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SAPPHIRE PRE MIX: 6 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Sapphire Pre Mix Inc · Surface
Controlled by Robert Powell
Ravalli County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401901

SAPPHIRE PRE MIX has $786 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
1991–1995
Latest incident
Apr 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6
citations
3
significant & substantial
$786
proposed penalties
$786
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
4
inspections on record
36
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: 36 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SAPPHIRE PRE MIX has $786 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.
$786
proposed penalties
$786
current assessed
$786
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-03-22.
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.
50.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Massa Home Center 1989 to 1996
  2. Sapphire Pre Mix Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 0
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SAPPHIRE PRE MIX sits in Ravalli County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Ravalli County, Montana · Population 45,807
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$71,323
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
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q3 830 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 930 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 486 6 3 12345.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1995 · 1 incident

April 5, 1995 MT · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Massa Home Center · Fall from machine

BACK TWO DISC IN BACK SLIPPED OUT OF PLACE. JUMPED OFF OF DRAGLINE. WE WERE HITTING BOOM OF DRAGLINE BACK DOWN FROM AN UP ANGLE WHEN LEG OR BOOM BENT. INJURED JUMPED OFF OF DRAGLINE OUT OF WAY BOOM DID NOT FALL.

1993 · 2 incidents

July 20, 1993 MT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Massa Home Center · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STEPPED DOWN OFF THE FRONT END LOADER AND TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

May 20, 1993 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Massa Home Center · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STEPPING DOWN AFTER CLEANING THE CRUSHER HOPPER. HE LANDED ON A 3 INCH ROCK WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT. HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK RESULTING IN TWISTED ANKLE.

1991 · 1 incident

September 26, 1991 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Massa Home Center · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE WORKING TO FREE A CONVEYOR BELT FROM SOME GRATING. NO MACHINERY WAS IN OPERATION AT THE TIME. THE PRY BAR THEY WERE USING SLIPPED, MASHING HIS FINGER.