Mining Incidents

Grizzly: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

B & M Rock LLC · Surface
Controlled by Derek Benefield
Kalispell, Flathead County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402263

Grizzly has $859 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 2002
10
citations
4
significant & substantial
$859
proposed penalties
$731
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $128 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
12
inspections on record
126
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: 126 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Grizzly has $859 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.
$859
proposed penalties
$731
current assessed
$731
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $713 in penalties contested before the Commission, $530 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-10.
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.
40.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
40.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
WEST20030008M Settlement Feldman 2003 $713 → $530
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Grizzly Gravel Products 2002 to 2007
  2. Grizzly Logging & Gravel Products Inc. 2007 to 2026
  3. B & M Rock LLC 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 4
2024 4
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2009 1
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
2005 5
2004 3
2003 2
2002 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Grizzly 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 2,704 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 1,436 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,049 1 0 328.0
2025 Q2 2,328 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q3 2,008 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 717 0 0 0.0
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 196 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 717 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 111 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 511 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,127 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 22 1 0 45454.5
2008 Q2 211 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 770 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 86 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,159 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 121 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 450 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,275 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 930 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 245 1 0 4081.6
2004 Q4 119 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 375 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 270 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 206 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 51 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 230 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 504 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 504 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 465 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 645 7 4 10852.7

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.