Wright Pit has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
16
citations
2
significant & substantial
$7,222
proposed penalties
$6,030
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,192 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
8
inspections on record
70
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: 70 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wright Pit has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-09.
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 Q4
1,503
1
0
665.3
2025 Q3
1,424
1
0
702.2
2025 Q2
127
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
1,385
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
1,563
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
1,801
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
1,469
2
0
1361.5
2024 Q1
1,509
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
1,462
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
1,664
2
0
1201.9
2023 Q2
1,528
8
1
5235.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2025 · 1 incident
October 25, 2025NM · Metal/Non-Metaldry screening plant operator, screen house operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Miner had removed the steps to close the door of the control van. Miner re-entered the control van. As miner was exiting the control van, miner attempted to jump to the steps and missed the landing. The miner landed on the right foot and injured their ankle.
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