EL Jay 45 portable Metal/Non-Metal
High Country Earth Works LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Lee Bergeson
Philipsburg,
Granite County,
MT
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402149
EL Jay 45 portable has $57K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
114
citations
24
significant & substantial
$56,862
proposed penalties
$38,041
paid to date
67% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $18,821 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
44
inspections on record
453
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: 453 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
EL Jay 45 portable has $57K in proposed MSHA penalties and $19K outstanding across 4 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.$57K
proposed penalties
$57K
current assessed
$38K
paid to date
$19K
outstanding
113 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-18.
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 Q2 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 30000.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 650 | 5 | 0 | 7692.3 |
| 2024 Q1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 650 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 650 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 650 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Q1 | 410 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,042 | 9 | 1 | 8637.2 |
| 2017 Q2 | 695 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 301 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 643 | 28 | 9 | 43545.9 |
| 2016 Q2 | 601 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,548 | 12 | 3 | 7751.9 |
| 2014 Q4 | 1,785 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,103 | 1 | 0 | 906.6 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,093 | 19 | 2 | 17383.3 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,172 | 6 | 3 | 5119.5 |
| 2011 Q4 | 1,689 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,680 | 1 | 0 | 595.2 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,680 | 1 | 0 | 595.2 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1,512 | 4 | 2 | 2645.5 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,171 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,989 | 1 | 0 | 502.8 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,574 | 3 | 0 | 1906.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 1,571 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 1,215 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 1,854 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,532 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 1,302 | 5 | 2 | 3840.2 |
| 2008 Q4 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 3,725 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 997 | 4 | 1 | 4012.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 4,368 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 3,684 | 3 | 0 | 814.3 |
| 2007 Q2 | 640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,555 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 2,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,656 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,943 | 1 | 0 | 514.7 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1,805 | 1 | 0 | 554.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 1,657 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 720 | 3 | 1 | 4166.7 |
| 2005 Q1 | 700 | 2 | 0 | 2857.1 |
| 2004 Q4 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.
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