High Plains Ventures Pit #1: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
High Plains Ventures Pit #1 has $565 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
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
7
citations
1
significant & substantial
$565
proposed penalties
$565
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
12
inspections on record
84
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 84 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
High Plains Ventures Pit #1 has $565 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$565
proposed penalties
$565
current assessed
$565
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-03-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.14.3%
significant & substantial
28.6%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 71.4% moderate, 28.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Binning Construction 1983 to 2010
- Archer Construction Inc 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
High Plains Ventures Pit #1 sits in Sublette County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 12.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Sublette County, Wyoming · Population 8,806
12.6%
Mining share of county employment
$82,791
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Q4 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 620 | 1 | 0 | 1612.9 |
| 2010 Q4 | 196 | 1 | 0 | 5102.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 80 | 2 | 1 | 25000.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,156 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Q3 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 40 | 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.