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: 103 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
KALISPELL CRUSHER has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-10-01.
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.
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: 2003-03-25, 23 years ago
43%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz73 over
Show the individual readings (7)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-03-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
0.28
1.39
Cleanup Man
2003-03-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.29
1.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-01-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.13
0.72
1.57
Lab Technician
2003-03-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.31
0.94
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-01-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
0.64
0.84
Cleanup Man
2001-01-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.52
0.61
0.85
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-01-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
2.33
0.16
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2005
0
2004
0
2003
14
2002
10
2001
9
2000
15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
KALISPELL CRUSHER 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, 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
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
0
0
0
2004 Q3
0
0
0
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
2,477
2
0
807.4
2003 Q3
4,086
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
3,445
0
0
0.0
Show 13 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1
1,103
9
0
8159.6
2002 Q4
3,245
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
2,613
1
0
382.7
2002 Q2
3,239
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2,526
1
0
395.9
2001 Q4
1,964
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
1,384
1
1
722.5
2001 Q2
2,512
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,139
2
1
935.0
2000 Q4
612
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
5,778
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
5,085
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,029
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
13 on file
2001 · 2 incidents
December 20, 2001MT · Metal/Non-Metalminer, necMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS PLACING A BIT IN A DRILL WHILE PLUGGED. THE TRIGGER STRUCK THE COUNTER TOP AND THE DRILL SPUN WHILE THE CHUCK WAS STILL IN PLACE. THE CHUCK SPUN UP AND CUT THE EMPLOYEE'S FINGER.
November 16, 2001MT · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A BENT HYDRAULIC CYLINDER OFF OF A GRIZZLY WHEN HE CUT THROUGH THE CYLINDER IT SPRANG OUT AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT FOREARM CAUSING A FRACTURE.
1999 · 4 incidents
September 11, 1999MT · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS HELPING MOVE A STACKING CONVEYOR, USING A CHAIN AND LOADER, THE CHAIN BROKE AND STRUCK THE EE IN HIS EYEGLASSES AND CHEEK REQUIRING STITCHES IN THE CHEEK AND EYE.
July 12, 1999MT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
SETTING A CONVEYOR IN PLACE. AS LOAD WAS PICKED UP THE CONVEYOR SWUNG AWAY FROM PICK AND THE CONVEYOR LEG STRUCK A LABORER IN THE FOOT BRUISING HIS RT. FOOT.
BELT FILLE UP A TILAPULLY, WENT TO CLEAN TAILPULLY, HAND GOT STUCK IN BELT WHEN BELT CAME LOOSE.
1997 · 1 incident
April 29, 1997MT · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A ROCK CAME OUT OF A CONE CRUSHER & STRUCK AN EE'S HAND, LACERATING THE PALM. NO BONES WERE BROKEN STITCHES WERE REQUIRED. AS THE NEW SAFETY DIRECTOR, UNAWARE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. INFORMATION RETRIEVED DURING RECORDS REVIEW.
August 14, 1996MT · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
A WALKWAY ON SCREENING PLANT GAVE WAY, EE CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE WALKWAY & ADJACENT GUARDRAIL. WALKWAY BRACING HAD SLIPPED OUT OF MOORINGS DURING SET-UP. FINGER REQUIRED STITCHES & SURGICAL ATTENTION. AS NEW SAFETY DIRECTOR WAS UNAWARE REPORT WAS NOT FILED UNTIL RECORDS REVIEW.
EMPLOYEE WAS HE5PING SET A GRIZZLY ON A CRUSHER TRAP IT DID NOT FIT SO HE CLIMBED UP TO UNHOOK CHAINS FROM LOADER & GOT HIS FOOT BETWEEN GRIZZLY & TRAP GRIZZLEY FELL ON HIS FOOT BEFORE THE CHA INS WERE UNHOOK9D
April 28, 1987MT · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorOTHER
AS EMPLOYEE WAS3CLOSING THE DOOR ON HIS LODER, A GUST OF WIND BLEW THE DOOR BACK, CAUSING HIM TO PULL MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK. HE RETURNED TO WORK AFTER X-RAYS, BUT BACK PAIN PRESISTED.