VONDRISKA PIT, SUNDANCE has $469 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
6
Years on record
1996–2003
Latest incident
Mar 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6
citations
1
significant & substantial
$469
proposed penalties
$885
paid to date
189% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 73 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
VONDRISKA PIT, SUNDANCE has $469 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.
$469
proposed penalties
$885
current assessed
$885
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-04-11.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
VONDRISKA PIT, SUNDANCE recorded 8.99 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
ⓘ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.
8.99
total case rate
8.99
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Wyoming, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.35 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
2003 *
8.99
8.99
0.000
2002 *
14.01
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
0.00
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2008
0
2007
1
2006
2
2005
2
2004
6
2003
10
2002
12
2001
9
2000
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
VONDRISKA PIT, SUNDANCE sits in Crook County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 7.1% 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.
Crook County, Wyoming · Population 7,339
7.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,209
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
2008 Q2
0
0
0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q3
0
0
0
2007 Q2
1,507
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
1,351
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
1,351
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
1,307
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2
1,148
2
0
1742.2
2006 Q1
1,146
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
532
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
3,582
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,365
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,457
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
8,113
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
1,305
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
8,356
1
0
119.7
2002 Q3
7,781
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
10,016
1
0
99.8
2002 Q1
2,399
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,637
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,563
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
9,085
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
4,073
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
7,496
2
1
266.8
2000 Q3
8,597
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
10,296
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,484
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2003 · 1 incident
March 12, 2003WY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE HAD HELPED SET A SECTION OF CONVEYER IN PLACE, ALL FOUR CHAINS WERE DISCONNECTED AND HE HAD MOTIONED FOR THEM TO BE PULLED AWAY, WHEN ONE SET OF CHAINS CLEARED THE CONVEYER, THE OTHER ST HO OKED THE CONVEYER CAUSING IT TO FALL. THE FALLING STRUCTURE CAUSED 2 LACEATIONS TO EE'S HEAD AND A BROKEN RIGHT FOOT.
2002 · 2 incidents
December 16, 2002WY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorMACHINERY
Pete Lien & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
THE INJURY OCCURED WHEN THE EE S HAND WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN SCREEEN RAIL AND THE SCREEN ITSELF WHEN ANOTHER EE USING A IMPACT WRENCH TIGHTENED THE SCREEN INTO POSITION. THE FINGERS WERE NOT SEVE RED AND THE INJURY IN NO BROKEN BONES, ONLY SEVEERED BLOOD BLISTERS FROM THE PINCHING.
May 13, 2002WY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE ALLEGES TO HAVE BEEN STRUCK ON THE RIGHT HIP BY A ROCK THAT HAD VIBRATED FROM THE GRIZZLY HE WAS WORKING UNDER. HE SAID THE ROCK STRUCK THE MACHINE'S FRAMEWORK FIRST AND THEN GLANCED OFF ST RIKING HIS HIP. THE NAMED WITNESS DID NOT SEE THE ROCK STRIKE EE.
1996 · 2 incidents
December 2, 1996WY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMP WAS COILING UP ELECTRICAL CABLES & DISCONNECTING THEM FROM CONNECTORS LOCATED UNDER ELECT CONTROL VAN. EMPS HANDS EITHER SLIPPED OR CABLE HEWAS PULLING DISLODGED CAUSING EMP TO ROCK BACKWA RDS AND STRIKE BACK OF HEAD ON METAL WIRE CONTAINMENT BOX HANGING FROM THE UNDERSIDE OF VAN. EMPRECEIVED 3 STITCHES FOR CUT ON BACK OF HEAD.
November 9, 1996WY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
THE OPERATOR WAS WALKING AROUND THE REAREND OF THE CAT 988B LOADER HE HAD BEEN OPERATING WHEN SOMETHING BLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE. THE LOADER WAS IDLING EE DOESN'T KNOW IF THE ENGINE COOLING FAN BLEW SOMETHING OR IF IT WAS FROM THE WIND. REASON FOR LATE SUBMISSION EE DID NOT INITIALLY EXPERIENCE ANY PROBLEMS WITH HIS EYE. OVER A PERIOD OF TIME COMPLICATIONS DEVELOPED AND HE SAW A PHYS