Mining Incidents

Griffith Excavating, Inc.: 31 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Griffith Excavating Inc · Surface
Baker, Fallon County, MT  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 2402521

Griffith Excavating, Inc. 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 2009
31
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,778
proposed penalties
$3,778
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
20
inspections on record
243
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: 243 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Griffith Excavating, Inc. 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
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-30.
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.
19.4%
significant & substantial
19.4%
high negligence or reckless
19.4%
reasonably likely or greater
54.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.9% low, 67.7% moderate, 19.4% 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: 2021-10-27, 4 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-10-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Scraper Operator
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. Griffith Excavating Inc 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Griffith Excavating, Inc. sits in Fallon County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 18.6% 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.
Fallon County, Montana · Population 2,817
18.6%
Mining share of county employment
$72,284
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 40 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 73 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 103 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 138 1 1 7246.4
2024 Q3 0 0 0
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 11 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 158 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 105 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 136 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 218 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 138 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 111 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 113 8 2 70796.5
2021 Q3 31 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 247 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 67 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 200 3 0 15000.0
2019 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 149 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 72 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 108 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 19 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 3 0
2017 Q2 37 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 29 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 63 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 177 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 151 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 137 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 204 2 0 9803.9
2014 Q1 81 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 145 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 67 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 84 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 136 2 0 14705.9
2012 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 156 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 181 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 172 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 178 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 36 6 2 166666.7
2010 Q4 56 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 118 4 1 33898.3
2010 Q2 29 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 28 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 78 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 191 2 0 10471.2
2009 Q2 147 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 168 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 79 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 183 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.