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: 665 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2010-11-04.
On record since 2010.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
US Grant has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $24K outstanding across 6 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$24K
outstanding
145 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $11K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-08-08.
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.
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.
70citations taken to the federal commission · 48% of citations on record
Settled
14 · 20%
Stood as issued
56 · 80%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 17 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$11K proposed, $11K 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 2017-04-18.
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.
US Grant recorded 9.91 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.91
total case rate
9.91
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Montana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.85 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2015
0
2014
7
2011
5
2010
9
2009
9
2008
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
US Grant 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
2015 Q4
0
0
0
2015 Q3
0
0
0
2015 Q2
0
1
0
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
2,168
4
1
1845.0
2014 Q3
2,410
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
588
1
0
1700.7
2010 Q4
2,178
11
2
5050.5
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3
2,430
20
3
8230.5
2009 Q1
1,079
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
5,250
6
0
1142.9
2008 Q3
4,726
1
0
211.6
2008 Q2
4,378
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
5,836
10
2
1713.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2016 · 1 incident
September 4, 2016MT · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miner was moving cable when EE slipped and fell resulting in pain to wrist. Miner was taken to hospital for x-ray, resulting in no broken bones or obvious tissue damage. Miner notified mine management on 09/20/16 that EE could not return to EE's next scheduled shift due to the injury, therefore initiating the requirements of 30cfr part 50 to file a 7000-1 form.
RUNNING SLUSHER,CABLE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN MOTOR AND CABLE DRUM.I.NAME ASKED FOR I.NAME HELP.TRIED TO FREE CABLE WITH SLUSHER CABLE GRABBED AND PULLED SLUSHER OFF PINNING I.NAME LEGS UNDERNEATH
WHILE SLUSHING EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING AND TWISTING HE BENT DOWN AND NOTICED A SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE WAS UNABLE TO LIFT ANYTHING AND HIS WALKING WAS IMPAIRED.