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Douglas Quarry: 85 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by William Edward Russell
Douglas, Converse County, WY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4801709

Douglas Quarry has $24K 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
6
Years on record
2007–2011
Latest incident
Apr 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
85
citations
20
significant & substantial
$23,501
proposed penalties
$23,501
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Russell Construction Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
40
inspections on record
622
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: 622 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Douglas Quarry has $24K 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
84 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $116 in penalties contested before the Commission, $116 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-02.
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.
23.5%
significant & substantial
16.5%
high negligence or reckless
23.5%
reasonably likely or greater
47.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.6% low, 72.9% moderate, 16.5% 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 · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$116 proposed, $116 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 2018-01-25.
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 2018-0193 Settlement Lesnick 2018 $116 → $116
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: 2026-02-26
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (18)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.12 0.3 3.73 Mechanic
2026-02-26 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-02-26 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2026-02-26 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0 Scale Man
2025-12-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.27 0.78 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-03-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-03-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2020-03-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2020-03-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-03-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.28 0.71 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-03-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-06-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2017-06-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.36 0.58 Mechanic
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.

Douglas Quarry recorded 13.16 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.

Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ 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.
13.16
total case rate
6.58
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.56 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Wyoming, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.85 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.
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. Cadlrock Mine 2007 to 2010
  2. Pinnacle Materials, Inc. 2010 to 2012
  3. Pinnacle Materials LLC 2012 to 2014
  4. Russell Construction Company 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 2
2024 1
2023 5
2022 8
2021 7
2020 9
2019 13
2018 9
2017 5
2016 8
2013 0
2012 4
2011 13
2010 8
2009 13
2008 12
2007 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Douglas Quarry sits in Converse County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 14.1% 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.
Converse County, Wyoming · Population 13,759
14.1%
Mining share of county employment
$79,164
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 Q1 480 3 0 6250.0
2025 Q4 476 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 600 1 0 1666.7
2024 Q4 1,183 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 458 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 0 2 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 552 0 0 0.0
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 560 2 0 3571.4
2023 Q2 2,519 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,326 3 0 1289.8
2022 Q4 3,070 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,573 4 0 1119.5
2022 Q2 3,556 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,190 1 0 456.6
2021 Q4 3,578 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,973 8 4 2690.9
2021 Q2 1,435 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,617 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,829 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,448 1 0 690.6
2020 Q2 1,922 11 9 5723.2
2020 Q1 2,080 3 0 1442.3
2019 Q4 2,615 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,640 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,987 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,109 3 0 730.1
2018 Q4 4,002 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,862 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,680 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 520 1 0 1923.1
2017 Q4 2,160 1 0 463.0
2017 Q3 2,400 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,320 4 0 1724.1
2017 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,840 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,680 1 0 213.7
2016 Q2 4,492 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 894 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,995 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,203 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 8,880 2 1 225.2
2011 Q3 10,396 1 1 96.2
2011 Q2 6,400 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,719 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,134 3 0 584.3
2010 Q3 3,152 3 1 951.8
2010 Q2 4,253 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,691 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,437 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,080 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,063 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,336 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,112 5 0 818.1
2008 Q3 5,009 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,403 5 1 1469.3
2008 Q1 3,120 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,940 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,193 1 0 313.2
2007 Q2 2,349 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2011 · 2 incidents

April 13, 2011 WY · Metal/Non-Metal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Pinnacle Materials, Inc. · Fall from machine

EE was tightening bolts on bucket loader, the breakover bar broke causing the EE to fall backwards. EE broke his fall on his wrist causing injury to his wrist.

January 21, 2011 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Pinnacle Materials, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was pushing rock. The float on the Bulldozer was engaged. The blade rolled over a large rock, jarring the machine. Employee hit his head on interior window causing an abrasion.

2009 · 1 incident

July 21, 2009 WY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver STRIKING OR BUMPING
Cadlrock Mine · Struck against stationary object

Working on a belly dump trailer between the side rails, trailer started rolling and as he was exiting from under the trailer he hit his head on the side frame and lacerated his scalp.

2008 · 2 incidents

October 21, 2008 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Cadlrock Mine · Struck by falling object

Falling rock. Employee stood up from bent position, looked up. Hard hat rolled off of head and a rock fell from equipment and struck him on the head.

September 30, 2008 WY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman OTHER
Cadlrock Mine · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was standing on the pit floor and looked up at a converyor and got dizzy and passed out.

2007 · 1 incident

December 18, 2007 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cadlrock Mine · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

The shoulder has had surgery before and has been bothering EE for some time. He felt it was too painful to work on the morning of 12/18/07. He has experienced soreness on an ongoing basis from the repetive use of his shoulder and arm.