Mining Incidents

Treasure Mine Metal/Non-Metal

ELEVATION NEWCO LLC · Surface
Controlled by Riverspan Partners LP
Dillon, Beaverhead County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2400160

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2000–2020
Latest incident
Apr 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
127
citations
25
significant & substantial
$12,495
proposed penalties
$11,987
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 1,221 1 0 819.0
2025 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,300 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,300 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,300 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2020 · 1 incident

April 22, 2020 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Barretts Minerals Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Walking across shop floor when hamstring began to cramp

2018 · 1 incident

July 23, 2018 MT · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Barretts Minerals Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Individual was getting supplies out of a Job (Knack) box, when the individuals head caught the lid. Causing the lid to close on the back of the head.

2015 · 1 incident

July 7, 2015 MT · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Barretts Minerals Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee suffered a blood clot in his lungs, which rendered him unconscious. He was driving between the mine & the mill. He stopped the truck at the raw ore storage area. Another driver discovered him slumped over the wheel, unconscious. He pulled him out of the truck and administered CPR until the ambulance arrived.

2011 · 1 incident

September 27, 2011 MT · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Barretts Minerals Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

While EE was stepping down from helpers stand on back of drill rig, he stepped on uneven terrain and twisted his knee causing him to fall to the ground. Initial treatment was ice and elevation and then transferred to Barrett hospital for further evaluation.

2006 · 2 incidents

October 2, 2006 MT · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Barretts Minerals Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While removing O2 cylinder from pickup finger was caught between cylinder and latch on tailgate resulting in cut finger.

April 28, 2006 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Barretts Minerals Inc · Struck against a moving object

The injured employee was backing haul truck on an ore stockpile to dump load of material for construction of safety berm. Haul truck travelled over face of stockpile and landed upside down on loadout area. Blunt force trauma resulted in two fractured ribs and a fractured vertebra.

2000 · 2 incidents

May 1, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Barretts Minerals Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BACKING HAUL TRUCK TO POSITION FOR LOADINGTRUCK AND SHOVEL COLLIDED WHEN BACK OF TRUCK HIT COUNTER WEIGHT OF ROTATING SHOVEL. IMPACT RESULTED IN JARRING OF EMPLOYEE.

May 1, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Barretts Minerals Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHILE BACKING HAUL TRUCK TO POSITION FOR LOADING TRUCK WAS HIT BY COUNTER WEIGHT OF ROTATING SHOVEL. IMPACT RESULTED IN JARRING OF EMPLOYEE.