A M Welles Inc operator
Controlled by
Alfred Hokanson
MSHA operator ID: L12456
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 18
- Mines on record
- 5
- Years on record
- 1992–2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
178
citations
22
significant & substantial
$20,701
proposed penalties
$20,550
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
195
inspections on record
2,191
inspection hours
8.1
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.178 citations across 2,191 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
178 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 6 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 4 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 3 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 2 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2022
1
2019
1
2018
1
2003
1
2002
1
2001
1
2000
2
1999
1
1998
3
1997
4
1996
1
1992
1
Mines on record
- WELLES 1 MT
- WELLES 2 MT
- ANTLER MINE MT
- PORTEC SCREEN MODEL 721 MT
- RED PIONEER MT
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