# STILLWATER MINE

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2401490
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Platinum Group Ore
- **Location:** Stillwater, MT
- **Operator:** Stillwater Mining Company
- **Controller:** Sibanye Stillwater Limited
- **Public source rows linked:** 29,666
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Sibanye Stillwater Limited (0134661) → Stillwater Mining Company (L14843) → STILLWATER MINE (2401490)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **James S  Redpath → J S Redpath Corp:** 1979-10-01 through 1980-08-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 2401490; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Atlantic Richfield Company → Anaconda Minerals Company:** 1980-08-19 through 1983-07-05; derived from co-tenure at mine 2401490; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Manville Corp Et Al → Stillwater Mining Company:** 1983-07-06 through 1996-09-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 2401490; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Stillwater Mining Company → Stillwater Mining Company:** 1996-09-04 through 2017-05-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 2401490; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Deilmann-Haniel → J S Redpath Corp:** 2007-09-01 through 1980-08-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 2401490; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sibanye Stillwater Limited → Stillwater Mining Company:** 2017-05-04 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2401490; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 16
- Interval anomalies: 1
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 134 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1,322 historical accident/injury rows; 10 coded fatalities and 27,346 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 1,387 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 5,949 violation rows across the full record; 1,072 carry an S&S flag and $2,929,655 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 698 samples:** Occupational health samples 674 personal; 24 area. 58 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 504K employee hours and 1,146 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1,740 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 596 contested-violation rows, 765 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 379 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 92 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 120 since 2021:** Inspections 452 inspection events and 79K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 57.12041 — Design of switches and starting boxes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12041
- **30 CFR 57.11012 — Protection for openings around travelways.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11012
- **30 CFR 57.11051 — Escape routes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11051
- **30 CFR 57.12002 — Controls and switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12002
- **30 CFR 57.20003 — Housekeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20003
- **30 CFR 57.11001 — Safe access.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11001
- **30 CFR 57.16006 — Protection of gas cylinder valves.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-O/section-57.16006
- **30 CFR 57.4201 — Inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4201
- **30 CFR 57.8531 — Construction and maintenance of ventilation doors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-G/section-57.8531
- **30 CFR 57.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12032

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1,322 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2026-08-15; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1987-05-15 through 1987-05-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 24 rows; 2005-04-27 through 2026-03-03; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 5,865 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2026-07-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 765 rows; 2000-07-24 through 2026-09-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 379 rows; 2000-04-12 through 2024-12-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 596 rows; 2002-06-05 through 2026-04-28; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 11,144 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2,332 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1979-10-01 through 1996-09-04; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 452 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2026-07-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 48 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 108 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 674 rows; 2000-08-23 through 2026-03-04; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 5,949 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2026-07-13; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/stillwater-mine-2401490`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/stillwater-mine-2401490`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2401490/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2401490/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2401490/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`