Mining Incidents

Olsen Pit: 82 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Deer Lodge Asphalt Inc · Surface
Controlled by Bruce A Anderson
Deer Lodge, Powell County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402000

Olsen Pit has $13K 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 2003
82
citations
24
significant & substantial
$12,762
proposed penalties
$12,762
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
33
inspections on record
337
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: 337 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Olsen Pit has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
80 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-07-01.
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.
30.0%
significant & substantial
1.2%
high negligence or reckless
30.0%
reasonably likely or greater
38.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.0% low, 78.8% moderate, 1.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Deer Lodge Asphalt Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 1
2020 1
2019 2
2018 2
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 1
2013 3
2012 2
2011 4
2010 4
2009 4
2008 3
2007 3
2006 4
2005 3
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 0
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Olsen Pit sits in Powell County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Powell County, Montana · Population 7,029
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$63,432
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
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 77 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 79 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
Show 74 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 67 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 99 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 31 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 37 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 73 2 0 27397.3
2016 Q2 91 4 1 43956.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 237 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 226 5 1 22123.9
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 70 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 283 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 85 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 102 10 2 98039.2
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 211 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 346 9 3 26011.6
2011 Q2 193 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 124 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 183 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 181 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 139 11 6 79136.7
2010 Q1 373 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 391 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 81 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 361 8 3 22160.7
2009 Q1 503 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 149 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 109 5 2 45871.6
2008 Q2 241 1 0 4149.4
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 121 4 0 33057.9
2007 Q2 406 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 385 9 1 23376.6
2006 Q2 289 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 361 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 241 1 0 4149.4
2005 Q3 480 9 3 18750.0
2005 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 234 3 2 12820.5
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 160 1 0 6250.0
2003 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 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.