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Vortex Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Yogo Mining Company LLC · Surface

Controlled by Don Baide

Hobson, Judith Basin County, MT · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 2401835

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2012
Latest incident: Mar 2012

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$60,646

proposed penalties

$9,346

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
2021 Q4	0	0	0
2014 Q3	1,560	0	0	0.0
2014 Q2	2,580	2	0	775.2
2014 Q1	0	3	1
2013 Q4	0	0	0
2013 Q3	0	6	1
2013 Q2	0	0	0
2013 Q1	0	0	0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

March 20, 2012 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL

Blue Ice Sapphire Mining, Inc. · Struck by falling object

This accident has already been investigated by MSHA. The victim was found approximately 250 feet inside the mine. He was working alone and had been struck by a fall of rib.