Mining Incidents

Noxon Pit 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.
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
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
2024 Q2 53 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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.

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