Mining Incidents

MISSION VALLEY CONCRETE PIT: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by W Greg Harding
Pablo, Lake County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401427

MISSION VALLEY CONCRETE PIT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Aug 1989
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
18
citations
9
significant & substantial
$2,201
proposed penalties
$2,082
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $119 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
14
inspections on record
99
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: 99 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MISSION VALLEY CONCRETE PIT has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $859 in penalties contested before the Commission, $680 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-08-16.
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.
50.0%
significant & substantial
5.6%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
44.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.2% low, 72.2% moderate, 5.6% 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.
8 citations taken to the federal commission · 44% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 88%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 13%
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%
21%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$859 proposed, $680 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 2006-06-30.
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 2006-158M Settlement Manning 2006 $460 → $380
WEST 2005-362M Settlement Cetti 2005 $339 → $300
WEST 2006-468M Withdrawal Manning 2007 $60 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Mission Valley Concrete Industries Inc 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 2
2005 3
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MISSION VALLEY CONCRETE PIT sits in Lake County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Lake County, Montana · Population 32,073
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$61,965
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
2006 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 70 1 0 14285.7
2005 Q2 105 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 357 1 0 2801.1
2004 Q4 626 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 616 9 4 14610.4
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2 815 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 595 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 644 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 680 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 813 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 530 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,000 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 846 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 689 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 241 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 802 7 5 8728.2
2001 Q3 1,107 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 688 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 426 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 585 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,465 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 966 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

August 1, 1989 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mission Valley Concrete Industries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL STATED THAT HE WAS HELPING PUT A TAIL PULLEY IN THE CRUSHER WHICH WEIGHS APPROX 200 POUNDS AND HE TWISTED HIS BACK