Mining Incidents

Spomer #1: 24 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

SPOMER CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. · Surface
Controlled by Carl E Spomer
Basin, Park County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801512

Spomer #1 has $3K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
24
citations
10
significant & substantial
$2,940
proposed penalties
$2,940
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
25
inspections on record
269
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: 269 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Spomer #1 has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-04-24.
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.
41.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
41.7%
reasonably likely or greater
62.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 4.2% none, 8.3% low, 87.5% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2017-06-07, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-06-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-10-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 2.89 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.9 0.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Lamax Construction Inc 1994 to 2014
  2. SPOMER CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 4
2019 4
2018 3
2017 3
2016 2
2015 5
2014 1
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Spomer #1 sits in Park County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 2.9% 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.
Park County, Wyoming · Population 30,109
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$70,533
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
2020 Q2 2,212 1 0 452.1
2020 Q1 450 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 663 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 385 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 301 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 447 0 0 0.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 152 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 194 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 43 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 147 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 24 1 0 41666.7
2015 Q3 87 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 65 2 1 30769.2
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 568 1 0 1760.6
2014 Q1 203 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 611 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 614 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 661 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 244 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 212 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 314 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 316 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 319 1 0 3134.8
2011 Q4 631 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 809 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 702 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 587 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 685 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 844 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 354 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 517 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 428 2 0 4672.9
2009 Q3 978 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 748 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 541 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 276 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 715 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 558 3 2 5376.3
2008 Q1 562 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 496 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 422 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 244 4 3 16393.4
2007 Q1 94 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 549 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,014 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,228 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,157 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 646 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 372 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 462 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 354 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 694 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 403 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 516 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,010 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,261 5 2 3965.1
2003 Q1 250 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 223 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 463 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 194 2 1 10309.3
2002 Q1 232 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 772 2 1 2590.7
2001 Q2 338 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 236 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 211 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 122 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 482 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 622 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.