Mining Incidents

Sullivan Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Albert A Schellinger
Kalispell, Flathead County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402283

Sullivan Wash Plant has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Aug 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
57
citations
5
significant & substantial
$6,453
proposed penalties
$5,789
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $664 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
35
inspections on record
368
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: 368 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sullivan Wash Plant has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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
$0
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-25.
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 49 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 217 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 252 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 616 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 181 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 131 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 331 0 0 0.0
Show 81 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 212 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 710 1 0 1408.5
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 253 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 301 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 38 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 43 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 253 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 307 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 183 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 201 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 207 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 364 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 505 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 68 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 0 1 0
2018 Q2 195 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 63 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 138 1 0 7246.4
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 145 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 272 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,153 9 1 7805.7
2016 Q1 313 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 86 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 304 1 0 3289.5
2015 Q2 286 12 1 41958.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 273 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 279 6 2 21505.4
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 34 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 265 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 29 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 127 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 297 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 181 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 243 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 286 3 1 10489.5
2010 Q4 47 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 3 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 137 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,251 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,286 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,314 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 516 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,307 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,398 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,423 12 0 8432.9
2007 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 539 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 704 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 637 1 0 1569.9
2006 Q1 768 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 789 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,112 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 832 6 0 7211.5
2005 Q1 785 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,115 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,064 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 365 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 585 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 235 3 0 12766.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

August 29, 2019 MT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Schellinger Construction Co. Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Miner injured EE's back while shoveling at the Sullivan Wash Plant. Due to the amount of pain EE is in another miner working with EE is transporting EE to the North Valley Hospital.

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