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WELLES 2: 35 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

A M Welles Inc · Surface
Controlled by Alfred Hokanson
Norris, Madison County, MT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2402133

WELLES 2 has $6K 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
3
Years on record
1998–2002
Latest incident
Jul 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
35
citations
4
significant & substantial
$5,674
proposed penalties
$5,674
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See A M Welles Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
47
inspections on record
565
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: 565 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WELLES 2 has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-10.
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.
11.4%
significant & substantial
5.7%
high negligence or reckless
11.4%
reasonably likely or greater
42.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 28.6% low, 65.7% moderate, 5.7% 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: 2025-08-26
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz61 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Fibers, >5um3
Show the individual readings (17)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-06-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.17 1.00 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-08-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.79 0.39 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-08-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.82 0.26 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2014-06-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-06-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-09-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.65 0.42 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-07-08 Fibers, >5um 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-08 Fibers, >5um 0.01 Supervisor, Co. Official
2009-07-08 Fibers, >5um 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.61 0.20 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-08-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.26 0.85 Lab Technician
2001-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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. A M Welles Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 4
2020 4
2019 4
2018 3
2017 4
2016 4
2015 4
2014 3
2013 4
2012 4
2011 4
2010 6
2009 3
2008 0
2007 4
2006 6
2005 8
2004 7
2003 7
2002 7
2001 8
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WELLES 2 sits in Madison County, Montana, where the Census mining category is 2.4% 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.
Madison County, Montana · Population 8,975
2.4%
Mining share of county employment
$67,420
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
2026 Q2 1,630 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,567 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,702 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,584 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,629 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,383 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,629 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,543 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,733 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,726 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,752 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,507 1 0 663.6
2023 Q2 1,341 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,682 1 0 594.5
2022 Q4 1,398 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,703 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,974 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,582 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,218 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,236 2 0 894.5
2021 Q2 1,914 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,835 1 0 545.0
2020 Q4 1,846 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,040 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,132 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,578 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,095 2 0 954.7
2019 Q3 1,636 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,573 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,355 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,819 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,686 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,505 1 0 399.2
2018 Q1 1,416 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,129 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,250 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,341 1 0 427.2
2017 Q1 3,180 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,026 2 0 987.2
2016 Q3 3,139 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,711 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,496 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,255 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,720 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,563 2 0 780.3
2015 Q1 655 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,226 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,824 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,718 1 0 582.1
2014 Q1 1,607 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,613 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,666 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,207 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,063 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,056 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,422 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,094 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,963 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 442 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,891 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,085 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,439 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,423 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,930 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,802 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,912 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,392 3 0 2155.2
2009 Q3 1,916 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 310 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,489 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,091 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,059 3 0 1457.0
2007 Q1 2,065 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,109 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,410 3 0 1244.8
2006 Q2 2,038 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,245 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,000 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,550 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,176 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,938 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,967 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,058 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,760 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,445 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,652 2 1 754.1
2003 Q3 3,558 1 0 281.1
2003 Q2 2,204 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,124 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,101 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,987 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,564 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,650 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,054 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,148 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,789 7 1 3912.8
2001 Q1 1,695 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,104 2 2 1811.6
2000 Q3 1,390 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,728 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,099 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2002 · 1 incident

July 12, 2002 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
A M Welles Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS OPERATING THE D8 CAT & THE LOADER FEEDING GRAVEL TO THE CRUSHER. WHEN HE FINISHED HIS SHIFT HE HAD LOWER BACK PAIN ON HIS RIGHT SIDE. HE WORKED SATURDAY, JULY 13. THE PAIN WAS WORSE THA T NIGHT. HE DID NOT RETURN TO WORK HIS NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT 7-17-02. HE WENT TO CHIROPRACTOR 7-24-02. HE CALLED THE OFFICE 7-24-02 TO TELL ME ABOUT HIS PROBLEM.

2001 · 1 incident

October 15, 2001 MT · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A M Welles Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

HE WAS WORKING TO TEAR DOWN THE CRUSHER SET-UP TO MOVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION. HE WAS PULLING THE CORDS ON THE GEN SET. HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT SIDE.

1998 · 1 incident

May 12, 1998 MT · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A M Welles Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS CLIMBING A LADDER ON THE CRUSHER TO ADJUST THE CRUSHER. HE LOAST HIS FOOTING, SLIPPED AND HIT HIS KNEE ON THE STEP ON THE LADDER. HE DISLOCATED HIS LEFT KNEE.