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Stillwater Mine: 971 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Stillwater Mine is an active platinum group ore underground mine in Stillwater County, Montana, operated by Stillwater Mining Company with 1,123 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2401490). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 971 citations and orders there with $1,085,474 in proposed penalties, and 98 accident reports were filed there, with 95 injury or illness cases, 2 of them fatal.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2401490
- Status
- Active since May 15, 1987
- Main commodity
- Platinum group ore
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Stillwater County, Montana
- Nearest town
- Nye
- Operator
- Stillwater Mining Company
- Employees
- 1,123
- MSHA field office
- Rapid City SD Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 971
- Significant and substantial
- 112 (11.5%)
- Closure orders
- 22
- High negligence or reckless
- 40
- Proposed penalties
- $1,085,474
- Amount paid so far
- $518,713
- Inspections
- 98
- Inspector hours on site
- 6,138
- Citations per inspection
- 9.91 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 98
- Injury and illness cases
- 95
- Fatalities
- 2
- Latest MSHA record
- October 29, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 121 ($316,163 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 175 | 27 | $204,576 | 25 |
| 2023 | 170 | 18 | $85,066 | 35 |
| 2024 | 314 | 30 | $186,855 | 27 |
| 2025 | 193 | 20 | $270,054 | 5 |
| 2026 | 119 | 17 | $338,924 | 3 |
Standards cited most at Stillwater Mine
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 57.20003 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 80 |
| 30 CFR 57.4201 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 62 |
| 30 CFR 57.12032 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 54 |
| 30 CFR 57.11001 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 50 |
| 30 CFR 57.14100 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 45 |
| 30 CFR 57.12028 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 39 |
| 30 CFR 57.8531 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 35 |
| 30 CFR 57.4104 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 28 |
| 30 CFR 57.3200 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 27 |
| 30 CFR 57.12018 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 27 |
| 30 CFR 57.12006 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 26 |
| 30 CFR 57.14207 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 21 |
| 30 CFR 57.12004 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 20 |
| 30 CFR 57.20011 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 19 |
| 30 CFR 57.14132 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 18 |
Injury and illness cases at Stillwater Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Fatality | 2 |
| Permanent disability | 3 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 62 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 28 |
What the accident reports at Stillwater Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Machinery | 21 |
| Handling of materials | 18 |
| Slip or fall of person | 16 |
| Powered haulage | 13 |
| Fall of roof or back | 10 |
| Disorders (repeated trauma) | 8 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 7 |
| Striking or bumping | 1 |
| Electrical | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Stillwater Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 7 |
| Mancar | 5 |
| Rock drill | 5 |
| Rock or roof bolting machine | 5 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 4 |
| Carriage-mounted drills | 4 |
| Front-end loader | 4 |
| Load-haul-dump | 3 |
| Mucking machine | 3 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 1 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.