Mining Incidents

Metso HP 200 Cone Plant Gravel Crusher: 108 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Cascade County-MT
Great Falls, Cascade County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402100

Metso HP 200 Cone Plant Gravel Crusher has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2006–2025
Latest incident
Jun 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
108
citations
16
significant & substantial
$13,145
proposed penalties
$13,145
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
54
inspections on record
798
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: 798 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Metso HP 200 Cone Plant Gravel Crusher has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
106 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-05.
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.
15.0%
significant & substantial
2.8%
high negligence or reckless
15.0%
reasonably likely or greater
24.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 19.6% low, 77.6% moderate, 2.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2018-06-26, 8 years ago
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz62 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (19)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2006-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 0.29 1.90 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-11-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.29 1.45 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-04-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Bulldozer Operator
2013-09-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2009-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2006-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.25 0.96 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-11-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2002-11-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.62 2.19 0.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-02-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-02-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 2.25 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-02-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2000-10-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.61 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-10-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.52 0.98 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Cascade County Road & Bridge 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 2
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 3
2002 2
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Metso HP 200 Cone Plant Gravel Crusher sits in Cascade County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Cascade County, Montana · Population 84,601
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$66,203
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 274 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 399 1 0 2506.3
2025 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 479 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 147 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 157 3 0 19108.3
2024 Q4 404 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 239 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 272 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 164 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 276 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 485 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 569 1 0 1757.5
2023 Q1 342 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 58 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 212 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 207 1 0 4830.9
2021 Q4 565 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 905 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 471 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 327 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 322 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 634 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 424 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 275 2 0 7272.7
2019 Q3 461 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 628 6 1 9554.1
2019 Q1 206 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 412 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 583 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 651 3 0 4608.3
2018 Q1 260 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,119 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,081 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 825 1 0 1212.1
2017 Q1 690 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,063 3 1 2822.2
2016 Q3 1,069 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,135 4 1 3524.2
2016 Q1 1,357 5 0 3684.6
2015 Q4 1,511 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,631 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,632 2 0 1225.5
2015 Q1 1,672 3 0 1794.3
2014 Q4 1,617 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,695 1 0 590.0
2014 Q2 1,661 1 0 602.0
2014 Q1 1,600 3 1 1875.0
2013 Q4 1,539 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,717 5 1 2912.1
2013 Q2 1,657 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,684 1 0 593.8
2012 Q4 1,701 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,240 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,238 4 1 3231.0
2012 Q1 1,038 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,133 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,099 27 6 24567.8
2011 Q1 419 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 1,036 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,530 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,268 4 0 3154.6
2009 Q3 1,650 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 833 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 421 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,590 1 0 628.9
2008 Q3 1,590 4 0 2515.7
2008 Q2 1,560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,566 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,210 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,170 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 430 6 0 13953.5
2006 Q2 1,151 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 417 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 928 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 669 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,003 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 977 7 1 7164.8
2004 Q2 208 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 457 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 681 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 292 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 468 1 1 2136.8
2002 Q4 425 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 116 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 464 3 0 6465.5
2001 Q4 670 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 628 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,149 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 988 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 914 1 0 1094.1
2000 Q3 876 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 738 4 2 5420.1
2000 Q1 832 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 1 incident

June 23, 2025 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cascade County Road & Bridge · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was trying to cut rubber flashing with utility knife, when EE's hand slipped and cut EE's left hand. EE went to local walk-in clinic where EE received 3 stitches and returned to work the next shift.

2018 · 2 incidents

July 9, 2018 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Cascade County Road & Bridge · Struck against a moving object

Working in front end loader and got pain in lower back

2006 · 1 incident

July 11, 2006 MT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cascade County Road & Bridge · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I was barring cleaning clay out of the trap. The spud bar was hit by trap and pinned my right hand between the bar and the side wall.