Mining Incidents

Madison Mine: 117 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Broadway Gold Corporation · Underground
Controlled by Broadway Gold Mining Ltd
Silver Star, Madison County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402467

Madison Mine has $27K 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
3
Years on record
2007–2011
Latest incident
Oct 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
117
citations
21
significant & substantial
$26,851
proposed penalties
$21,240
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,611 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
25
inspections on record
628
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: 628 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Madison Mine has $27K 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
115 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $14K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-01-09.
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.
18.3%
significant & substantial
4.3%
high negligence or reckless
18.3%
reasonably likely or greater
40.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.7% low, 80.0% moderate, 4.3% 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.
26 citations taken to the federal commission · 22% of citations on record
  • Settled 21 · 81%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 8%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 3 · 12%
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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$14K proposed, $8K 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 2011-03-23.
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 2009-1187M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $6K → $5K
WEST 2011-789M Settlement Moran 2011 $6K → $1K
WEST 2010-653M Dismissal Lesnick 2011 $1K → $1K
WEST 2011-23M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $1K → $801
WEST 2008-385 Settlement Lesnick 2009 $200 → $200
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: 2011-03-23, 15 years ago
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Diesel particulate (total carbon)21 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2008-07-01 TC @ 160 391 160 2.44 Drill Oper., Jackleg/Stoper
2011-03-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Miner, Stope
2011-03-23 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Miner, Stope
2011-03-23 EC @ 160 48 160 0.30 Miner, Stope
2011-03-23 TC @ 160 57 160 0.36 Miner, Stope
2008-07-01 EC @ 160 93 160 0.58 Drill Oper., Jackleg/Stoper
2008-07-01 TC from EC @ 160 116 160 0.73 Drill Oper., Jackleg/Stoper
2008-07-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.08 Miner, Drift

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2008-07-01, 18 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2008-07-01 TC from EC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL
2008-07-01 EC @ 160 186 UG TRAVEL
2008-07-01 TC @ 160 233 UG TRAVEL
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. Coronado Resources USA 2006 to 2016
  2. Groundhog Mining & Milling Co., LLC 2016 to 2017
  3. Broadway Gold Corporation 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 5
2016 4
2012 5
2011 6
2010 5
2009 4
2008 5
2007 3
2006 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Madison Mine sits in Madison County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Madison County, Montana · Population 8,975
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$67,420
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
2017 Q2 125 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,754 4 1 2280.5
2016 Q4 1,139 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,269 4 0 1762.9
2012 Q2 2,282 3 1 1314.6
2012 Q1 2,960 4 0 1351.4
2011 Q4 2,681 0 0 0.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3 2,698 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,040 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 956 3 0 3138.1
2010 Q3 381 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 639 2 0 3129.9
2010 Q1 457 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 463 3 0 6479.5
2009 Q3 347 1 0 2881.8
2009 Q2 492 11 3 22357.7
2009 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 233 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 586 1 0 1706.5
2008 Q2 656 6 0 9146.3
2008 Q1 536 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 119 2 0 16806.7
2007 Q3 82 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 93 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 60 2 1 33333.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2011 · 1 incident

October 27, 2011 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Coronado Resources USA · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Age & health of miner, uneven ground

2007 · 2 incidents

October 26, 2007 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Coronado Resources USA · Struck by falling object

Angle-iron temporary mesh support leaning against rib fell over, striking victim on shoulder/chest.

October 23, 2007 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Coronado Resources USA · Struck by flying object

Victim was walking into heading carrying rock bolts. Another miner was removing a drill bit with sledge hammer & bit knocker. A fragment flew off the knocker and penetrated the victim's right outer thigh, penetrating through 3 layers of clothing & lodging against the bone.