Mining Incidents

CASTLE ROCK Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Brad Mercord
Flat head, Flathead County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402222

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2003–2016
Latest incident
Aug 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
23
citations
5
significant & substantial
$4,736
proposed penalties
$5,236
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 777 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 801 1 0 1248.4
2024 Q4 677 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 732 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 844 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,058 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 326 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

3 on file

2016 · 1 incident

August 17, 2016 MT · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Montana Rockworks Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

A sales person from another company was selecting rock when the quarry was not operational. While on the main of quarry in the step section, EE stepped on a 8" rock and it tipped. EE lost EE's balance and staggered backwards trying to catch self. Fell into one pallet of steps about 4-5 feet tall spun over the corner backwards into a second pallet before falling to the ground.

2007 · 1 incident

September 19, 2007 MT · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Montana Rockworks Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was loading rock by hand onto the rock splitter machine table; his right pinky finger was smashed between the table and the rock.

2003 · 1 incident

September 9, 2003 MT · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Montana Rockworks LLP · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WET CONDITIONS IN A MOUNTAIN QUARRY. HE SLIPPED, FALLING FOWARD, CAUSING UPPER BACK INJURY.