Mining Incidents

Moble: 29 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Tracy Fortner · Surface
Controlled by Tracy Fortner
East Helena, Lewis And Clark County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402343

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

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
29
citations
7
significant & substantial
$2,883
proposed penalties
$498
paid to date
17% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,385 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
7
inspections on record
65
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: 65 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Moble has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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
$498
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-03-03.
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.
28.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
28.0%
reasonably likely or greater
44.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.0% low, 96.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Tracy Fortner 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 0
2010 1
2009 5
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Moble sits in Lewis and Clark County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Lewis and Clark County, Montana · Population 72,580
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$74,543
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
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 1 0
2009 Q4 88 3 1 34090.9
2007 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 82 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 42 1 1 23809.5
2006 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 164 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 120 24 5 200000.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.