Mining Incidents

Titan Materials: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Titan Inc · Surface
Controlled by Lukas R Clark
Ennis, Madison County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402099

Titan Materials has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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 2001
10
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,382
proposed penalties
$1,232
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $150 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
31
inspections on record
273
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: 273 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Titan Materials has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $714 in penalties contested before the Commission, $564 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-09-09.
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.
10.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
10.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 60.0% low, 40.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
21%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$714 proposed, $564 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2016-12-27.
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
WEST 2011-251M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $600 → $450
WEST 2017-0166 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $114 → $114
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: 2016-07-12, 10 years ago
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Fibers, >5um1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-07-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-07-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2016-07-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2009-09-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-09 Fibers, >5um 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2016-06-15, 10 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2016-06-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 MP CRUSHING
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. Titan Inc 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 4
2023 3
2022 3
2021 2
2020 3
2019 1
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 3
2014 4
2013 1
2012 4
2011 3
2010 2
2009 2
2008 3
2007 4
2006 5
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Titan Materials sits in Madison County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Madison County, Montana · Population 8,975
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$67,420
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
2024 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 62 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 193 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 37 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 124 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 105 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4 17 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 41 1 0 24390.2
2022 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 68 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 154 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 204 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 121 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 248 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 69 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 176 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 163 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 333 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 233 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 148 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 109 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 1 0
2016 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 239 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 19 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 47 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 358 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 690 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 760 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 422 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 175 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,362 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 172 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 430 2 1 4651.2
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 162 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 953 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 2 0
2008 Q1 348 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,347 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 429 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,188 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 702 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 174 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 175 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 115 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 58 2 0 34482.8
2004 Q1 34 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 104 1 0 9615.4
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 222 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 38 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 45 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 56 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 33 1 0 30303.0
2001 Q2 232 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 59 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 908 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 131 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.