Mining Incidents

Pioneer Impact Crusher: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Smith Contracting Inc. · Surface
Controlled by David A Smith
Butte, Gallatin County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402422

Pioneer Impact Crusher has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2005
17
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,626
proposed penalties
$1,626
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
16
inspections on record
119
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: 119 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pioneer Impact Crusher has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $300 in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-05-10.
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.
18.8%
significant & substantial
6.2%
high negligence or reckless
18.8%
reasonably likely or greater
25.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 68.8% moderate, 6.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 18% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $300 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2011-10-13.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2012-44M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $300 → $300
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2011-08-16, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Fibers, >5um1
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-08-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2011-08-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.71 1 0.71 Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-09-10 Fibers, >5um 0.09 Supervisor, Co. Official
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Smith Contracting, Inc 2005 to 2010
  2. Century Companies Inc 2010 to 2010
  3. Smith Contracting Inc. 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 0
2016 0
2015 0
2014 1
2013 1
2012 3
2011 2
2010 1
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
2005 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pioneer Impact Crusher sits in Gallatin County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Gallatin County, Montana · Population 122,194
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$87,454
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
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
Show 41 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 128 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 1 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 305 1 1 3278.7
2012 Q1 57 1 0 17543.9
2011 Q4 51 1 0 19607.8
2011 Q3 81 5 0 61728.4
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 221 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 186 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 120 1 0 8333.3
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 47 3 1 63829.8
2008 Q2 17 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 13 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 13 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 221 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 417 3 1 7194.2
2006 Q2 77 1 0 12987.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 762 1 0 1312.3
2005 Q3 265 0 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.