Mining Incidents

Jaw Crusher: 23 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Tyler Miller; Tom Miller
Gillette, Crook County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801740

Jaw Crusher has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2017
Latest incident
Jun 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
23
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,594
proposed penalties
$3,594
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
20
inspections on record
225
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: 225 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Jaw Crusher has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-11-07.
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.
30.4%
significant & substantial
8.7%
high negligence or reckless
30.4%
reasonably likely or greater
52.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 91.3% moderate, 8.7% 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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 26% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K 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 2017-06-27.
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 2011-211M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $2K → $2K
WEST 2017-0532 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $116 → $116
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Earth Work Solutions (WY) 2009 to present
  2. United States Aggregates, LLC 2012 to 2016
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 0
2020 0
2019 0
2018 1
2017 3
2016 9
2015 4
2014 4
2013 6
2012 0
2010 0
2009 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Jaw Crusher sits in Crook County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 7.1% 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.
Crook County, Wyoming · Population 7,339
7.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,209
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
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
Show 29 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 2,267 1 0 441.1
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 2 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 1 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 5,610 3 1 534.8
2017 Q1 3,774 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,098 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,126 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,250 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,128 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 893 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,361 5 2 2117.7
2015 Q2 2,012 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,235 4 1 3238.9
2014 Q4 1,361 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,556 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,236 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,572 1 0 636.1
2013 Q4 1,493 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 5 3
2009 Q4 2,269 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2017 · 1 incident

June 8, 2017 WY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (non-shop) OTHER
Earth Work Solutions (WY) · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was welding on the leg of a sand screw when they collapsed from unknown reasons. The witness noticed employee collapse and rendered what aid they could. An ambulance was called and employee was transported to Campbell County Memorial Hospital. At the time of this report doctors believe that employee had a seizure which may have caused the collapse.