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Oftedal Crusher #1: 41 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by EH Oftedal & Sons Inc
Albany, Natrona County, WY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4801290

Oftedal Crusher #1 has $4K 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
21
Years on record
1986–2004
Latest incident
Nov 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
41
citations
5
significant & substantial
$4,169
proposed penalties
$4,169
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Oftedal Construction Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
28
inspections on record
402
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: 402 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Oftedal Crusher #1 has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-20.
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.
12.2%
significant & substantial
4.9%
high negligence or reckless
12.2%
reasonably likely or greater
51.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 19.5% low, 75.6% moderate, 4.9% 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: 2015-06-25, 11 years ago
14%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz71 over
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.32 0.59 2.24 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-06-25 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.43 0.58 Cleanup Man
2011-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.36 0.42 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2005-07-20 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Bulldozer Operator
2005-07-20 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.97 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-07-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.31 1.68 0.78 Bobcat Operator
2004-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.64 0.61 Bulldozer Operator
2004-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.83 1.85 0.45 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 0.64 0.67 Supervisor, Co. Official
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.

Oftedal Crusher #1 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.

Injury rate, 2009
ⓘ 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 2.82 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In Wyoming, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.07 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
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 12.67 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 7.16 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.
Ownership history
  1. Gilpatrick Construction Company Inc 1979 to 1999
  2. Oftedal Construction Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 1
2016 0
2015 6
2014 8
2013 7
2012 7
2011 7
2010 6
2009 11
2008 12
2007 10
2006 9
2005 12
2004 11
2003 11
2002 10
2001 13
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Oftedal Crusher #1 sits in Natrona County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 6.5% 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.
Natrona County, Wyoming · Population 79,735
6.5%
Mining share of county employment
$71,247
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 1,539 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 3,148 0 0 0.0
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 1,109 1 0 901.7
2015 Q1 1,519 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,157 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,273 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,270 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,100 4 1 1904.8
2013 Q4 1,145 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,137 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,852 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,349 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,119 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,781 1 1 173.0
2012 Q2 2,633 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,358 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,665 1 0 375.2
2011 Q3 4,021 4 1 994.8
2011 Q2 3,491 1 0 286.5
2011 Q1 3,543 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,282 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,771 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,122 1 0 320.3
2010 Q1 2,993 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,166 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 8,386 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 6,637 2 0 301.3
2009 Q1 3,197 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,763 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,524 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,819 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 6,496 2 0 307.9
2007 Q3 6,894 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,308 4 1 634.1
2007 Q1 6,884 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,686 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 9,393 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,849 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,543 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,728 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,352 5 0 598.7
2005 Q2 6,904 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,383 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,987 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,766 5 0 643.8
2004 Q2 9,696 5 0 515.7
2004 Q1 7,121 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,944 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,898 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,835 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,636 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,676 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,216 1 0 160.9
2002 Q2 6,046 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,180 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,333 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,819 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,549 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 9,213 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,901 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,554 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,244 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,783 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

2004 · 2 incidents

November 17, 2004 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Oftedal Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A HAND GRINDER. GRINDER SLIPPED AND CUT SKIN ON KNEE.

September 15, 2004 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Oftedal Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was opening a guard to access a tail pulley on a stopped belt. The hinged guard was stuck shut. As he was pulling on it to free guard it sprung open and struck him in the mouth, damaging 4 teeth.

2001 · 1 incident

November 12, 2001 WY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Oftedal Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TESTING OF SHAKER SCREEN AFTER REPAIRS, EMPLOYEEPLACED HAND ON BELT DRIVEN PULLEY. PULLEY IS GROUNDED BY LOCATION (OVER 7' FROM GROUND) EQUIP WAS LOCKED OUT, EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN AND CAL LED FOR A START UP CHECK. EE WAS NOT COMPLETELY CLEAR BEFORE START UP.

1999 · 2 incidents

February 9, 1999 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gilpatrick Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STRAINED RIGHT WRIST DUE TO SHOVELING AND USING MUSCLES NOT ACCUSTOMED TO USING.

1998 · 2 incidents

July 27, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gilpatrick Construction Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

PER THE ATTACHED WORKER'S COMP LETTER, EE WAS RUNNING DOWN AN EMBANKMENT TO SHUT DOWN TWO CONVEYORS WHEN SHE SLIPPED AND FELL TWISTING LEFT KNEE AND LEG (HIP).

March 4, 1998 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gilpatrick Construction Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS PULLING ON A TWISTED BOOMER CHAIN. THE CHAIN GAVE WAY AND EE FELL FROM A STANDING POSITION TO THE GROUND THE INITIAL DETERMINATION WAS A SPRAINED ANKLE BY A DR. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT HE REST FR A FEW DAYS AND RETURN TO WORK. HE SOUGHT A SECOND OPINION WHO LOOKED AT THE XRAYS AND DETERMINE A STRAINED LIGAMENT, NOW THEY ARE INDICATING A BROKEN ANKLE.

1996 · 3 incidents

December 16, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gilpatrick Construction Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

WHILE CHANGING SCREEN ON SCREENING PLANT, EE "BUMPED" HIS TAIL BONE. EE DOES NOT RECALL EXACTLY WHEN, WHERE OR HOW HE BROKE HIS TAIL BONE, IT JUST STARTED HURTING AFTER CHANGING THE SCREENS

August 26, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gilpatrick Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INDIVIDUAL WAS CUTTING CONVEYOR BELTING WITH A NEW KNIFE BLADE. KNFIE SLIPPED LOOSE AND CUT TIP OF FINGER. EE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE RECEIVED FOUR STITCHES, WAS BANDAGED UP AND SEN TBACK TO WORK.

August 14, 1996 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gilpatrick Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHAIN SLIPPED OUT OF HAND ANAD BOOMER SWUNG UPA ND HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD. EE WAS TREATED AT THE LOCAL HOSPITAL. HE RECEIVED SEVEN STITCHES AND WAS SENT BACK TO WORK. NO CONCUUSSION OR SER IOUS INJURY.

1995 · 1 incident

February 13, 1995 WY · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person OTHER
Gilpatrick Construction Company Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM CAME TO WORK A FEW MINUTES BEFORE 7:00 FEELING GOOD. I WAS TALKING TO HER AT APPROX. 7:10 WHEN SHE COLLAPSED WITH NO TRAUMA. WHE WAS GIVEN OXYGEN & CPR. AMBULANCE WAS CALLED IMMEDIATELY . SHE WAS TAKEN TO THE ROCK SPRINGS HOSPITAL.

1994 · 2 incidents

1991 · 1 incident

1990 · 2 incidents

1989 · 4 incidents

December 12, 1989 WY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gilpatrick Construction Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HEAVY SNOW CAUSED WALKWAY TO BE SLICK. EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND FELL, BREAKING COLLAR BONE.

August 10, 1989 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Gilpatrick Construction Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CAUGHT GLOVE IN HEADROLL.

1986 · 1 incident