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Twin Creek: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Brad Mercord
Kalispell, Lincoln County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402227

Twin Creek has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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
2013–2017
Latest incident
Jul 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
10
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,965
proposed penalties
$1,965
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Montana Rockworks Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
20
inspections on record
185
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: 185 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Twin Creek has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-06-27.
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.
30.0%
significant & substantial
10.0%
high negligence or reckless
30.0%
reasonably likely or greater
70.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 30.0% low, 60.0% moderate, 10.0% 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.

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2015-06-30, 11 years ago
2
samples
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2015-06-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ROAD
2015-06-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 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. Montana Rockworks LLP 2001 to 2011
  2. Montana Rockworks Inc. 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 0
2023 1
2022 0
2021 0
2020 1
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 3
2015 5
2014 3
2013 3
2012 5
2011 8
2003 0
2002 0
2001 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Twin Creek sits in Lincoln County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 1.4% 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.
Lincoln County, Montana · Population 20,656
1.4%
Mining share of county employment
$47,018
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 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 414 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 45 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 37 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 121 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 513 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 97 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 157 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 1,525 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,516 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 210 1 0 4761.9
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 854 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,544 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 379 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 2,419 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,394 1 0 417.7
2016 Q2 289 1 0 3460.2
2016 Q1 406 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,792 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,956 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,943 5 2 2573.3
2015 Q1 395 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,492 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,133 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 65 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 388 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,885 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,666 2 1 1200.5
2013 Q2 145 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 349 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,587 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,743 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,410 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,458 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,098 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 2,500 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2017 · 1 incident

July 7, 2017 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Rockworks Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

pulling and sorting rocks felt a pinch in lower back

2013 · 1 incident

March 25, 2013 MT · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Montana Rockworks Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

While working palleting off the back of the splitter table, employee fainted and fell face first into the table of the splitter. Broke teeth and cut lip.