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: 21 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Owl Creek Pit has $60 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.
$60
proposed penalties
$60
current assessed
$60
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-14.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2004
2
2003
3
2002
1
2001
1
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Owl Creek Pit sits in Flathead County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Flathead County, Montana · Population 108,445
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$71,327
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 Q4
741
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
235
1
0
4255.3
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
313
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q3
0
0
0
2001 Q2
183
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
226
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
329
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
664
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
413
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
1995 · 1 incident
April 3, 1995MT · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MAN WAS PUTTING HYDRAULIC OIL IN 988 LOADER SPILLED SOME ON THE DECK PLATES SLIPPED IN IT & FELLTO THE GROUND HURT HIS WRIST AS IT WAS UNDER HIM WHEN HE LANDED