Mining Incidents

Glacier Lake Sand & Gravel: 31 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Glacier Lake Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Wendy J Forgey
Polson, Lake County, MT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2402512

Glacier Lake Sand & Gravel has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 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 2009
31
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,016
proposed penalties
$2,959
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,057 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
33
inspections on record
391
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: 391 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Glacier Lake Sand & Gravel has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-10.
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.
9.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
9.7%
reasonably likely or greater
38.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 29.0% low, 71.0% 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: 2025-11-21
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz31 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 0.27 1.52 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-11-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.39 0.69 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.29 0.66 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2017-07-27, 9 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2017-07-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 MP WASH/SCREEN
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. Glacier Lake Sand & Gravel, Inc. 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 10
2024 10
2023 9
2022 9
2021 8
2020 5
2019 4
2018 5
2017 4
2016 4
2015 5
2014 5
2013 6
2012 4
2011 3
2010 3
2009 2
2008 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Glacier Lake Sand & Gravel sits in Lake County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Lake County, Montana · Population 32,073
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$61,965
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
2026 Q1 4,595 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,163 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,117 1 1 195.4
2025 Q2 4,443 2 0 450.1
2025 Q1 3,566 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,894 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,407 2 0 453.8
2024 Q2 4,920 0 0 0.0
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 3,021 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,280 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,023 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,062 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,164 1 0 316.1
2022 Q4 3,229 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,540 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,295 4 0 931.3
2022 Q1 2,605 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,266 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,613 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,666 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,293 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,596 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,264 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 2,975 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,141 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,812 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,705 1 0 369.7
2018 Q1 1,523 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,846 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,438 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,993 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 365 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,420 2 0 1408.5
2016 Q3 2,717 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,423 2 1 825.4
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 1,820 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,294 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,009 1 0 497.8
2015 Q1 259 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,334 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,090 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 581 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,300 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,755 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,245 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,377 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,204 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,111 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 743 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 135 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,400 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 826 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,300 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,282 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,343 2 1 1489.2
2010 Q1 650 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 250 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 852 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 208 3 0 14423.1
2009 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 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.