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Roger Pass Mine: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Steve D Blanchard
Plains, Sanders County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402381

Roger Pass Mine has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 2004.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2004
Latest incident
Oct 2004
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
1
inspections on record
6
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: 6 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Wild Horse Stone Supply Co. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2005 0
2004 20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Roger Pass Mine 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; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 3,511 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2004 · 1 incident

October 21, 2004 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wild Horse Stone Supply Co. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee ways picking rock and stacking rock he finished his shift and went home. the next day he said he had hurt his arm. and did not come into work.