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: 286 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
WWC #1726 has $55K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 5 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.
$55K
proposed penalties
$39K
current assessed
$37K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
142 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $38K in penalties contested before the Commission, $22K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-10-28.
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.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 100%
33%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
70%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$14K proposed, $4K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2008-02-21.
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.
WWC #1726 recorded 7.83 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.
Injury rate, 2001
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
7.83
total case rate
7.83
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In New Mexico, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.69 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2001 *
7.83
7.83
0.000
2000 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2008
8
2007
8
2003
0
2002
11
2001
44
2000
28
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
WWC #1726 sits in Lincoln County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Lincoln County, New Mexico · Population 20,227
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$51,643
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
2008 Q4
1,477
12
0
8124.6
2008 Q3
1
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
1,362
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
2,971
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
2,684
13
1
4843.5
2007 Q3
2,626
7
3
2665.7
2007 Q2
3,220
18
5
5590.1
2007 Q1
2,345
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2003 Q2
0
0
0
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
47
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
0
0
0
2002 Q2
5,519
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
447
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
5,843
41
11
7016.9
2001 Q3
8,089
1
0
123.6
2001 Q2
6,109
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5,506
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
4,591
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
6,962
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,435
17
7
11846.7
2000 Q1
9,554
35
14
3663.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2001 · 1 incident
November 28, 2001NM · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W W C Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
THE INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING UNDER THE FRAMEWORK OF A USI CRUSHER TO TURN ON THE FUEL VALVE WHEN HE SLIPPED ON THE SNOW/ ICE COVERING THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE SAW A DOCTOR 5 DAYS LATER DUE TO PERSISTENT DISCOMFORT.
1999 · 1 incident
February 8, 1999NM · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS GREASING A CONVEYOR BELT BEARING WHEN A ROCK FLEW OUT OF THE CRUSHER & HIST HIM IN THE BACK LEFT OF HIS HEAD. EE WAS WEARING A HARD HAD AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.