Mining Incidents

WELLES 4 Metal/Non-Metal

A.M. Welles, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Alfred Hokanson
Norris, Madison County, MT  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2402181

WELLES 4 has $1K 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 2005
11
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,222
proposed penalties
$1,222
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
13
inspections on record
105
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: 105 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 4 has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-09-12.
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 94 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 895 1 0 1117.3
2024 Q2 596 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 232 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 235 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 384 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 397 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 1,429 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,655 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 832 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,515 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,542 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 187 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 75 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 110 5 1 45454.5
2013 Q4 99 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 165 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 588 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 147 1 0 6802.7
2010 Q4 591 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 43 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 83 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 201 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,235 1 0 809.7
2009 Q1 2,284 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 166 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 154 1 0 6493.5
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 1,341 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,154 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,578 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 778 1 0 1285.3
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 0 0 0
2006 Q2 172 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 731 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 705 1 0 1418.4
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 242 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 357 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 557 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,000 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.

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