Portable Colberg Screen has $9K 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
1
Years on record
2008
Latest incident
Aug 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
47
citations
13
significant & substantial
$8,937
proposed penalties
$8,837
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 gap.
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: 118 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Portable Colberg Screen has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $400 in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-08-01.
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.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 75%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 25%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$400 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2007-09-21.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2009
0
2008
1
2007
2
2006
4
2005
8
2004
7
2003
4
2002
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Portable Colberg Screen 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
2009 Q2
0
0
0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
0
0
0
2008 Q3
20
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
133
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
153
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q3
355
12
0
33802.8
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2
600
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
600
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
375
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
1,620
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,816
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1,805
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,955
1
0
511.5
2005 Q3
2,219
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
2,090
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
817
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,147
4
0
3487.4
2004 Q3
1,317
9
3
6833.7
2004 Q2
1,511
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
361
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,485
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
880
3
1
3409.1
2003 Q2
790
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
268
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
414
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,414
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2008 · 1 incident
August 5, 2008MT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was fixing a broken conveyor belt clip, he was prying the old one off, when the screwdriver he was using slipped off and punctured his top lip. Employee recieved 8 stitches in his lip.