Anderson Masonry, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Walking up hill gathering stone, foot went into hole or between two stones and rock hit left leg below the knee, causing scrape and bruising.
Hot Springs Quarry: 45 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Hot Springs Quarry has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $498 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2009–2013
- Latest incident
- May 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
45
citations
16
significant & substantial
$9,365
proposed penalties
$8,550
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $815 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
20
inspections on record
261
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 261 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hot Springs Quarry has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $498 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$498
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $988 in penalties contested before the Commission, $671 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-06-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.35.6%
significant & substantial
8.9%
high negligence or reckless
35.6%
reasonably likely or greater
26.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.9% low, 82.2% moderate, 8.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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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.
4
citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
- Settled 4 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
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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%
32%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$988 proposed, $671 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 2011-09-12.
Contested penalties
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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 2011-1475M | Settlement | Lesnick | 2012 | $988 → $671 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2010-09-02, 16 years ago
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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.50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz21 over
Show the individual readings (2)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-09-02 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.54 | 0.52 | 1.04 | Supervisor, Co. Official |
| 2010-09-02 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.4 | 0.42 | 0.95 | Stone Polisher/Cutter |
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
- Anderson Masonry, Inc. 2006 to 2018
- Hadley Stone Supply LLC 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 0 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2010 | 7 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2006 | 4 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hot Springs Quarry sits in Sanders County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.8% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Sanders County, Montana · Population 12,936
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$54,035
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2014 Q2 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 827 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 817 | 3 | 1 | 3672.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 842 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,941 | 5 | 2 | 2576.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1,222 | 3 | 1 | 2455.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,347 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Q3 | 1,676 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,015 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,202 | 5 | 2 | 4159.7 |
| 2011 Q4 | 787 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,814 | 5 | 1 | 1776.8 |
| 2011 Q2 | 3,818 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 2,497 | 10 | 3 | 4004.8 |
| 2010 Q4 | 2,323 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 2,857 | 2 | 0 | 700.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 3,666 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 3,021 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 2,348 | 1 | 0 | 425.9 |
| 2009 Q3 | 408 | 5 | 3 | 12254.9 |
| 2009 Q2 | 2,236 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 2,283 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 2,123 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 2,551 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 2,674 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 3,063 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 2,014 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 2,307 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 2,215 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 2,064 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,236 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 2,030 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 2,242 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 1,373 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2013 · 2 incidents
March 7, 2013
MT · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Anderson Masonry, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Working on stone splitter, smashed thumb between two stones.
2009 · 1 incident
Anderson Masonry, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Employee was holding and pushing stone forward on splitter table, when the splitter was engaged, rock table came up and caught right hand index and middle fingers, crushing them between table and stone. Middle finger suffered partial fingertip and nail amputation and slight fracture to bone.