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E S Stone and Structure Mobile 3: 112 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Scott Puppe
Harlowton, Wheatland County, MT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2402385

E S Stone and Structure Mobile 3 has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $14 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
2005–2026
Latest incident
Apr 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
112
citations
38
significant & substantial
$37,446
proposed penalties
$29,738
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,708 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See E.S. Stone & Structure, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
55
inspections on record
768
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: 768 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

E S Stone and Structure Mobile 3 has $37K in proposed MSHA penalties and $14 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.
$37K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$14
outstanding
110 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $22K in penalties contested before the Commission, $15K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-23.
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.
33.9%
significant & substantial
5.4%
high negligence or reckless
33.9%
reasonably likely or greater
27.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.0% low, 86.6% moderate, 5.4% 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.
28 citations taken to the federal commission · 25% of citations on record
  • Settled 26 · 93%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 7%
71%
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 14 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
34%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$22K proposed, $15K 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 2024-05-15.
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 2019-0550 Settlement McCarthy 2020 $9K → $6K
WEST 2015-0972 Settlement Lesnick 2016 $5K → $2K
WEST 2011-1168M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $4K → $2K
WEST 2021-0237 Default 2022 $3K → $3K
WEST 2012-977M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $926 → $926
WEST 2024-0233 Default 2024 $147 → $147
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: 2026-06-23
9%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz101 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.8 0.7 1.14 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2026-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.83 0.30 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2025-03-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.5 0.72 Cutting Mach Operator
2025-03-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.5 0.24 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-06-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.44 0.77 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-06-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.71 0.32 Bobcat Operator
2023-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.73 0.53 Gathering Arm Operator
2019-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.54 0.33 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2011-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.02 0.27 Forklift Operator
2011-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2011-04-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Backhoe Operator
2011-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.68 0.8 0.85 Laborer, Bullgang

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2015-07-23, 11 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2015-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
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.

E S Stone and Structure Mobile 3 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Montana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.69 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 6.52 6.52 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 13.19 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 7.87 7.87 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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. E.S. Stone & Structure, Inc. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 25
2025 24
2024 20
2023 18
2022 16
2021 16
2020 16
2019 16
2018 14
2017 21
2016 23
2015 20
2014 20
2013 17
2012 17
2011 13
2010 14
2009 13
2008 15
2007 23
2006 20
2005 13
2004 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

E S Stone and Structure Mobile 3 sits in Wheatland County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 3.4% 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.
Wheatland County, Montana · Population 2,049
3.4%
Mining share of county employment
$47,054
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 11,901 2 2 168.1
2026 Q1 8,187 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 9,604 1 1 104.1
2025 Q3 9,849 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 10,152 2 1 197.0
2025 Q1 6,600 3 1 454.5
2024 Q4 9,883 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 9,829 0 0 0.0
Show 79 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 8,092 1 0 123.6
2024 Q1 6,264 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,455 1 1 134.1
2023 Q3 8,067 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8,604 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,540 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,805 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,295 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,375 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 6,371 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,587 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 9,178 2 0 217.9
2021 Q2 7,706 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,851 1 1 206.1
2020 Q4 5,712 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,254 1 0 121.2
2020 Q2 6,775 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,845 4 2 584.4
2019 Q4 7,597 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,046 12 4 1703.1
2019 Q2 7,186 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,571 4 0 1120.1
2018 Q4 4,891 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,267 4 1 759.4
2018 Q2 6,197 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,890 1 0 169.8
2017 Q4 10,933 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 12,600 2 2 158.7
2017 Q2 12,473 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 9,306 6 0 644.7
2016 Q4 9,970 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 12,003 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 11,474 2 0 174.3
2016 Q1 11,826 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 10,631 2 0 188.1
2015 Q3 10,907 6 1 550.1
2015 Q2 10,425 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 7,043 1 0 142.0
2014 Q4 8,563 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 9,490 14 3 1475.2
2014 Q2 8,371 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 10,210 2 0 195.9
2013 Q4 7,624 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 8,514 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 8,776 2 1 227.9
2013 Q1 7,793 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 8,274 2 1 241.7
2012 Q3 8,639 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 8,020 2 1 249.4
2012 Q1 5,668 10 4 1764.3
2011 Q4 6,440 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,457 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,595 3 1 454.9
2011 Q1 4,234 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,801 2 1 416.6
2010 Q3 7,001 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,290 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,857 12 7 2048.8
2009 Q4 4,525 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 8,707 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,725 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,184 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,120 2 2 485.4
2008 Q3 6,598 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 7,836 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7,867 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 9,016 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 11,698 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 12,153 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8,661 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,508 2 0 235.1
2006 Q3 9,623 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,786 1 0 172.8
2006 Q1 5,862 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,248 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,176 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,749 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,943 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,680 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2026 · 4 incidents

April 30, 2026 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E.S. Stone & Structure, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Stone broke from breaker and smashed right index finger

April 29, 2026 MT · Metal/Non-Metal hammer mill operator, breaker mill operator, jaw mill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E.S. Stone & Structure, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Pushing Heavy load down the rail and injured right shoulder

March 23, 2026 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
E.S. Stone & Structure, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

employee was chiseling stone with hammer and chisel and chisel slipped and EE hit EE's middle fingertip on left hand with hammer.

March 9, 2026 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E.S. Stone & Structure, Inc. · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Rock rolled and smashed their right hand/fingers. split open finger and little finger.

2023 · 1 incident

November 24, 2023 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E.S. Stone & Structure, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Carrying a heavy stone, foot caught in a pallet. Started to fall and jerked to keep balance. Felt tearing pain in abdomen. Resulted in a hernia.

2021 · 2 incidents

August 11, 2021 MT · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor MACHINERY
E.S. Stone & Structure, Inc. · Rubbed or abraded

Changing cutting edge on a skid steer bucket, Got fingers too close to a bolt and when the impact gun was activated it spun the bolt and cut 2 fingers on left hand.

2019 · 1 incident

April 22, 2019 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E.S. Stone & Structure, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Smashed finger moving stone

2008 · 1 incident

2007 · 4 incidents

April 9, 2007 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
E.S. Stone & Structure, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Moving a stone. Hernia surgery scheduled for 4/17/07.

March 21, 2007 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
E.S. Stone & Structure, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A rock was thrown and hit employee in the foot, a minor fracture of the foot resulted.

2005 · 1 incident