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: 202 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Screen Plant #1 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $308 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$308
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-09-17.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2013-09-17, 12 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
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Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2013-09-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.97
0.23
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-09-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2013
0
2012
1
2011
1
2010
3
2009
2
2008
5
2007
3
2006
3
2005
2
2004
3
2003
3
2002
3
2001
3
2000
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Screen Plant #1 sits in Missoula County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Missoula County, Montana · Population 119,639
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$71,246
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
2013 Q3
0
5
3
2013 Q2
0
0
0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
0
0
0
2012 Q3
0
0
0
2012 Q2
0
0
0
2012 Q1
76
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
101
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3
4
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
0
0
0
2011 Q1
0
1
0
2010 Q4
10
2
0
200000.0
2010 Q3
840
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
2
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
16
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
348
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
426
2
0
4694.8
2009 Q2
0
0
0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
203
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
555
5
0
9009.0
2008 Q2
298
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
13
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
435
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
173
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
213
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
86
3
0
34883.7
2006 Q4
240
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
268
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
489
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
334
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
296
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
495
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
531
3
2
5649.7
2005 Q1
133
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
732
1
1
1366.1
2004 Q3
640
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
510
2
1
3921.6
2004 Q1
219
1
0
4566.2
2003 Q4
537
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
859
3
3
3492.4
2003 Q2
1,247
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
543
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
756
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,080
5
3
4629.6
2002 Q2
1,664
5
1
3004.8
2002 Q1
644
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
691
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
796
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
741
9
0
12145.7
2001 Q1
326
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
230
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
233
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
502
1
0
1992.0
2000 Q1
827
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
1999 · 1 incident
March 11, 1999MT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY