Werdco Apex: 42 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Werdco Apex has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA. MSHA has proposed $7K in penalties since 2020, with $714 outstanding.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
42
citations
4
significant & substantial
$6,889
proposed penalties
$6,175
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date. The remaining $714 was reduced, settled, contested or is still owed.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
13
inspections on record
188
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 188 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Werdco Apex has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $714 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$714
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-08-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.9.5%
significant & substantial
4.8%
high negligence or reckless
9.5%
reasonably likely or greater
40.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.5% low, 85.7% moderate, 4.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
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Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2025-08-20
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Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Respirable dust, <.1mg4
- Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-20 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2024-02-05 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2024-02-05 | Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.19 | Crusher Oper/Worker | ||
| 2020-10-08 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Mechanic | ||
| 2020-10-08 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Mechanic |
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Apex Materials LLC. 2020 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Werdco Apex sits in Clark County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Clark County, Nevada · Population 2,293,764
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$73,845
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Q2 | 360 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2026 Q1 | 1,119 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q4 | 1,181 | 11 | 1 | 9314.1 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,220 | 2 | 0 | 1639.3 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,001 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,041 | 4 | 0 | 3842.5 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,195 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,093 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | 1,309 | 1 | 0 | 763.9 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,051 | 2 | 0 | 1902.9 |
| 2023 Q4 | 1,232 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,801 | 5 | 1 | 2776.2 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,165 | 5 | 1 | 4291.8 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,063 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,652 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,889 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,280 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,617 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,868 | 3 | 0 | 1606.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,748 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,750 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,365 | 3 | 0 | 2197.8 |
| 2020 Q3 | 292 | 4 | 1 | 13698.6 |
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.