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Pilot Plant: 4 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Tyler Miller; Tom Miller
Gillette, Campbell County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801801

Pilot Plant has $482 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
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
4
citations
0
significant & substantial
$482
proposed penalties
$482
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Earth Work Solutions (WY)'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
8
inspections on record
54
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: 54 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pilot Plant has $482 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.
$482
proposed penalties
$482
current assessed
$482
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $246 in penalties contested before the Commission, $246 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-03-30.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
75.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 0.0% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 50% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$246 proposed, $246 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 2020-06-03.
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 2020-0308 Settlement Miller 2020 $246 → $246
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2019-09-24, 6 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2019-09-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2019-09-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.38 Kiln/Dryer Operator
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. Earth Work Solutions (WY) 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 0
2020 2
2019 2
2018 4
2017 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pilot Plant 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
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 114 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 143 2 0 13986.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q4 802 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,335 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,028 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 1 0
2018 Q3 2,535 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,910 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 141 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,153 1 0 464.5
2017 Q3 2,552 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.