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Crusher #1: 42 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Lander, Fremont County, WY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4801656

Crusher #1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
Mar 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
42
citations
10
significant & substantial
$5,145
proposed penalties
$5,145
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See High Country Construction, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
32
inspections on record
368
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: 368 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2017-03-27.
On record since 2017.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Crusher #1 has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-13.
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.
24.4%
significant & substantial
9.8%
high negligence or reckless
24.4%
reasonably likely or greater
36.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.3% low, 82.9% moderate, 9.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2026-03-11
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz61 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-08-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.97 0.89 1.09 Cleanup Man
2026-03-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-03-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-03-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.92 1.14 0.81 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-07-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 0.72 0.61 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-08-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 0.8 0.60 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 2.07 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.5 0.72 Cleanup Man
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. High Country Construction, Inc. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 2
2023 0
2022 0
2021 1
2020 2
2019 3
2018 2
2017 3
2016 0
2015 4
2014 7
2013 6
2012 5
2011 4
2009 6
2008 3
2007 1
2006 4
2005 2
2004 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Crusher #1 sits in Fremont County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Fremont County, Wyoming · Population 39,472
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,646
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 724 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,737 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 638 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 870 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,740 3 1 1094.9
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 497 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,432 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 1 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q4 593 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 328 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 1,878 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 654 2 0 3058.1
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 2,179 9 5 4130.3
2019 Q2 2,740 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 244 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,489 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 1 0
2017 Q4 555 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 639 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 57 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 544 8 2 14705.9
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 1 0
2015 Q4 296 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 972 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 275 1 0 3636.4
2015 Q1 764 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 374 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 992 1 0 1008.1
2014 Q2 707 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,271 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 265 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,897 1 0 345.2
2012 Q4 176 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,231 2 2 1624.7
2012 Q1 812 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 0 2 0
2011 Q2 1,974 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 135 3 0 22222.2
2009 Q4 700 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,970 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 668 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,822 1 0 354.4
2008 Q4 276 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 462 2 0 4329.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q2 744 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 875 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 635 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 1 0
2006 Q1 1,882 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 467 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 901 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,280 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,770 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,038 1 0 963.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2025 · 1 incident

March 25, 2025 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
High Country Construction, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was hit in the hardhat with a rock that came off the crusher. Employee went to the doctor the next day and was diagnosed with a concussion. Employee is home at the time. On April 2nd employee was not released by doctor and is currently on Physical Rehab