Mining Incidents

Noxon Pit: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Noxon Rock Products · Surface
Controlled by James J Vogel
Noxon, Sanders County, MT  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 2402522

Noxon Pit has $743 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
7
citations
0
significant & substantial
$743
proposed penalties
$743
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
10
inspections on record
114
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: 114 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Noxon Pit has $743 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.
$743
proposed penalties
$743
current assessed
$743
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-09-12.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
14.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 71.4% low, 28.6% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Noxon Rock Products 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 2
2016 0
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Noxon Pit sits in Sanders 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.
Sanders County, Montana · Population 12,936
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$54,035
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 19 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 18 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 52 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 46 0 0 0.0
Show 39 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 53 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 7 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 43 1 0 23255.8
2023 Q2 11 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 97 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 510 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 63 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 32 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 51 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 63 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 35 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 33 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 37 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 49 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 80 1 0 12500.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 25 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 54 2 0 37037.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 50 3 0 60000.0

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.