Mining Incidents

Willy Pit: 50 MSHA citations 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.
Of $121 in penalties contested before the Commission, $121 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-02-06.
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.
22.0%
significant & substantial
12.0%
high negligence or reckless
22.0%
reasonably likely or greater
52.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.0% low, 80.0% moderate, 12.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$121 proposed, $121 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 2019-03-19.
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
WEST 2019-0240 Settlement Miller 2019 $121 → $121
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
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)
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: 2022-02-09, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-02-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.38 Supervisor, Co. Official
2022-02-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-02-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-02-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Bulldozer Operator
2020-01-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-09 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-04-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 1.48 0.26 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-07-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.05 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
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
  1. Big Horn Redi Mix Inc 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 3
2024 4
2023 5
2022 4
2021 5
2020 6
2019 5
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 4
2011 4
2010 4
2009 0
2008 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Willy Pit sits in Park County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 2.9% 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.
Park County, Wyoming · Population 30,109
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$70,533
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
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.