Helena Sand & Gravel Portable Crusher has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2002–2024
Latest incident
Feb 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
84
citations
15
significant & substantial
$10,688
proposed penalties
$10,499
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $189 gap.
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: 563 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Helena Sand & Gravel Portable Crusher has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-02-10.
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.
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.
12citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
Settled
9 · 75%
Vacated or withdrawn
3 · 25%
33%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
34%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K 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 2018-11-14.
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.
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: 2024-09-19
31%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz144 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (18)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2014-04-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
0.35
1.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-04-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
4.65
3.11
1.50
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.82
0.66
1.24
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.37
0.61
2.25
Cleanup Man
2024-09-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-09-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
0.72
0.64
Bobcat Operator
2024-09-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.61
0.30
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-04-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.48
0.52
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-04-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.73
0.26
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-11-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.72
0.29
Lab Technician
2009-11-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-30
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
0.78
0.56
Bobcat Operator
2004-10-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.7
0.37
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2001-05-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.59
0.77
0.77
Cleanup Man
2001-05-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
1.81
0.27
Front-end Loader 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.
Helena Sand & Gravel Portable Crusher recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Montana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.42 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
5
2025
5
2024
6
2023
5
2022
6
2021
4
2020
4
2019
4
2018
3
2017
5
2016
5
2015
6
2014
5
2013
4
2012
5
2011
6
2010
6
2009
9
2008
10
2007
11
2006
13
2005
9
2004
10
2003
9
2002
12
2001
8
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Helena Sand & Gravel Portable Crusher sits in Deer Lodge County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Deer Lodge County, Montana · Population 9,512
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$49,533
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
2,727
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
419
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
1,529
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,246
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
2,525
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
1,294
1
0
772.8
2024 Q4
1,853
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
2,850
11
4
3859.6
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
2,600
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
350
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
1,853
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
2,787
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
2,096
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
1,548
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
4,010
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
2,361
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
858
2
0
2331.0
2021 Q4
910
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
2,345
2
0
852.9
2021 Q2
2,683
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
2,105
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
1,647
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,850
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
2,504
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
0
0
0
2019 Q4
1,657
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
3,202
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
1,886
2
0
1060.4
2019 Q1
0
0
0
2018 Q4
1,009
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,831
4
0
2184.6
2018 Q2
1,539
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
0
0
0
2017 Q4
361
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
2,445
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
2,366
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
1,353
1
0
739.1
2016 Q4
1,351
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,803
5
0
1314.8
2016 Q2
3,546
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
3,735
3
0
803.2
2015 Q4
3,559
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
4,150
1
0
241.0
2015 Q2
3,220
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
3,950
2
0
506.3
2014 Q4
3,880
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
4,000
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
4,154
2
1
481.5
2014 Q1
2,870
2
0
696.9
2013 Q4
2,342
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
800
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,860
1
1
537.6
2013 Q1
2,281
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
4,558
2
0
438.8
2012 Q3
3,350
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,085
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
3,230
5
0
1548.0
2011 Q4
3,354
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,628
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
3,514
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
2,638
1
0
379.1
2010 Q4
3,426
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
2,120
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,250
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,230
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
3,695
1
0
270.6
2009 Q3
3,566
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
4,895
3
0
612.9
2009 Q1
2,009
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
5,095
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
4,903
3
0
611.9
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
3,618
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
7,746
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
4,318
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
5,737
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
5,185
3
0
578.6
2006 Q4
5,842
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
6,760
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
7,792
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
6,535
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
4,307
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,572
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
6,410
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
3,410
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
6,797
11
4
1618.4
2004 Q3
7,646
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
1,277
3
0
2349.3
2003 Q4
2,031
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
1,173
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
941
1
1
1062.7
2002 Q4
533
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,973
5
2
1681.8
2002 Q2
6,916
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
3,659
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
480
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
4,695
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,016
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
681
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,260
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,221
6
1
1862.8
2000 Q2
3,929
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,023
1
1
248.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2024 · 1 incident
February 20, 2024MT · Metal/Non-Metalcrusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/workerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee stated that they were walking from the Crusher control trailer to check on a conveyor roller that was making a squeaking noise, and slipped/fell, feeling immediate pain to their lower back area, radiating to their legs.
Crusher employee was pulling and coiling S/O electrical cord to store onto screen catwalk. Employee twisted while pulling and coiling the cord and felt a pop in his stomach
2008 · 1 incident
August 14, 2008MT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was replacing belt clamps and cut palm of right palm requiring 6 stitches.
2004 · 1 incident
September 3, 2004MT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
Montana Mtls & Cons · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS REMOVING MUD FROM ROLLERS ON THE TELESTACKER W/A HAMMER WHILE THE BELT WAS RUNNING. THE HAMMER WAS SUCKED IN BETWEEN THE ROLLER & BLET & THE EE WAS NOT ABLE TO LET GO OF THE HAMMER. THE EE'S RIGHT ARM & SHOULDER WERE SQUEEZED IN BETWEEN ROLLER & BELT. EE HAS A BRUISED RIGHT ARM/SHOULDER CUT BEHIND EAR & FRICTION BURN ON BACK OF SHOULDER.
2002 · 2 incidents
October 4, 2002MT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)