Mining Incidents

Fischer Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Western Stone LLC · Surface
Controlled by Dan K Fischer
Elmo, Lake County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402355

Fischer Quarry has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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 2004
48
citations
12
significant & substantial
$6,119
proposed penalties
$6,072
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $47 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
36
inspections on record
446
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: 446 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fischer Quarry has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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
48 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-10-25.
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
2021 Q4 626 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 750 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 675 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 664 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 210 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,634 3 1 1836.0
2016 Q3 2,195 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,876 3 1 1599.1
2016 Q1 1,460 9 1 6164.4
2015 Q4 1,536 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,449 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,826 1 0 547.6
2015 Q1 1,463 1 0 683.5
2014 Q4 1,897 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,521 2 0 793.3
2014 Q2 2,167 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,648 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,728 1 0 366.6
2013 Q3 2,538 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,250 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,102 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,925 2 0 683.8
2012 Q3 2,230 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,012 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 833 2 1 2401.0
2011 Q4 1,849 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,632 3 2 1139.8
2011 Q2 2,114 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 985 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,376 2 1 841.8
2010 Q3 3,216 5 1 1554.7
2010 Q2 2,580 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,030 3 1 1477.8
2009 Q4 2,541 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,561 3 1 842.5
2009 Q2 2,372 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,634 1 0 612.0
2008 Q4 2,640 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,319 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,388 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,481 1 0 287.3
2007 Q4 3,510 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,273 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,278 1 0 305.1
2007 Q1 3,054 1 0 327.4
2006 Q4 2,857 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,592 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,030 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,112 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,327 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,254 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,662 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 786 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,541 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,157 4 2 3457.2
2004 Q2 1,045 0 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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