Mining Incidents

Portable Screen Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Christopher J Noble
Libby, Lincoln County, MT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2402402

Portable Screen has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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
34
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,685
proposed penalties
$3,685
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
31
inspections on record
353
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: 353 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 Screen has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-06.
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 809 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 980 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,224 1 0 817.0
2024 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,037 2 0 1928.6
2024 Q2 1,370 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,293 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,241 0 0 0.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 1,849 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,210 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,619 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,246 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,480 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,883 1 0 531.1
2022 Q1 1,491 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,250 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,041 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 583 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 153 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 330 1 0 3030.3
2019 Q4 92 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 649 5 0 7704.2
2019 Q2 397 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 323 1 0 3096.0
2018 Q2 248 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 451 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 738 2 0 2710.0
2017 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 151 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,457 3 0 2059.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 264 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 325 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 414 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 177 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 285 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 11 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 547 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 153 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 951 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 199 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 299 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 32 1 0 31250.0
2011 Q4 412 3 1 7281.6
2011 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1 4 1 4000000.0
2010 Q3 170 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 767 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,925 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 604 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,005 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,159 2 0 1725.6
2007 Q2 345 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 106 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 365 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 187 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 56 6 0 107142.9
2005 Q4 17 1 0 58823.5
2005 Q3 245 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 343 1 1 2915.5

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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