Mining Incidents

Inertia Crusher Metal/Non-Metal

Aladdin, Crook County, WY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4801853

Inertia Crusher has $13K 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
2
Years on record
2023–2024
Latest incident
Sep 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
34
citations
3
significant & substantial
$12,706
proposed penalties
$12,706
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
12
inspections on record
236
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: 236 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Inertia Crusher has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 1,653 1 0 605.0
2025 Q3 2,977 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,423 3 0 678.3
2025 Q1 2,375 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,994 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,709 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 5,965 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,483 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,314 1 1 158.4
2023 Q3 3,581 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,212 4 1 1245.3
2023 Q1 3,814 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,319 3 1 903.9
2022 Q3 2,055 15 0 7299.3
2022 Q2 1,803 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,441 7 0 4857.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2024 · 1 incident

September 25, 2024 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ramsey Hill Exploration LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The plant was shut down for the day and the miner was inspecting the plant and went to inspect the crusher blow bars. The miner opened the inspection door on the crusher to check the blow bar condition. When moving the rotor to inspect the gap the miner's hand got caught between the rotor and the inspection door frame and bent EE's wrist back fracturing EE's wrist.

2023 · 1 incident

August 1, 2023 WY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ramsey Hill Exploration LLC · Struck by flying object

The miner was installing brackets for teeth on a loader. The brackets were tight and a sledge hammer was used to get the bracket in place. When the miner made one of the swings with the hammer a piece of the bracket chipped off and lodged in the miners left thigh. The miner was taken for medical attention to get the piece removed and stitches were used to close the wound.

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