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: 692 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
McGee Mine has $86K in proposed MSHA penalties and $133 outstanding across 4 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.
$86K
proposed penalties
$57K
current assessed
$57K
paid to date
$133
outstanding
114 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $40K in penalties contested before the Commission, $12K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-09.
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.
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.
18citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
Settled
17 · 94%
Stood as issued
1 · 6%
57%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
71%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$40K proposed, $12K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2025-06-17.
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.
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: 2026-05-29
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (9)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-05-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-05-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2026-05-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
Hydrating Plant Operator
2026-05-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2022-05-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Lab Technician
2022-05-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.43
0.40
Lab Technician
2022-05-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2022-05-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2022-05-24
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.
McGee Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Wyoming, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.96 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024
1.92
0.00
0.000
2023 *
8.07
4.03
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
14
2025
20
2024
32
2023
34
2022
22
2021
16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
McGee Mine sits in Campbell County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 17.6% 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.
Campbell County, Wyoming · Population 47,018
17.6%
Mining share of county employment
$95,253
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
16,802
4
0
238.1
2026 Q1
5,373
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
11,855
6
0
506.1
2025 Q3
12,818
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
18,229
5
1
274.3
2025 Q1
19,065
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
26,278
12
1
456.7
2024 Q3
23,668
5
0
211.3
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
25,247
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
28,841
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
32,031
8
1
249.8
2023 Q3
21,535
6
1
278.6
2023 Q2
22,619
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
22,952
3
2
130.7
2022 Q4
19,923
15
4
752.9
2022 Q3
19,095
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
14,283
3
0
210.0
2022 Q1
11,974
31
6
2588.9
2021 Q4
12,421
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
17,638
11
1
623.7
2021 Q2
8,962
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2024 · 1 incident
January 29, 2024WY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee lost balance and fell cutting hand on a piece of metal grating causing a laceration in right hand that required stitches. Employee was released back to work same day with no restrictions.
2023 · 4 incidents
November 27, 2023WY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
employee has swollen hand and wrist, said it was caused from using a rubber mallet for several hours on shift. Went to the Dr but didn't report until several days later, went back to Dr got a full release back to work.
September 13, 2023WY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee fell while doing maintenance on wash plant and landed on Right hip causing pain, employee finished out shift, returned to work the next morning and left in afternoon to go see Dr. Employee has a deep tissue bruise and is being treated by a Physical Therapist.
August 22, 2023WY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee drank out of an opened dirty water bottle that was on the floorboard of a service truck. EE said EE realized after EE swallowed a small amount that it wasn't water.
2021 · 1 incident
June 21, 2021WY · Metal/Non-Metalassistant mine foreman, assistant mine managerMACHINERY
Working conditions were good. Miner was is seated stable position performing operation. Miner lost grip/control when cut-off wheel grinder kicked back below waist area and rebounded off hopper/structure striking miner along cheek resulting in laceration. Miner does not recall what caused kickback. Miner was wearing safety glasses during cutting.
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