Mining Incidents

Alexander Construction: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lorinda M Hale
Wheatland, Platte County, WY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4801568

Alexander Construction has $823 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Apr 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
7
citations
0
significant & substantial
$823
proposed penalties
$823
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
34
inspections on record
323
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 323 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Alexander Construction has $823 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$823
proposed penalties
$823
current assessed
$823
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-06-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
14.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 42.9% low, 57.1% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-01-12.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEST 2010-524M Settlement 2010 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2026-08-05
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-08-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 Cleanup Man
2014-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Alexander Construction Company 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 2
2024 3
2023 3
2022 2
2021 3
2020 3
2019 2
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 2
2011 3
2010 3
2009 2
2008 3
2007 2
2006 2
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Alexander Construction sits in Platte County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 0.4% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Platte County, Wyoming · Population 8,606
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$66,299
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 239 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 206 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 264 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 170 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 196 0 0 0.0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 536 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 93 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 312 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 496 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 247 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 177 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 275 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 491 1 0 2036.7
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 573 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 522 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 179 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 153 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 503 3 0 5964.2
2020 Q3 365 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 279 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 138 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 89 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 580 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 243 1 0 4115.2
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 316 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 937 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 199 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 293 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 505 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 213 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 377 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 351 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 510 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 516 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 395 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 460 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 322 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 323 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 410 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 733 1 0 1364.3
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 342 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 138 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 774 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 939 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 411 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 372 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 531 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 453 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,035 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 365 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 241 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 72 1 0 13888.9
2009 Q3 118 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 187 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 443 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 248 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 444 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 154 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 272 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 347 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 104 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 252 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 128 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 187 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 117 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 185 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 247 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 273 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 252 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 72 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 106 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 272 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 225 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 132 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 332 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 481 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 123 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 353 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 238 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 561 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

April 5, 2002 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Alexander Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PINCHED RT. PINKY FINGER WHILE USING A PIPE WRENCH ON A LARGE NUT ATTACHED TO A CONCAVE RING. EE WAS WORKING THE NUT BACK AND FORTH WITH CO-WORKER, NUT LOOSENED UP AND THE WRENCH PINCHED FINGER.