Mining Incidents

Elkhorn Mine/ Golden Dream Metal/Non-Metal

Elkhorn Goldfields Inc · Underground
Controlled by Eastern Resources, Inc.
Elkhorn, Jefferson County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402207

Elkhorn Mine/ Golden Dream has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $55 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Oct 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
72
citations
17
significant & substantial
$6,039
proposed penalties
$5,984
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $55 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
17
inspections on record
369
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: 369 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Elkhorn Mine/ Golden Dream has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $55 outstanding across 1 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$55
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-05-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,432 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,716 6 2 1614.6
2012 Q1 3,919 8 1 2041.3
2011 Q4 2,010 20 4 9950.2
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3 2,654 6 4 2260.7
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,631 3 0 1140.3
2002 Q3 2,238 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 480 2 0 4166.7
2001 Q4 480 1 0 2083.3
2001 Q3 480 19 3 39583.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2001 · 1 incident

October 9, 2001 MT · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elkhorn Goldfields Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF DRILL TRAILER AND SLIPPED ON THE LOOSE ROCK AND CUTTINGS AND FELL. HE TWISTED HIS LEFT ANKLE.

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