Mining Incidents

Smail Portable Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dale R Smail
Alder, Madison County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402470

Smail Portable has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2008
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,394
proposed penalties
$1,394
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
11
inspections on record
171
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: 171 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Smail Portable has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-04-14.
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 11 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 23 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 11 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 35 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 34 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 11 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 19 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 66 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 113 1 0 8849.6
2020 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 79 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 88 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 35 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 22 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 9 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 14 2 0 142857.1
2014 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 22 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 34 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 84 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 113 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 36 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 144 1 0 6944.4
2010 Q1 568 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 504 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 588 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 432 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 504 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 573 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 0 1 1
2008 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 620 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 540 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 488 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 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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