Mining Incidents

Rock Bottom #1 Metal/Non-Metal

David Ruff · Surface
Controlled by David A Ruff
Laurel, Yellowstone County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402398

Rock Bottom #1 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 2009
18
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,999
proposed penalties
$1,999
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
20
inspections on record
201
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: 201 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rock Bottom #1 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
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-03-29.
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 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 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 133 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 26 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 24 2 1 83333.3
2016 Q4 41 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 39 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 52 4 0 76923.1
2016 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 89 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 107 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 37 4 2 108108.1
2015 Q1 59 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 99 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 111 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 94 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 65 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 70 1 0 14285.7
2012 Q4 34 2 1 58823.5
2012 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 54 1 0 18518.5
2012 Q1 59 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 65 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 51 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 93 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 76 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 89 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 128 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 88 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 98 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 44 4 1 90909.1
2009 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 312 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 298 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 195 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 307 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 502 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 68 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 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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