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Hill County: 19 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hill County-Mt
Harve, Hill County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402008

Hill County has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $232 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Jun 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
19
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,724
proposed penalties
$2,492
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $232 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Hill County Road Department's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
25
inspections on record
254
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: 254 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hill County has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $232 outstanding across 2 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$232
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-03-14.
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.
15.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
15.8%
reasonably likely or greater
31.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 36.8% low, 63.2% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 26% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 100%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K 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 2017-06-14.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2011-190M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $725 → $725
WEST 2017-0497 Settlement Manning 2017 $464 → $464
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2016-06-29, 10 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-06-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2010-06-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.9 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.
Ownership history
  1. Hill County Road Department 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 2
2018 1
2017 2
2016 3
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 3
2011 2
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 4
2005 4
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hill County sits in Hill 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.
Hill County, Montana · Population 16,260
1.4%
Mining share of county employment
$55,313
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
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q2 150 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 138 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 53 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 14 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q2 187 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 173 6 0 34682.1
2016 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 417 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 266 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 412 2 0 4854.4
2015 Q4 358 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 498 1 0 2008.0
2015 Q2 307 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 146 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 329 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 334 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 222 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 423 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 189 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 745 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 350 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 558 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 163 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 202 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 452 3 2 6637.2
2011 Q2 440 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 254 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 382 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 392 2 1 5102.0
2010 Q1 386 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 189 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 67 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 408 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 299 2 0 6689.0
2008 Q4 311 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 248 2 0 8064.5
2008 Q2 457 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 385 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 284 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 206 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 380 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 502 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 605 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 324 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 202 1 0 4950.5
2006 Q1 365 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 431 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,861 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

June 16, 2009 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hill County Road Department · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was helping change hammers and hurt his upper back, left shoulder blade when twisting to help lift hammers straining his back muscles.