPY.

July 28, 1994 MT · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Diamond Hill Mining, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS PREPARING TO ATTACH HOISTING PLUG TO A PIECE OF DRILL ROD. HE WAS FACING AWAY FROM HIS HELPER WHO HAD COME UP BEHIND HIM WITH A PIECE OF ROD. THE EE SHOVED HIS ELBOW BACK INTO THE END O F THE ROD, CUTTING HIS ELBOW. REQUIRED 7 STITCHES.