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Portable Crew #2: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Juan B Lulack
Plains, Sanders County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402331

Portable Crew #2 has $2K 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
4
Years on record
2005–2024
Latest incident
Jul 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
15
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,581
proposed penalties
$1,581
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Block Mountain Slate & Stone Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
26
inspections on record
263
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: 263 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 Crew #2 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-04-19.
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.
26.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
26.7%
reasonably likely or greater
13.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 66.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2018-10-11, 7 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-10-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2018-10-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Forklift Operator
2018-10-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2014-10-16, 11 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2014-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Chris Cutter/Palleti
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. Block Mountain Slate & Stone Inc 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 4
2020 4
2019 3
2018 4
2017 4
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 2
2008 2
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 4
2003 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Crew #2 sits in Sanders County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Sanders County, Montana · Population 12,936
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$54,035
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
2026 Q2 933 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 138 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 475 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 941 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 998 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 155 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 938 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,145 0 0 0.0
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,107 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 102 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 741 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,091 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,289 1 0 775.8
2023 Q1 256 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 754 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,164 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,278 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 228 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 948 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,416 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,106 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 335 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 908 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,326 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 842 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 311 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,044 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,309 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,437 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 844 2 1 2369.7
2018 Q3 1,365 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,253 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 171 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 835 2 1 2395.2
2017 Q3 1,306 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,342 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 147 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 676 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,282 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,157 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 385 1 0 2597.4
2015 Q4 765 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,387 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,226 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 490 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 747 1 1 1338.7
2014 Q3 1,508 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,392 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 262 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 838 1 0 1193.3
2013 Q3 1,179 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,130 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 487 1 1 2053.4
2012 Q4 867 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,112 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,264 1 0 791.1
2012 Q1 94 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 874 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,345 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,155 1 0 865.8
2011 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 687 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,276 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,034 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 791 1 0 1264.2
2009 Q3 807 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 766 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 596 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,296 1 0 771.6
2008 Q2 828 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 878 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 970 1 0 1030.9
2007 Q2 1,251 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 542 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,368 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,010 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,319 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,194 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 560 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,049 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,176 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,023 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 580 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 660 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,120 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 450 1 0 2222.2
2003 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2024 · 1 incident

2023 · 1 incident

June 8, 2023 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Slate & Stone Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

06/08 EE was picking up a piece of Dry-stack stone and felt sharp pain lower back. EE worked on 06/09. EE rested over weekend and felt good enough to go back to work on 06/12. Pain in lower back worsened and EE went to chiropractor on 06/15. EE worked on 06/16 and rested over the weekend. EE worked on 06/19 for a full day and filed a report of injury and went to clinic on 06/19.

2017 · 1 incident

2005 · 1 incident

May 24, 2005 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Block Mountain Slate & Stone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was stacking rock. A rock slipped and cut his wrist, requiring 6 stitches.