EE WAS USING A SHORT BAR TO PUSH IN A SWEEP. THE BELT CLIPS CAUGHT THE BAR AND PULLED IN HIS FINGER. FINGER CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR BELT AND FRAME. EE FAILED TO LOCK-OUT EQUIPMENT. (AMPUTATION LEFT INDEX FINGER - DISTAL PHALANGE.)
Helena Sand & Gravel-Portable Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Montana Mtls & Cons
· Surface
Controlled by
CRH PLC
Drummond,
Lewis And Clark County,
MT
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2400497
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2001–2004
- Latest incident
- Sep 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
33
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,799
proposed penalties
$4,737
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 | 460 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 335 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 293 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q3 | 916 | 1 | 0 | 1091.7 |
| 2023 Q2 | 524 | 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
4 on file2004 · 3 incidents
September 21, 2004
MT · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Montana Mtls & Cons · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
August 9, 2004
MT · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montana Mtls & Cons · Struck by falling object
EE WAS REMOVING SHAFT OUT OF PUMP TO REPLACE BEARINGS. WHILE PULLING SHAFT OUT, THE PUMP SLIPPED OFF JACK AND FELL, LANDING ON EE'S LEFT FOOT.
July 22, 2004
MT · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Montana Mtls & Cons · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Loader was pulling on concrete block with a chain. the chain broke, causing a piece of chain link to strike ee in mouth.
2001 · 1 incident
February 8, 2001
MT · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
ELECTRICAL
Maronick Construction Llc · Flash burns (electric)
EE WAS INSPECTING A DAMAGED 480V POWER RECEPTACLE THAT HAD FLASHED. DURING HIS INSPECTION HE PICKED UP THE RECEPTACLE & IT FLASHED AGAIN . EE FAILED TO DISCONNET POWER TO RECEPTECLE PRIOR TO HIS INSPECTION