Mining Incidents

Portable Pug Mill Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Maria Durbin
Lewistown, Fergus County, MT  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 2402129

Portable Pug Mill 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
23
citations
7
significant & substantial
$2,430
proposed penalties
$2,430
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
18
inspections on record
234
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: 234 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 Pug Mill 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
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-07-12.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 477 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 267 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 510 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 628 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 135 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 237 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 553 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 652 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 1 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 261 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,359 11 6 8094.2
2015 Q2 405 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 289 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 977 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 1,660 4 1 2409.6
2012 Q2 485 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 119 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 796 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 77 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 273 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 434 1 0 2304.1
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 444 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 673 1 0 1485.9
2009 Q2 329 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 710 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 959 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 768 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 1,986 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 425 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 73 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 19 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 329 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 498 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 304 3 0 9868.4
2005 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 62 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 414 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 667 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,983 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 418 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,507 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 468 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,375 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,284 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 69 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,749 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 818 2 0 2445.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 514 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 564 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.

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