Mining Incidents

WELLES WASH PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

A M Welles Inc · Surface
Controlled by Alfred Hokanson
Norris, Madison County, MT  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402113

WELLES WASH PLANT has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2001
35
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,671
proposed penalties
$3,671
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
330
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: 330 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 WASH PLANT has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-11.
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 192 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 330 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 342 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 264 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 239 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 266 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 280 1 0 3571.4
2023 Q2 223 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 18 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 108 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 257 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 310 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 49 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 550 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 339 4 0 11799.4
2021 Q1 102 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 251 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 488 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 439 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 416 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 546 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 72 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 340 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 452 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 286 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 208 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 296 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 352 1 0 2840.9
2016 Q3 505 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 262 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 164 1 0 6097.6
2015 Q4 348 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 185 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 468 5 0 10683.8
2015 Q1 107 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 388 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 46 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 107 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 361 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 7 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 311 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 331 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 247 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 702 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 369 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 369 1 0 2710.0
2010 Q3 651 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 686 3 1 4373.2
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 115 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 649 3 0 4622.5
2009 Q2 238 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 397 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 533 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 395 6 2 15189.9
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 388 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 436 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 642 1 0 1557.6
2007 Q1 55 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 490 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 714 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 652 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 341 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 432 1 0 2314.8
2005 Q2 311 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 245 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 262 4 0 15267.2
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 303 1 0 3300.3
2003 Q2 557 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 482 1 0 2074.7
2002 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 320 2 1 6250.0
2001 Q2 397 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 831 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 652 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 313 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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