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Figgins Portable Plant: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Belgrade, Gallatin County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401939

Figgins Portable Plant has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
May 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
34
citations
11
significant & substantial
$5,749
proposed penalties
$5,749
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Knife River Belgrade's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
22
inspections on record
252
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: 252 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Figgins Portable Plant has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-10-12.
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.
32.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
32.4%
reasonably likely or greater
41.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.8% low, 88.2% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2004-11-23, 21 years ago
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 0.36 1.94 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-11-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 0.53 0.81 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.39 0.90 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.3 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2016-07-13, 10 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2016-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
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.
Ownership history
  1. Figgins Sand & Gravel Inc 1991 to 2003
  2. Knife River Belgrade 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 4
2015 3
2014 5
2012 3
2010 0
2009 2
2008 4
2007 4
2006 6
2005 5
2004 6
2003 3
2002 2
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Figgins Portable Plant sits in Gallatin County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Gallatin County, Montana · Population 122,194
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$87,454
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
2016 Q4 1,088 5 1 4595.6
2016 Q3 1,904 5 1 2626.1
2016 Q2 652 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 676 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,085 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,003 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 229 0 0 0.0
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,021 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,757 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 741 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 581 1 0 1721.2
2009 Q3 283 1 0 3533.6
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 623 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,287 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,827 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,198 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,927 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,090 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,032 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,743 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,467 1 0 288.4
2006 Q2 1,927 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,966 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,519 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,482 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,948 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 973 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,137 4 1 1275.1
2004 Q3 4,829 1 0 207.1
2004 Q2 2,183 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 531 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,914 1 0 522.5
2003 Q2 248 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 1,608 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 165 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,355 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,763 15 8 5428.9
2001 Q2 2,717 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,047 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,684 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,091 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,848 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,010 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

May 1, 2008 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Knife River Belgrade · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee placed middle and ring fingers on adjustment rod for top curtain hanger on HSI frame. The HSI curtain was not completely loose and was being held in place by a rock. When the rock broke free, adjustment nut slid down onto the adjustment rod pipe pinching the 2 fingers.