Mining Incidents

Montana Bakken, LLC operator

Controlled by Douglas Warriner
MSHA operator ID: 0146154
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
27
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,832
proposed penalties
$483
paid to date
17% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,349 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
144
inspections on record
1,442
inspection hours
1.9
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.
27 citations across 1,442 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$483
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2019
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Mines on record

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