Mining Incidents

Thompson Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by George R Thompson
Vaughn, Cascade County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2401843

Thompson Pit has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $180 outstanding across 2 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 2000
26
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,973
proposed penalties
$1,544
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $429 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
115
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: 115 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Thompson Pit has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $180 outstanding across 2 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$180
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-05-01.
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
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 98 2 0 20408.2
2005 Q3 186 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 108 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 294 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 304 20 3 65789.5
2004 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
Show 17 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q1 650 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 144 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 628 2 0 3184.7
2003 Q2 785 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,614 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 432 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 947 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 338 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 458 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 796 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 119 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 326 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 551 1 0 1814.9
2000 Q3 143 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 65 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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