Mining Incidents

Glacier Mobile 2: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David Wilkins
Kalispell, Flathead County, MT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2402236

Glacier Mobile 2 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2006
16
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,150
proposed penalties
$2,150
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
39
inspections on record
347
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: 347 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 Mobile 2 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $243 in penalties contested before the Commission, $243 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-07.
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.
12.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
18.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 37.5% low, 62.5% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$243 proposed, $243 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-05-05.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2010-630M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $243 → $243
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-09-03
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-09-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Forklift Operator
2019-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2019-05-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Pelletizer Operator
2011-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2011-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.9 0.16 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-04-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2016-10-25, 9 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2016-10-25 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. Montana Stone Supply Inc 2001 to 2005
  2. Glacier Stone Supply LLC 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 1
2011 3
2010 4
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 2
2005 5
2004 0
2003 1
2002 6
2001 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Glacier Mobile 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
2026 Q2 265 2 0 7547.2
2026 Q1 1,006 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 910 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,076 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,025 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 869 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 885 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 875 1 0 1142.9
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,251 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 739 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 880 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 949 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 765 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 274 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 719 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 982 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 388 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 307 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 411 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,006 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 955 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 971 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,034 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 941 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 883 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 944 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,030 2 0 1941.7
2019 Q1 998 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 855 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 952 1 0 1050.4
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 382 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 903 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 990 2 0 2020.2
2017 Q2 1,639 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,072 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 1 0
2016 Q3 798 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 242 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 384 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 586 2 1 3413.0
2015 Q3 969 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,526 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 103 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 392 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 993 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 286 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 81 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 485 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 717 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 782 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 344 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 410 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 514 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 1 0
2011 Q4 1,615 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 401 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 815 1 0 1227.0
2011 Q1 816 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 484 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,888 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,016 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,453 1 1 688.2
2009 Q3 1,315 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,512 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,368 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 144 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 552 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 816 1 0 1225.5
2007 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,296 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,265 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 346 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 132 1 0 7575.8
2005 Q4 732 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,385 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 735 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 410 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 825 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,262 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,456 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,583 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,240 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,465 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.