Mining Incidents

Quarter Circle 41 Ranch Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Buffalo, Johnson County, WY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4801827

Quarter Circle 41 Ranch Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $398 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 2021
16
citations
2
significant & substantial
$3,076
proposed penalties
$2,678
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $398 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
10
inspections on record
117
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: 117 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Quarter Circle 41 Ranch Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $398 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$398
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-01-29.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 432 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 1 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 160 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,280 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 720 13 2 18055.6
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,160 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 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.

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