Mining Incidents

Woods Bay Sand & Gravel I Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Robert W Ritter
Big Fork, Flathead County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402424

Woods Bay Sand & Gravel I has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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 2007
59
citations
10
significant & substantial
$21,848
proposed penalties
$15,528
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,320 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
33
inspections on record
385
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: 385 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Woods Bay Sand & Gravel I has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-09-10.
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 30 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 35 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 40 4 0 100000.0
2024 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 55 0 0 0.0
Show 73 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 55 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 40 3 0 75000.0
2022 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 68 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 27 3 0 111111.1
2020 Q4 106 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 133 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 217 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 12 4 0 333333.3
2019 Q4 162 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 208 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 172 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 143 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 109 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 347 2 0 5763.7
2018 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 74 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 186 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 86 2 0 23255.8
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 112 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 103 4 0 38835.0
2016 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 35 1 0 28571.4
2015 Q2 694 1 1 1440.9
2015 Q1 864 3 0 3472.2
2014 Q4 832 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,111 1 0 900.1
2014 Q2 927 3 1 3236.2
2014 Q1 669 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 274 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 337 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 280 1 0 3571.4
2011 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 400 4 0 10000.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 240 8 0 33333.3
2010 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 618 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,079 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 906 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,211 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 958 5 1 5219.2
2008 Q3 997 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,115 3 2 2690.6
2008 Q1 1,130 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 496 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 509 7 5 13752.5
2007 Q2 738 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 364 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 478 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 579 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 596 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 480 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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The full compliance file on Woods Bay Sand & Gravel I

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