Douglas Wash Plant has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2016
Latest incident
Jun 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
35
citations
6
significant & substantial
$6,542
proposed penalties
$5,962
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $580 gap.
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: 397 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 Wash Plant has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-07.
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.
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.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
20%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K 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 2015-09-03.
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.
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: 2025-10-07
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-10-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2025-10-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2015-07-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2010-08-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
3
2025
4
2024
3
2023
2
2022
1
2021
1
2020
3
2019
3
2018
3
2017
1
2016
6
2015
5
2014
3
2013
3
2012
2
2011
3
2010
4
2009
3
2008
3
2007
3
2006
3
2005
5
2004
5
2003
3
2002
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Douglas Wash Plant 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 Q2
2,065
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
0
0
0
2025 Q4
1,501
2
0
1332.4
2025 Q3
2,391
3
0
1254.7
2025 Q2
2,765
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
1,855
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
1,306
1
1
765.7
2024 Q3
2,069
2
0
966.7
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
1,196
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
1,678
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
1,422
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
1,352
3
0
2218.9
2023 Q2
804
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
0
0
0
2022 Q4
0
0
0
2022 Q3
648
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
0
0
0
2022 Q1
0
0
0
2021 Q4
1,122
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
0
0
0
2021 Q2
0
0
0
2021 Q1
0
0
0
2020 Q4
286
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
672
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
827
3
0
3627.6
2020 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
740
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
166
1
0
6024.1
2019 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
105
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
84
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
2,565
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
1
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
2
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
48
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
748
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
635
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
635
1
0
1574.8
2015 Q4
717
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
557
2
1
3590.7
2015 Q2
945
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
46
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
1,418
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
315
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
345
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
87
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
126
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
195
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
73
3
2
41095.9
2012 Q3
310
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
203
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
1
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
462
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
321
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
13
1
0
76923.1
2010 Q4
145
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
361
2
1
5540.2
2010 Q2
514
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
70
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
426
1
0
2347.4
2009 Q2
543
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
22
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
493
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
586
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
39
1
0
25641.0
2008 Q1
11
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
259
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
321
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
301
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
176
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
189
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
420
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
387
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
7
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
71
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
118
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
125
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
138
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
163
2
0
12269.9
2004 Q3
123
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
175
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
61
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
107
2
1
18691.6
2003 Q3
165
1
0
6060.6
2003 Q2
149
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
74
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
88
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
179
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
156
4
0
25641.0
2002 Q1
272
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2016 · 1 incident
June 23, 2016WY · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Croell, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was trimming rubber skirting on a conveyor belt with a knife and slipped and cut right forearm needing stitches.