Lake County Commissioners operator
Controlled by
Lake County-MT
MSHA operator ID: L35405
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 8
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1991–2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
113
citations
23
significant & substantial
$16,888
proposed penalties
$15,566
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,322 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
72
inspections on record
711
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: 711 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$17K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
112 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 4 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 2 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2016
1
2001
1
1999
1
1998
1
1994
1
1993
1
1992
1
1991
1
Mines on record
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