Mining Incidents

Wells Construction: 14 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Wells Construction · Surface
Controlled by Brian D Wells
Arkansas City, Cowley County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401677

Wells Construction 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 2008
14
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,416
proposed penalties
$1,416
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
13
inspections on record
86
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: 86 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wells Construction 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
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-03-18.
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.
14.3%
significant & substantial
21.4%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
64.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 78.6% moderate, 21.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Wells Construction 2007 to 2011
  2. Wells Construction 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 0
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wells Construction sits in Cowley County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Cowley County, Kansas · Population 34,487
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$58,263
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
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 59 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 14 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 69 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 132 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 99 1 0 10101.0
2014 Q4 108 0 0 0.0
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q3 135 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q4 118 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 49 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 46 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 107 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q1 81 1 0 12345.7
2011 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 0 1 0
2011 Q2 101 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 133 3 0 22556.4
2010 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 136 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 16 3 1 187500.0
2009 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 149 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 171 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 106 5 1 47169.8
2008 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 120 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.