Mining Incidents

WHITE WOLF MINE: 57 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

WILLIS ENTERPRISES, INC. · Surface
Controlled by Craig H Willis
Washington, Berkshire County, MA  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1901177

WHITE WOLF MINE has $7K 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 2008
57
citations
4
significant & substantial
$6,892
proposed penalties
$6,892
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
31
inspections on record
247
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: 247 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

WHITE WOLF MINE has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $300 in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-26.
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.
7.1%
significant & substantial
7.1%
high negligence or reckless
7.1%
reasonably likely or greater
33.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 1.8% none, 30.4% low, 60.7% moderate, 7.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $300 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-01-16.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
YORK 2009-65M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $300 → $300
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Willis Enterprises, Inc. 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 0
2008 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WHITE WOLF MINE sits in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Berkshire County, Massachusetts · Population 128,047
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$72,565
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
2026 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 17 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 34 1 0 29411.8
2025 Q2 34 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 17 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 17 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 50 3 0 60000.0
2023 Q3 22 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 22 1 0 45454.5
2022 Q4 32 12 0 375000.0
2022 Q3 45 4 0 88888.9
2022 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 75 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 75 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 40 1 0 25000.0
2020 Q3 75 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 15 12 1 800000.0
2019 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 22 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 42 3 1 71428.6
2018 Q3 60 1 0 16666.7
2018 Q2 60 2 1 33333.3
2017 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 20 2 0 100000.0
2016 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 35 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 35 3 1 85714.3
2015 Q3 35 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 6 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 35 1 0 28571.4
2012 Q3 35 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 40 5 0 125000.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 60 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 30 2 0 66666.7
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 25 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 1 0
2008 Q4 0 3 0
2008 Q3 12 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 10 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.