Flathead County Crusher has $2K 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
5
Years on record
1994–2001
Latest incident
Jan 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
17
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,649
proposed penalties
$1,649
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 276 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Flathead County Crusher has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-10-14.
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: 2009-09-22, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (8)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2009-09-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.44
0.61
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.44
0.48
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.53
2.6
0.20
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2001-06-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.61
1.79
0.34
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-06-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.43
0.47
Supervisor, Co. Official
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
2011
0
2010
2
2009
2
2008
3
2007
3
2006
3
2005
3
2004
3
2003
3
2002
3
2001
3
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Flathead County Crusher 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
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
216
2
0
9259.3
2010 Q3
131
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
0
1
0
2010 Q1
0
1
0
2009 Q4
193
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
423
2
0
4728.1
2009 Q2
0
0
0
Show 37 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
55
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
649
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
598
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
505
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
957
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
779
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
1,074
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
930
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
642
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
573
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
846
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
596
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
526
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
657
1
0
1522.1
2005 Q2
800
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
909
4
0
4400.4
2004 Q4
995
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
452
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
815
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
233
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
425
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
1,171
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,373
2
0
1456.7
2003 Q1
424
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
300
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
647
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
918
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
805
3
0
3726.7
2001 Q4
1,133
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
483
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
875
1
0
1142.9
2001 Q1
868
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
964
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,108
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
921
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
570
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2001 · 1 incident
January 17, 2001MT · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Flathead County · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE OPENED A PROTECTIVE DOOR TO THE ROLLS ON THE CRUSHER. HE OPENED IT PART WAY WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS RIGHT HAND. WHEN THE DOOR FELL SHUT, IT CAUGHT THE THUMB ON HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE JAM
WHILE FEEDING THE CRUSHER A ROCK BECAME LODGED IN THE GRIZZLY. THE CRUSHER WAS SHUT DOWN AND EE REMOVED THE ROCK WITH A SPUD BAR. WHEN THE ROCK CAME LOOSE IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY HE SLIPPED A ND FELL OVER BACKWARDS INTO SOME BOULDERS. HE SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE.
1994 · 1 incident
December 22, 1994MT · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Flathead County · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
FLAT ROCK STUCK IN CRUSHER FEED CHUTE. CRUSHER AND CONVEYOR WERE SHUT DOWN. HE WAS ROCKING THE BOULDER BACK AND FORTH WITH HIS FEET WHEN IT SLID. IT CAUGHT THE SOLE OF HIS BOOT AND HYPEREXTENE DEHIS RT ANKLE TO THE OUTSIDE.