Mining Incidents

Glacier Mobile 3: 31 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David Wilkins
Kalispell, Flathead County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402235

Glacier Mobile 3 has $4K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
31
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,712
proposed penalties
$3,712
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
36
inspections on record
312
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: 312 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2015-07-01.
On record since 2015.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Glacier Mobile 3 has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-20.
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.
17.2%
significant & substantial
13.8%
high negligence or reckless
17.2%
reasonably likely or greater
41.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.4% low, 82.8% moderate, 13.8% 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: 2013-09-17, 12 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-09-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.4 0.15 Backhoe Operator
2013-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2014-04-10, 12 years ago
2
samples
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2014-04-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2014-04-10 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 3
2021 2
2020 1
2019 2
2018 2
2017 1
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 3
2009 4
2008 3
2007 2
2006 2
2005 6
2004 10
2003 6
2002 8
2001 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Glacier Mobile 3 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 870 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 824 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,001 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,117 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 516 2 0 3876.0
2025 Q1 136 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 174 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 117 0 0 0.0
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 233 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 324 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 68 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 281 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,024 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 198 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,100 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 190 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 648 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 959 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 568 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 938 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,037 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 999 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,007 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,010 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,130 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 1,024 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 990 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 119 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 1,117 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 832 2 0 2403.8
2016 Q2 1,312 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,255 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 987 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,085 7 2 6451.6
2015 Q2 757 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,016 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 583 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,139 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 891 2 0 2244.7
2014 Q1 841 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,039 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 669 1 0 1494.8
2013 Q2 812 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 642 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 743 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 275 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,045 2 0 1913.9
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 787 2 0 2541.3
2011 Q2 859 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 484 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,200 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 618 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,453 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,123 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,520 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,344 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,416 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 816 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 672 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 840 4 0 4761.9
2007 Q2 936 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,086 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,329 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 840 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 835 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,023 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,826 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,458 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 503 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 3,044 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,623 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 779 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,276 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,977 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 909 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,564 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,445 9 3 3681.0

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.