Mining Incidents

Ullery Pit: 33 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Sussex Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by James W Ullery
Kaycee, Johnson County, WY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4801647

Ullery Pit has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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 2004
33
citations
8
significant & substantial
$6,418
proposed penalties
$4,488
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,930 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
32
inspections on record
364
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: 364 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ullery Pit has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-07-11.
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.
24.2%
significant & substantial
24.2%
high negligence or reckless
24.2%
reasonably likely or greater
42.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.2% low, 60.6% moderate, 24.2% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
57%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $1K 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 2017-10-31.
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 2017-0463 Settlement Manning 2017 $2K → $1K
WEST 2018-0050 Settlement Lesnick 2018 $934 → $280
WEST 2017-0464 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $116 → $116
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: 2012-11-06, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-11-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.62 0.29 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-11-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Sussex Sand & Gravel 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 0
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 2
2015 2
2014 3
2013 3
2012 2
2011 2
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Ullery Pit sits in Johnson County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Johnson County, Wyoming · Population 8,602
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$63,905
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 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 75 3 0 40000.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q2 170 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 75 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 35 7 3 200000.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 38 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 46 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 194 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 244 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 207 1 0 4830.9
2015 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 490 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 861 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 671 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 197 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 326 1 0 3067.5
2013 Q3 394 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 756 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 35 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 453 5 3 11037.5
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 497 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 735 1 0 1360.5
2011 Q2 500 1 1 2000.0
2011 Q1 138 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 138 2 0 14492.8
2010 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 165 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 147 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 360 1 0 2777.8
2008 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 95 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 280 1 0 3571.4
2007 Q3 330 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 230 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 380 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 350 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 300 2 0 6666.7
2005 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 89 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 160 7 1 43750.0
2004 Q2 215 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 241 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.