Mining Incidents

Wind River Quarry: 25 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Wind River Quarry · Surface
Thermopolis, Hot Springs County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801659

Wind River Quarry 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
25
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,209
proposed penalties
$2,209
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
12
inspections on record
160
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: 160 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wind River Quarry 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
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-29.
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.
15.8%
significant & substantial
31.6%
high negligence or reckless
15.8%
reasonably likely or greater
21.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 68.4% moderate, 31.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Southwick Stone Inc 2004 to 2006
  2. Wind River Quarry 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 3
2009 1
2007 0
2005 1
2004 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wind River Quarry sits in Hot Springs County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 7.4% 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.
Hot Springs County, Wyoming · Population 4,618
7.4%
Mining share of county employment
$64,375
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
2010 Q4 240 2 0 8333.3
2010 Q3 640 1 0 1562.5
2010 Q2 1,816 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 3 0
2009 Q4 376 6 2 15957.4
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 1,068 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3 0 1 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 450 11 1 24444.4

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.