Mining Incidents

Owl Creek Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Les Schlegel
Kalispell, Flathead County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402005

Owl Creek Pit has $60 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
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Apr 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$60
proposed penalties
$60
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
2
inspections on record
21
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: 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.
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
Show 7 earlier quarters
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, 1995 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Les Schlegel Enterprises Inc · Fall from machine

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

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