Mining Incidents

Garber Pit Portable #1: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Garber Agri-Business Inc · Surface
Controlled by Paul W Garber
Big Horn, Sheridan County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801558

Garber Pit Portable #1 has $1K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
15
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,259
proposed penalties
$1,259
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
314
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: 314 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Garber Pit Portable #1 has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
15 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-03-07.
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.
6.7%
significant & substantial
6.7%
high negligence or reckless
6.7%
reasonably likely or greater
46.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.7% low, 86.7% moderate, 6.7% 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: 2016-06-22, 10 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
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. Garber Agri-Business Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 0
2024 2
2023 1
2022 1
2021 2
2020 1
2019 2
2018 1
2017 2
2016 3
2015 2
2014 2
2013 1
2012 1
2011 2
2010 4
2009 4
2008 3
2007 2
2006 1
2005 2
2004 1
2003 2
2002 3
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Garber Pit Portable #1 sits in Sheridan County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 4.6% 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.
Sheridan County, Wyoming · Population 31,585
4.6%
Mining share of county employment
$70,855
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 74 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 153 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 104 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 16 1 0 62500.0
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 310 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 225 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 63 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 190 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 206 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 96 1 0 10416.7
2020 Q3 56 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 198 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 171 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 363 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 15 1 0 66666.7
2018 Q3 208 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 18 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 109 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 203 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 123 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 276 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 205 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 87 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 412 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 148 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 9 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 22 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 100 1 0 10000.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 72 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 36 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 162 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 7 1 0 142857.1
2009 Q3 181 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 264 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 348 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 332 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 204 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 74 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 300 1 0 3333.3
2007 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 75 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 132 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 27 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 148 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 9 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 348 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 76 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 422 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 345 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 235 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 83 3 0 36144.6
2001 Q2 135 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 29 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 858 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 152 6 1 39473.7

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.