Mining Incidents

West Shore Works LLC: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

West Shore Works LLC · Surface
Lakeside, Flathead County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402197

West Shore Works LLC has $618 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
10
citations
4
significant & substantial
$618
proposed penalties
$618
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
7
inspections on record
44
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: 44 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

West Shore Works LLC has $618 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.
$618
proposed penalties
$618
current assessed
$618
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-06-20.
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.
40.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
40.0%
reasonably likely or greater
40.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 40.0% low, 60.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Valley Excavating 2000 to 2004
  2. West Shore Works LLC 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 1
2005 2
2004 1
2003 3
2002 4
2001 4
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

West Shore Works LLC 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
2006 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 38 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 193 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 82 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 59 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2 27 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 88 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 116 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 11 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 43 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 131 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 68 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 184 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 117 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 314 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 216 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 194 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 176 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.