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Laramie County (portable): 26 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Laramie County-Wyoming
Hillsdale, Laramie County, WY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4801459

Laramie County (portable) has $5K 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
17
Years on record
1988–2022
Latest incident
Nov 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
26
citations
3
significant & substantial
$5,315
proposed penalties
$5,315
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Laramie County Public Works's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
466
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: 466 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Laramie County (portable) has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-15.
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.
11.5%
significant & substantial
15.4%
high negligence or reckless
11.5%
reasonably likely or greater
42.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 26.9% low, 57.7% moderate, 15.4% 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: 2025-10-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2025-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-10-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2017-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scraper Operator
2010-12-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Bulldozer Operator
2006-06-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-06-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.68 0.34 Bulldozer Operator
2003-06-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 2.28 0.14 Bulldozer Operator
2003-06-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.14 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.82 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2016-05-04, 10 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2016-05-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
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. Laramie County Public Works 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 6
2024 22
2023 1
2022 4
2021 4
2020 4
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 5
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 3
2011 5
2010 4
2009 5
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 3
2004 4
2003 4
2002 4
2001 19
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Laramie County (portable) sits in Laramie County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Laramie County, Wyoming · Population 100,661
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$77,884
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
2026 Q2 782 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 992 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,432 1 0 698.3
2025 Q3 1,192 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,042 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,342 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,002 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,382 1 0 723.6
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,982 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,542 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 735 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 407 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 704 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 567 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 145 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 279 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 398 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 881 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 969 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,076 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 292 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,381 1 0 724.1
2020 Q1 858 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,077 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 622 5 0 8038.6
2019 Q2 464 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 517 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,319 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,620 2 1 1234.6
2018 Q2 896 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 743 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,212 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,504 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,294 4 2 3091.2
2017 Q1 569 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 981 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,685 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,452 1 0 688.7
2016 Q1 1,401 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 722 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,377 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,067 1 0 937.2
2014 Q3 435 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 583 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,242 1 0 805.2
2013 Q4 1,238 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 515 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,656 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 840 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2 1 0 500000.0
2012 Q2 891 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 491 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,208 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 783 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,648 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,290 2 0 1550.4
2010 Q3 800 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 997 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,558 2 0 1283.7
2009 Q4 1,454 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,708 1 0 585.5
2009 Q2 1,651 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,796 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,649 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,173 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,391 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,734 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,302 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 930 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,435 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,348 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,357 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,114 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,598 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,315 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,028 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,050 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 976 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,338 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,481 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,038 2 0 1926.8
2004 Q2 1,524 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,571 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,746 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,681 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,856 1 0 538.8
2003 Q1 1,135 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 470 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,212 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,368 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 883 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 916 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,012 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 624 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 803 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 813 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 964 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 330 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 883 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2022 · 1 incident

November 28, 2022 WY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Laramie County Public Works · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I was cleaning the 2nd deck of a 3 deck screen with a bar. The bar got lodged between 2 wires of the screen, I hurt my left shoulder dislodging it.

2017 · 1 incident

May 17, 2017 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laramie County Public Works · Struck against stationary object

Pulling the cord to start the pony engine for the crusher and the cord broke causing ee to slam elbow into the step rail causing a cut. EE went to health reach and received stitches. Employee elected to take a sick day the next day.

2016 · 2 incidents

May 18, 2016 WY · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Laramie County Public Works · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

material was stuck to apron screen deck that drops into the cone. Employee was cleaning the material off with bar, swung bar too far in to get to the back corner and got top of tampering bar too close to overhead conveyor belt. Bar was grabbed by belt and pulled in, thumb was pinched between bar and cross member and resulting in the tip of the thumb being pulled off.

May 12, 2016 WY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Laramie County Public Works · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was operating the front end loader stopped to get out and stepped down on uneven ground twisting ankle.

2003 · 2 incidents

September 17, 2003 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laramie County Public Works · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING CHUTE BRAKET ASSEMBLY & SMASHED/JAMMED TWO FINGERS OF RIGHT HAND.

May 1, 2003 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Laramie County Public Works · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS CLIMBING ONTO MACHINE WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS. LEG CAUGHT AND BROKE.

1998 · 2 incidents

August 11, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Laramie County Public Works · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING BULLDOZER, BACKING UP LOOKING OVER RIGHT SHOULDER-BACK OVER LEDGE AND DOZER CAME DOWN HARD-INJURING NECK.

January 8, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Laramie County Public Works · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEANING MATERIAL OUT OF CHUTE ON CRUSHER, HAMMER SLIPPED OFF BAR AND HIT LEFT HAND.

1997 · 1 incident

March 11, 1997 WY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Laramie County Public Works · Fall from machine

GATHERED UP TWO LOG CHAINS, THEN JUMPED OFF OF TRAILER AND LANDED ON A ROCK AND HYPER EXTENDED KNEE.

1995 · 1 incident

June 20, 1995 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Laramie County Public Works · Contact with electrical current

EMP WAS FUELING GENERATOR SCT, STATIC SHOCK OCCURRED ON CONTACT WITH GEN SCT. REASON UNKNOWN.

1993 · 1 incident

January 11, 1993 WY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Laramie County Public Works · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING SCRAPER OPERATOR ADJUST CHAIN ON MACHINE. CLIMBED UP ON MACHINE HOLDING BAR IN CHAIN ON SIDE OF MACHINE, TWISTED BACK.

1992 · 1 incident

October 20, 1992 WY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner ELECTRICAL
Laramie County Public Works · Contact with electrical current

FOREMAN WAS RESETTING TRIPPED SWITCH IN ELEC PANEL SHOCKED THRU RIGHT HAND EE WAS TAKEN TO HOPSITAL TO CHECKED OUT NO SERIOUS INJURIES SUSPECTED RELEASE BACK TO WORK.

1991 · 1 incident

October 15, 1991 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Laramie County Public Works · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE DOZING TO CRUSHER OPERATOR WAS BACKING UP FOR ANOTHER PUSH TO TRAP AREA. WRENCHED BACK NECK AREA WHILE BACKING OVER ROUGH GROUND.

1990 · 2 incidents

October 25, 1990 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laramie County Public Works · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPING DOWN FROM BULLDOZER INJURED NECK (STIFF, SORE).

September 10, 1990 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laramie County Public Works · Struck by falling object

CHANGING TIRE ON END DUMP & TIRE FELL ON RIGHT ARM CAUSING CONTUSION OF FOREARM & ELBOW.

1989 · 1 incident

September 7, 1989 WY · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laramie County Public Works · Struck by falling object

TRYING TO REMOVE FRAME TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION FOR LOADING. WENT TO LIFT FRAME AND END OF FRAME FELL AND BRUISED SHOULDERS AND BACK.

1988 · 1 incident

October 12, 1988 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Laramie County Public Works · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING SCREENS FOR THE CRUSHER AND HURT HIS BACK LUMBAR STRAIN-SPRAIN.