Mining Incidents

Crusher #2: 19 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Sean D Frost
Lovell, Big Horn County, WY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4801302

Crusher #2 has $2K 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
4
Years on record
1991–1999
Latest incident
Jan 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
19
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,274
proposed penalties
$2,274
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
15
inspections on record
139
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: 139 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crusher #2 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-04-11.
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.
26.3%
significant & substantial
15.8%
high negligence or reckless
26.3%
reasonably likely or greater
36.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.3% low, 78.9% moderate, 15.8% 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: 2026-07-14
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2018-04-11 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.

Crusher #2 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.

Injury rate, 2003
This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Wyoming, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.35 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Frost Construction Company 1979 to 2013
  2. Frost Rock Products Company 2013 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 0
2017 1
2014 5
2013 4
2008 0
2007 10
2006 10
2005 10
2004 10
2003 18
2002 7
2001 9
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Crusher #2 sits in Big Horn County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 6.4% 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.
Big Horn County, Wyoming · Population 11,737
6.4%
Mining share of county employment
$60,547
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
2018 Q2 0 1 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 59 1 0 16949.2
2017 Q2 143 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,939 1 0 515.7
2013 Q4 689 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 401 0 0 0.0
Show 33 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 3,248 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 7,892 6 2 760.3
2007 Q1 5,939 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,297 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,173 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,244 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,689 1 1 213.3
2005 Q4 2,839 2 1 704.5
2005 Q3 3,470 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,781 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 8,809 1 1 113.5
2004 Q4 4,090 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,601 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,476 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,888 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,462 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 14,953 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 15,297 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 8,127 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,164 4 0 774.6
2002 Q3 8,019 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,830 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 10,861 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 1,284 1 0 778.8
2001 Q2 1,885 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,301 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,923 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 502 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 238 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1999 · 1 incident

January 11, 1999 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Frost Construction Company · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

CONTRARY TO COMPANY POLICY AND SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS A LABORER CRAWLED UNDERNEATH SCREENING PLANT FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, AND BECAME PINCHED BETWEEN CONVEYOR BELT AND RETURN IDLER. THIS AREA COU LD ONLY BE ACCESSED FROM ON ESIDE, AS THERE WAS PLASTIC SHEET WIND GUARD ON OTHER SIDE.

1996 · 2 incidents

July 8, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frost Construction Company · Struck against stationary object

PULLING ON CHAIN TO SECURE LOAD--HAND SLIPPED AND BUMPED ELBOW ON CONVEYOR.

June 6, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Frost Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNDERMINING A GRAVEL WITH A LOADER WHEN THE BANK SLUFFED DOWN COMING THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF THE LOADER CUTTING HAND WITH THE FALLING GLASS.

1991 · 1 incident

August 5, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Frost Construction Company · Struck by flying object

TAKING OFF BEARING WITH HAMMER AND PIECE OF BEARING FLEW UP AND HIT NOSE.