South Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Western Excavating
· Surface
Controlled by
Riley Mytty
Missoula,
Missoula County,
MT
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402300
South Pit 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
13
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,578
proposed penalties
$1,578
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
9
inspections on record
83
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 83 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
South Pit has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 157 | 1 | 0 | 6369.4 |
| 2025 Q3 | 700 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 440 | 2 | 0 | 4545.5 |
| 2025 Q1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 400000.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 Q2 | 432 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 52631.6 |
| 2006 Q3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 168 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 408 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 235 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 314 | 2 | 2 | 6369.4 |
| 2004 Q4 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 360 | 2 | 0 | 5555.6 |
| 2003 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q2 | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 Q3 | 242 | 0 | 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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The full compliance file on South Pit
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.