Mining Incidents

FEELY PIT WASH PLANT: 35 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Raymond W DeVries
Powell, Park County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4800266

FEELY PIT WASH PLANT has $6K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
35
citations
7
significant & substantial
$5,806
proposed penalties
$5,806
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
26
inspections on record
266
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: 266 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

FEELY PIT WASH PLANT has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $343 in penalties contested before the Commission, $343 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-06-01.
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.
21.2%
significant & substantial
12.1%
high negligence or reckless
21.2%
reasonably likely or greater
48.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 87.9% moderate, 12.1% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$343 proposed, $343 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 2012-01-10.
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 2012-399M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $343 → $343
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: 2009-07-22, 17 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
1
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-07-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.4 0.17 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. Big Horn Redi-Mix Inc 1950 to 1997
  2. Big Horn Redi-Mix Inc 1997 to 1999
  3. Big Horn Redi-Mix Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2013 2
2012 2
2011 4
2010 4
2009 4
2008 4
2007 3
2006 4
2005 3
2004 2
2003 1
2002 1
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

FEELY PIT WASH PLANT sits in Park County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 2.9% 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.
Park County, Wyoming · Population 30,109
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$70,533
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
2013 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 438 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 456 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 397 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 476 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 615 1 0 1626.0
2012 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 373 2 1 5361.9
Show 45 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3 582 1 0 1718.2
2011 Q2 582 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 924 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 596 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 537 4 2 7448.8
2010 Q2 663 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 650 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 723 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,041 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 561 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 546 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 445 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 414 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 416 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 502 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 407 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 705 3 0 4255.3
2007 Q2 282 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 498 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 274 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 584 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 617 5 0 8103.7
2006 Q1 153 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 912 4 0 4386.0
2005 Q3 677 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 541 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 731 1 0 1368.0
2004 Q4 1,102 5 4 4537.2
2004 Q3 478 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 657 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 473 8 0 16913.3
2003 Q3 733 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 542 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 504 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 190 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 645 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 541 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 480 1 0 2083.3
2001 Q4 579 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,226 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,046 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 238 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 490 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 120 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.