Welsch Mine has $2K 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
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Apr 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
26
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,351
proposed penalties
$2,351
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
13
inspections on record
167
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: 167 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Welsch Mine has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-07.
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
6,117
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
7,144
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
7,584
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
6,778
2
0
295.1
2024 Q4
5,620
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
5,252
2
0
380.8
2024 Q2
5,638
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
3,155
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
5,878
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
5,406
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
5,965
4
0
670.6
2023 Q1
1,048
2
0
1908.4
2022 Q4
10,374
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
9,485
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
10,006
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
11,345
3
0
264.4
2021 Q4
11,423
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
15,905
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
14,853
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
8,697
3
0
344.9
2020 Q4
10,112
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
11,850
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
9,994
1
0
100.1
2020 Q1
8,872
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2026 · 1 incident
April 23, 2026PA · Metal/Non-MetalsuperintendentMACHINERY
UNCHOKING CONE CRUSHER WITH PRYBAR WHILE CRUSHER WAS RUNNING. PRYBAR STRUCK CONE CAUSING IT TO TWIST. INJURED CONTRACT EMPLOYEE SUFFERED TWO LACERATIONS TO RIGHT HAND. INJURED CONTRACT EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES AT TIME OF INJURY.
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