Mining Incidents

WELLES 3 Metal/Non-Metal

A M Welles Inc · Surface
Controlled by Alfred Hokanson
Norris, Madison County, MT  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2402293

WELLES 3 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 2004
26
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,684
proposed penalties
$2,684
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
34
inspections on record
417
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: 417 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 3 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
26 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-03-26.
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 1,309 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,508 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,397 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,285 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,410 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,433 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,309 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,743 1 0 573.7
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,681 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,691 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,938 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,987 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,087 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 812 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,837 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,532 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 941 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,804 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,670 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,066 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,598 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,480 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,591 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,600 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,289 1 0 436.9
2019 Q2 2,020 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,682 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,965 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,230 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,755 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,473 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,248 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,498 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,914 1 0 343.2
2017 Q1 1,712 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,961 3 0 1529.8
2016 Q3 2,113 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,344 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,091 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,429 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,742 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,176 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 655 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 927 3 0 3236.2
2014 Q3 1,623 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,961 1 0 509.9
2014 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 676 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,760 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 418 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 872 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 651 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,598 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,442 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,103 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,516 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 328 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 117 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 497 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 76 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 765 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,618 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 953 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,668 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,233 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,592 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,244 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,435 2 0 821.4
2007 Q3 2,198 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,738 2 1 730.5
2007 Q1 1,646 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,745 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,079 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,259 1 0 442.7
2006 Q1 830 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 413 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 810 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,159 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,060 4 2 3773.6
2004 Q4 806 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,328 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,323 7 1 5291.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 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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