Mining Incidents

Muddy Creek Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James H Crossingham
Buffalo, Johnson County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801718

Muddy Creek Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2011–2012
Latest incident
May 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
10
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,054
proposed penalties
$1,054
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
12
inspections on record
157
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: 157 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Muddy Creek Mine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-04-23.
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
2014 Q1 2,138 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,950 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,604 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,292 1 0 774.0
2013 Q1 2,186 1 1 457.5
2012 Q4 1,729 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,036 2 2 982.3
2012 Q2 2,752 0 0 0.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q1 2,011 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,302 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,202 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 977 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,090 1 0 478.5
2010 Q4 837 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 673 1 0 1485.9
2010 Q2 487 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,076 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,086 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,587 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,864 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,944 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 900 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 966 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 760 3 0 3947.4
2007 Q4 577 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 577 1 0 1733.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 1 incident

May 7, 2012 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ararat Rock of Wyoming · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employees were cleaning up around conveyor, which consisted of throwing some rocks off the pile. Said employee came around to where the rocks were being thrown off and got hit in the back of the leg with a rock.

2011 · 1 incident

July 25, 2011 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ararat Rock of Wyoming · Struck by falling object

Miner was chipping slag off a bead of weld, when a piece got in his eye brow while removing his safety glass, the piece fell in his eye.

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