Mining Incidents

MRM MOBILE CRUSHER #176: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Knife River Corporation
Missoula, Lake County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402135

MRM MOBILE CRUSHER #176 has $2K 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
1999–2002
Latest incident
Nov 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
18
citations
8
significant & substantial
$1,696
proposed penalties
$1,696
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
10
inspections on record
94
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: 94 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MRM MOBILE CRUSHER #176 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-10-03.
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.
44.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
44.4%
reasonably likely or greater
77.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.1% low, 88.9% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2000-09-26, 25 years ago
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz21 over
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2000-09-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.31 1.06 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-09-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.35 0.77 Cleanup Man
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. Polson Ready Mix Concrete Inc 1998 to 2000
  2. Polson Ready Mix Concrete Inc 2000 to 2001
  3. JTL Group Incorporated 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 0
2003 0
2002 3
2001 3
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MRM MOBILE CRUSHER #176 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
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 803 9 5 11208.0
2002 Q3 1,380 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,892 0 0 0.0
Show 9 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q1 845 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 820 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,260 5 1 3968.3
2001 Q2 1,132 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 242 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,349 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,155 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,910 4 2 2094.2
2000 Q1 1,091 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2002 · 1 incident

November 14, 2002 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
JTL Group Incorporated · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS TRYING TO SEPARATE ROCKS WITH A METAL BAR & SLIPPED & HIT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FACE BELOW THE EYE. HAD TO HAVE STITCHES.

2000 · 1 incident

April 19, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Polson Ready Mix Concrete Inc · Fall from ladders

EE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER TO INSPECT A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND LOST HIS GRIP AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO THE GROUND. IN AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK HIS FALL, BROKE HIS WRIST AND INCURRED AN INCISION.

1999 · 2 incidents

June 8, 1999 MT · Metal/Non-Metal shopman repair cars, mechanic POWERED HAULAGE
Polson Ready Mix Concrete Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MOVING A TRANSFER CONVYOR. EE PUAHED THE BELTING OUT OF THE WAY TO SEE BETTER. LOADER BUCKET BLED OFF A LITTLE AND THE OPERATOR RAISED THE BUCKET BEFORE ALL CLEAR WAS GIVEN. TIP OF FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN GEAR BOX AND STEEL ON CHUTE.

June 5, 1999 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Polson Ready Mix Concrete Inc · Struck against a moving object

DIGGING INTO THE BANK WITH LOADER. FILLED BUCKET AND PART OF THE BANK SLIDE ONTO THE BUCKET CAUSING THE LOADER TO ROCK SHAKING THE LOADER OPERATOR.