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: 133 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Elk Ridge has $660 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.
$660
proposed penalties
$660
current assessed
$660
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-01-08.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2010-09-01, 16 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
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Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-09-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-09-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Forklift 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2014
0
2013
2
2012
3
2011
4
2010
3
2009
2
2008
1
2007
2
2006
2
2005
5
2004
6
2003
7
2002
3
2001
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Elk Ridge sits in Flathead County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Flathead County, Montana · Population 108,445
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$71,327
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
2014 Q1
0
1
0
2013 Q4
1,582
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
1,976
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
0
0
0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
1,215
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,995
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
495
1
0
2020.2
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
1,010
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,257
2
1
886.1
2011 Q2
98
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,421
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
766
2
0
2611.0
2010 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
1
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
711
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
475
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
0
0
0
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q3
608
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
81
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
0
0
0
2006 Q3
1,550
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
0
0
0
2006 Q1
0
0
0
2005 Q4
12
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
1,012
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
752
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
603
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
316
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
2,116
1
0
472.6
2004 Q2
1,854
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
1,612
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,461
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
2,677
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
156
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,434
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
603
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
0
0
0
2001 Q4
150
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2013 · 1 incident
August 14, 2013MT · Metal/Non-Metalassayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer managementHANDLING OF MATERIALS
On 8/14/2013 worked full day had a little back soreness didn't think anything of it. On the morning of 8/15/2013 back hurt severely, worked the full day running the loader only (no lifting). I think the cause was from frequent bending and lifting on 8/14 and it just caught up to me.