Mining Incidents

Stewart Excavating Inc.: 27 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Stewart Excavating Inc · Surface
Controlled by Walter A Stewart
Corvallis, Ravalli County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402117

Stewart Excavating Inc. has $3K 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 2002
27
citations
8
significant & substantial
$3,454
proposed penalties
$3,254
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $200 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
35
inspections on record
251
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: 251 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Stewart Excavating Inc. has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $800 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-10-14.
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.
29.6%
significant & substantial
7.4%
high negligence or reckless
29.6%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.8% low, 77.8% moderate, 7.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST20030205M Settlement Manning 2003 $1K → $800
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2009-10-20, 16 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Stewart Excavating Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 2
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 4
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 4
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 9
2007 5
2006 3
2005 4
2004 2
2003 3
2002 2
2001 2
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Stewart Excavating Inc. 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
2021 Q4 132 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 63 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 304 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 137 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 138 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 268 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
Show 80 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 183 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 357 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 349 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 330 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 250 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 508 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 375 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 183 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 548 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 251 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 226 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 251 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 370 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 367 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 156 1 0 6410.3
2014 Q3 270 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 154 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 85 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 188 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 302 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 108 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 163 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 347 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 641 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 581 1 1 1721.2
2012 Q1 194 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 263 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 216 1 0 4629.6
2011 Q2 241 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 114 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 133 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 344 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 258 3 0 11627.9
2009 Q3 108 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 357 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 724 1 0 1381.2
2008 Q3 1,018 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,310 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 953 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 974 3 0 3080.1
2007 Q3 1,350 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,407 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 841 4 1 4756.2
2006 Q4 522 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 943 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 995 1 0 1005.0
2006 Q1 768 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 608 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 819 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 770 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 893 5 4 5599.1
2004 Q4 445 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 382 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 448 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 388 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 375 3 0 8000.0
2003 Q3 544 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 561 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 410 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 375 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 642 4 2 6230.5
2002 Q2 527 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 425 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 393 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 384 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 616 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.