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: 120 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Elmo Quarry 2 has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $180 in penalties contested before the Commission, $120 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-09-11.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
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: 2005-10-13, 20 years ago
86%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz76 over
Show the individual readings (7)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-10-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.7
0.69
1.01
Cutting Mach Operator
2005-10-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.3
0.48
2.71
Cutting Mach Helper
2005-10-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.56
0.79
1.97
Belt Crew
2005-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.35
0.48
2.81
Belt Crew
2005-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.29
0.56
2.30
Cutting Mach Operator
2005-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.39
0.6
2.32
Bobcat Operator
2005-05-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
0.48
0.94
Cutting Mach Helper
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
2007
4
2006
5
2005
9
2004
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Elmo Quarry 2 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
2007 Q4
1,054
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
1,740
5
0
2873.6
2007 Q2
871
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
1,047
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,519
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
2,099
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,915
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
2,524
0
0
0.0
Show 8 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4
3,206
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
4,857
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
4,815
6
3
1246.1
2005 Q1
3,676
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
5,744
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
2,775
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,821
2
0
709.0
2004 Q1
1,646
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file
2007 · 1 incident
September 3, 2007MT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Employee was turning a rock to put it into the stone splitter. The rock broke and the employee's arm fell into it. The piece that employee fell into had a jagged corner which caused a laceration on left forearm.