Mining Incidents

H L Ostermiller Const Inc (Crush: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Harvey L Ostermiller
Yellowstone County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401947

H L Ostermiller Const Inc (Crush has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1994.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1994–1997
Latest incident
Dec 1997
Ownership history
  1. H L Ostermiller Construction Inc 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
1999 3
1998 5
1997 6
1996 7
1995 10
1994 14
1993 5
1992 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

H L Ostermiller Const Inc (Crush sits in Yellowstone County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 1.4% 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.
Yellowstone County, Montana · Population 167,340
1.4%
Mining share of county employment
$74,400
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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1997 · 1 incident

December 16, 1997 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H L Ostermiller Construction Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WAS WALKING TOWARDS CRUSHER. STUMBLED ON FROZEN CLUMP. FELL FORWARD & CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS ARMS. FELT PAIN IN LEFT SHOULDER.

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1994 · 1 incident

August 18, 1994 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
H L Ostermiller Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER HE NOTICED A CONVEYOR BELT ON THE ROCK CRUSHER HAD STOPPED HE GOT OFF LOADER & RAN FOR THE CRUSHER VAN TRIPPED & KICKED SMALL ROCK & SAND INTO HIS FACE & GOT SOME MATERIAL IN HIS EYE