Removing front axle housing to replace ball joints using hammer to drive housing off. Hit ball joint at an angle causing hammer to hit top of right hand, pinching the palm against the housing. First aid administered on site. Injury appeared to be minor in nature. Sought medical care after shift. Released for full duty, no work restrictions. Returned to work on next scheduled shift.
Montanore Project Metal/Non-Metal
Montanore Project has $8K 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
- 5
- Years on record
- 2007–2020
- Latest incident
- Nov 2020
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Montanore Project has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.ⓘ
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.| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 1,291 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,264 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,075 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,089 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 896 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 783 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 995 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 980 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,021 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,149 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,060 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,149 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 984 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,117 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,285 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,408 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,081 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,027 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,065 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,180 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,045 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,063 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,075 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,159 | 2 | 0 | 1725.6 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,132 | 3 | 0 | 2650.2 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,138 | 4 | 1 | 3514.9 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,239 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 444 | 2 | 0 | 4504.5 |
| 2018 Q3 | 456 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 588 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 725 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,018 | 3 | 0 | 2947.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,038 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 1,038 | 1 | 0 | 963.4 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,025 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 827 | 1 | 1 | 1209.2 |
| 2016 Q3 | 967 | 1 | 0 | 1034.1 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,009 | 1 | 0 | 991.1 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,099 | 3 | 1 | 2729.8 |
| 2015 Q4 | 542 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,019 | 2 | 0 | 1962.7 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,018 | 1 | 0 | 982.3 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1,034 | 1 | 0 | 967.1 |
| 2014 Q4 | 753 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 832 | 9 | 0 | 10817.3 |
| 2014 Q2 | 1,117 | 1 | 0 | 895.3 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,052 | 1 | 0 | 950.6 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,296 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,468 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,366 | 1 | 0 | 732.1 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1,460 | 1 | 0 | 684.9 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,306 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,294 | 4 | 0 | 3091.2 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,466 | 1 | 0 | 682.1 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,444 | 2 | 0 | 1385.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 1,364 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,506 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 1,501 | 3 | 0 | 1998.7 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1,505 | 1 | 0 | 664.5 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,741 | 5 | 1 | 2871.9 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,940 | 3 | 1 | 1546.4 |
| 2010 Q2 | 2,422 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 2,804 | 2 | 0 | 713.3 |
| 2009 Q4 | 2,570 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 2,887 | 4 | 2 | 1385.5 |
| 2009 Q2 | 2,744 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 2,968 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 3,608 | 1 | 0 | 277.2 |
| 2008 Q3 | 3,408 | 2 | 0 | 586.9 |
| 2008 Q2 | 3,463 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 3,226 | 1 | 0 | 310.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 3,514 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 2,451 | 3 | 0 | 1224.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 2,800 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 1,920 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,440 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 2,307 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Reportable incidents
5 on file2020 · 1 incident
2019 · 1 incident
Winter conditions. Contract employee slipped and hit head. EE walked to the supervisor to report the fall. There was no accident witness. Took employee to the hospital. EE suffered a severe concussion, cerebral hemorrhage and a skull fracture. Contractor filed 7000-1. Late submission due to not knowing we had to file a report as well.
2009 · 1 incident
Employee was repairing chain link fence and injured his lower back.
2008 · 1 incident
Miner was using a scaling bar to knock small rocks through the welded wire mesh. He bent over to pick up the scaling bar and noticed pain in his lower back.
2007 · 1 incident
Miner was working from a ladder to drill a hole above an overhead garage door track. The door was opened knocking him from the ladder 10-12 to the concrete floor below.
The full compliance file on Montanore Project
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.