Mining Incidents

Washplant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Andrew J Mathison
Lewistown, Fergus County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402505

Washplant has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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 2008
23
citations
6
significant & substantial
$6,543
proposed penalties
$5,744
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $799 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
25
inspections on record
260
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: 260 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Washplant has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-06-01.
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
2025 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 484 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 618 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 35 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 584 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 617 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 582 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 221 0 0 0.0
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 653 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 565 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 47 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 376 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 852 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 625 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 231 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 506 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,295 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,564 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 349 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 665 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 335 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 162 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 186 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 406 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 587 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 361 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 1,152 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 236 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 404 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 538 1 0 1858.7
2016 Q1 153 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 361 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 616 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 547 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 230 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 617 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 573 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 547 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 624 3 1 4807.7
2013 Q2 584 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 521 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 643 1 0 1555.2
2012 Q2 599 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 193 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 609 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 491 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 398 7 3 17587.9
2010 Q2 551 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 173 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 438 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,126 3 1 2664.3
2009 Q2 1,156 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 617 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 536 1 0 1865.7
2008 Q3 704 7 1 9943.2
2008 Q2 677 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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