Mining Incidents

Willy Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Raymond W DeVries
Ralston, Park County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801722

Willy Pit has $17K 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
50
citations
11
significant & substantial
$16,604
proposed penalties
$16,604
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
36
inspections on record
536
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: 536 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Willy Pit has $17K 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-02-06.
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 Q3 412 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 238 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,385 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,264 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 923 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 185 2 0 10810.8
2023 Q4 1,348 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,088 2 0 1838.2
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 1,243 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 769 4 0 5201.6
2022 Q4 1,445 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,525 3 1 1967.2
2022 Q2 1,375 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,353 6 2 4434.6
2021 Q4 1,213 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,497 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,427 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 848 9 3 10613.2
2020 Q4 1,337 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,407 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,415 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,680 3 2 1785.7
2019 Q4 1,434 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,616 3 1 1856.4
2019 Q2 1,649 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 866 1 0 1154.7
2018 Q4 1,361 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,272 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,192 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 605 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 799 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,323 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,549 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 411 6 1 14598.5
2016 Q4 1,033 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,732 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,323 1 0 755.9
2016 Q1 1,185 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,487 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,893 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,268 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,258 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,800 1 0 555.6
2014 Q3 2,289 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,510 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,450 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,798 2 0 1112.3
2013 Q3 1,907 1 0 524.4
2013 Q2 2,110 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,555 1 0 643.1
2012 Q4 1,329 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,911 2 0 1046.6
2012 Q1 1,465 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 987 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,662 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,450 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 444 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,935 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,195 2 1 1673.6
2010 Q1 495 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 345 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 819 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 207 1 0 4830.9

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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