Mining Incidents

Crusher #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Albert A Schellinger
Columbia Falls, Flathead County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2401385

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2000–2021
Latest incident
Apr 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
122
citations
42
significant & substantial
$33,081
proposed penalties
$26,298
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 1,197 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,112 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,650 12 1 4528.3
2024 Q4 2,253 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,929 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,490 1 0 401.6
2023 Q4 1,858 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,027 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

13 on file

2021 · 1 incident

April 22, 2021 MT · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Miner was sitting on the counter in test trailer and slipped while trying to get off. EE struck nose on the opposite counter. EE was taken to clinic for treatment.

2018 · 1 incident

2004 · 1 incident

November 16, 2004 MT · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management POWERED HAULAGE
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

SLIPPED WHILE EXITING CLEANOUT AREA AND ARM SLID INTO TAIL PULLEY OF NOW MOVING BELT

2003 · 1 incident

May 28, 2003 MT · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PRY A ROCK LOOSE, THE BAR SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK & PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE BAR AND JAW CRUSHER.

2002 · 3 incidents

November 21, 2002 MT · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING SCREENS ON 6X20 SCREEN PLANT (STANDING ON WALKWAY WITH RAIL) WHILE SLIDING SCREEN CAUGHT HIS JACKET PULLING HIM OFF WALKWAY & HIT HIM IN THE FACE.

September 16, 2002 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT OF LOADER SIDE TO SIDE AND BOUNCING CAUSED BACK STRAIN.

July 24, 2002 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE INDICATES THAT "CONSTANT" BOUNCING IN 980G LOADER HAS CAUSED BACK PAIN.

2000 · 6 incidents

October 16, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FEED CHAIN ON DRIFTER BRAKE AS DRIFTER WAS IN MOTION UPWARDS DURING STEEL CHANGE OPERATION CAUSING THE CHAIN TO BUNCH UP AS THE HAMMER WAS FALLING. THE BUNCHED CHAIN STRUCK THE LEFT THIGH AND ON DOWN TH4E LEFT LEG. NO BROKEN BONE, BRUISED.

September 29, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Flash burns (electric)

RUNNING ELEC CABLE INTO BOX WHEN IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH ANOTHER CABLE & FLASHED IN HIS FACE

September 29, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM CRUSHER WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL THE REMAINING DISTANCE TO THE GROUND. WHEN HE LANDED, HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE

June 19, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PLACED JAW DIE ON PITMAN (SUSPENDED) BLOCKED JAW DIE, EXCESS WEIGHT CAUSED THE JAW DIE TO ROCK LOSING THE WOOD BLOCKING AND THE DIE SWUNG BACK PINCHING THE EE BETWEEN THE JAW DIE AND THE CRUSH ER FRAMEWORK.

June 9, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING BY-PASS CHUTE ON CRUSHER WITH A BAR, SMASHED HAND BETWEEN BAR AND A PIECE OF IRON ON CRUSHER.

April 19, 2000 MT · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Schellinger Construction Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A LOADER MOVING IN REVERSE WITH HIS HEAD TURNED. HE HIT A BUMP, JARRING AND TWISTING HIS BACK AND ARM.