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: 252 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
WEAVER GRAVEL INC has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-08-07.
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.
8citations taken to the federal commission · 13% of citations on record
Settled
8 · 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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
15%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $1K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2011-08-26.
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.
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: 2010-07-20, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-07-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
1.35
0.13
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-09-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
1.01
0.40
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-09-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.55
1.4
0.39
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2013
1
2012
3
2011
3
2010
3
2009
3
2008
4
2007
5
2006
4
2005
4
2004
4
2003
5
2002
5
2001
5
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
WEAVER GRAVEL INC sits in Flathead County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Flathead County, Montana · Population 108,445
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$71,327
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
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q3
0
0
0
2013 Q2
0
0
0
2013 Q1
131
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
587
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,076
17
4
15799.3
2012 Q2
459
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
107
0
0
0.0
Show 47 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2011 Q4
477
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
753
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
832
9
5
10817.3
2011 Q1
107
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
420
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
1,044
6
1
5747.1
2010 Q2
489
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
51
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
753
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
896
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
716
5
2
6983.2
2009 Q1
81
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
611
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
1,260
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,157
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
534
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
1,415
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
1,932
5
0
2588.0
2007 Q2
1,976
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
683
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
946
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
1,835
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,834
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
638
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
1,122
11
9
9803.9
2005 Q3
2,482
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
2,451
2
0
816.0
2005 Q1
1,185
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,647
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
2,305
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,369
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
940
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,654
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,900
4
3
1379.3
2003 Q2
2,439
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,214
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,995
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
3,010
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
2,850
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
1,137
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,402
1
1
416.3
2001 Q2
2,665
4
0
1500.9
2001 Q1
970
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,910
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,858
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
2,876
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
615
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
1995 · 3 incidents
November 13, 1995MT · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorFALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
IT WAS RAINING VERY HARD AND THE ROCKS ON THE HILLSIDE WERE SLIPPING. EMPLOYEE STATED HE WAS OPERATING THE LOADER WHEN A 12" ROCK ROLLED DOWN THE HILL AND BROKE THE SIDE WINDOW OUT OF LOADER H ITTING EMPLOYEE ON BACK OF LEFT SHOULDER. HE WASTAKEN FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT: X-RAYS. THE NEXT DAY HE WAS SENT FOR A MRI OR SCAN, HIS DR. IS WAITING FOR RESULTS.
October 9, 1995MT · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
ON 9-15-95, EE WOKE UP WITH A VERY SORE EYE--HE THOUGHT HE HAD PINKEYE AND WOULD NOT SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION. AFTER APPROX 3 WKS, EE'S EYE WAS NOT BETTER SO HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT ON 10-09 -95, DR, REMOVED A FOREIGN OBJECT FROM EE'S EYE.
July 18, 1995MT · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A LARGE ROCK THAT WAS STUCK IN THE CRUSHER JAWAS WHEN HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT (CHIRO) ON 7-18-95 AND RETURNED TO WORK ON NEXT SCHEDULED SHIF T.
1989 · 1 incident
April 10, 1989MT · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorOTHER
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A BOARD AND HIS BACK POPPED OUT. HE DID NOT PICK UP BOARD BEFORE INJURY. HE HAS NEVER HAD THIS TYPE OF INJURY BEFORE. BACK GOT PROGRESSIVELY MORE PAINFUL AND HE S OUGHT MEDICAL CARE ON 4/13/89. ATTENDING DOCTOR HAS ADVISED A REST OF AT LEAST 10 DAYS, AS WELL AS DAILY TREATMENTS.
1987 · 1 incident
June 20, 1987MT · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS TI1HTENING SOME U BOLTS ON FRONT SPRING OF TRUCK HE WAS LAYING DOWN WITH FOOT AGAINST RT FRONT WHEEL AND PULLING ON A RATCHET WRENCH WHEN HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN BACK
1983 · 1 incident
September 12, 1983MT · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Weaver Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects
EMPLOYE WAS CHECKING ALIGNMENT SCREW ON CONVEYOR WHEN HE BUMPED HIS ARM ON GRAVEL ON OVERFLOW THRAY CAUSING THE CONVEYOR BELT TO CATCH THE TIP OF HIS GLOVE CONVEYOR PULLED HIS HAND AND ARM ARO UND THE PULLEY BY ABOUT 3/4 OF A TURN BREAKING THE ARM GLOVE THEN RELEASED AND HIS ARM CAME OUT