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Spomac/Fabtech Wash Plant #4050: 91 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Nelcon Inc · Surface
Kalispell, Flathead County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402173

Spomac/Fabtech Wash Plant #4050 has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2004–2005
Latest incident
Jun 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
91
citations
28
significant & substantial
$30,253
proposed penalties
$30,252
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Nelcon Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
394
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: 394 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2018-10-24.
On record since 2018.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Spomac/Fabtech Wash Plant #4050 has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 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.
$30K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$1
outstanding
89 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-03.
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.
31.5%
significant & substantial
14.6%
high negligence or reckless
31.5%
reasonably likely or greater
44.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.2% low, 74.2% moderate, 14.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2014-11-05, 11 years ago
9%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz31 over
  • Arsenic fumes4
  • Beryllium fumes4
  • Cadmium oxide fumes4
Show the individual readings (59)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2003-07-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 0.33 1.67 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-11-05 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Iron oxide fumes 0.31 20 0.02 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Manganese fumes 0.05 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Arsenic fumes 7.1 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Iron oxide fumes 0.26 20 0.01 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Manganese fumes 0.04 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Zinc oxide fumes 0.2 10 0.02 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Arsenic fumes 12.23 1500 0.01 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Iron oxide fumes 0.36 20 0.02 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Manganese fumes 0.04 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Iron oxide fumes 0.02 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-11-05 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2009-09-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.45 0.36 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 0.36 0.78 Crusher Oper/Worker

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2016-07-20, 10 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2016-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ROAD
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.
Ownership history
  1. Nelcon Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 1
2024 1
2023 3
2022 4
2021 1
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 3
2011 3
2010 5
2009 2
2008 6
2007 7
2006 7
2005 4
2004 2
2003 2
2001 0
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Spomac/Fabtech Wash Plant #4050 sits in Flathead County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Flathead County, Montana · Population 108,445
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$71,327
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
2026 Q2 82 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 65 4 3 61538.5
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 33 1 1 30303.0
2025 Q2 4 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 12 10 5 833333.3
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 41 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 74 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 106 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 95 1 0 10526.3
2023 Q1 149 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 132 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 321 8 0 24922.1
2022 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 73 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 145 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 181 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 83 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 99 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 668 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 212 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 998 6 1 6012.0
2019 Q3 806 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 402 2 0 4975.1
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 175 3 2 17142.9
2018 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 617 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 226 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 58 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 218 4 2 18348.6
2016 Q2 285 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 138 1 0 7246.4
2015 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 42 1 0 23809.5
2014 Q3 54 2 0 37037.0
2014 Q2 72 2 0 27777.8
2014 Q1 0 1 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 142 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 341 4 0 11730.2
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 690 6 0 8695.7
2012 Q2 344 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 293 1 0 3413.0
2011 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 272 1 0 3676.5
2011 Q2 106 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 142 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 336 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 441 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 297 2 1 6734.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 196 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,106 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,843 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,378 1 0 725.7
2007 Q4 2,643 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,946 11 4 2787.6
2007 Q2 4,291 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 876 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,369 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,392 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,376 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 431 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,514 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,210 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,155 2 2 1731.6
2005 Q1 469 4 1 8528.8
2004 Q4 904 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,928 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,289 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 637 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,344 13 6 9672.6
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 314 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 73 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2005 · 1 incident

June 8, 2005 MT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Nelcon Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS ON BACK OF BOBCAT LOADER FOR COUNTERWEIGHT TO COUNTERBALANCE HEAVY LOAD. BOBCAT TIPPED AND FELL FORWARD, DROPPING PART OF LOAD. LOADER BOUNCED BACK UP QUICKLY AS EE WAS FALLING FORWARD, SO HE HIT HIS FACE ON THE CAB OF THE BOBCAT, INJURING HIS NOSE, BREAKING HIS GLASSES, ETC.

2004 · 1 incident

May 7, 2004 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nelcon Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ADJUSTING STEEL PLATES ON TRAP FEEDER, FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN PLATE AND TRAP.