Mining Incidents

Leucite Mine #11 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Nellie Searle
Superior, Sweetwater County, WY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4801573

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2015
Latest incident
Jan 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
63
citations
19
significant & substantial
$17,687
proposed penalties
$17,687
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 358 3 1 8379.9
2025 Q3 485 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 174 1 0 5747.1
2025 Q1 149 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,242 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,686 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,344 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 265 2 0 7547.2
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2015 · 1 incident

January 22, 2015 WY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Searle Bros. Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was attempting to dislodge a rock that become lodged between the tail pulley and belt. In removing the rock, the belt moved forward pulling the employees are under the belt between the tail roller and loaded belt, Employee sustained a broken humerus