Western Construction Inc operator
Controlled by
Steven C Heaton
MSHA operator ID: L02270
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 42
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 1990–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
214
citations
53
significant & substantial
$57,236
proposed penalties
$56,131
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,105 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
81
inspections on record
1,421
inspection hours
15.1
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.214 citations across 1,421 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.$57K
proposed penalties
$56K
current assessed
$56K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
213 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 16 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 8 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 6 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
- OTHER 2 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
2
2022
1
2021
2
2020
1
2017
1
2016
2
2013
1
2007
1
2004
1
2003
2
2000
1
1994
1
1993
9
1992
8
1991
4
1990
5
Mines on record
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