MINE DETAILS
Taylor Plant
MSHA MINE ID4702555
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Taylor Plant44.31944, -91.11750Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-13. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
0reported short tons
Hours worked
155,916reported employee hours
Tons per hour
0.00production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 23,100 | 0.00 | 45 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 28,331 | 0.00 | 55 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 28,919 | 0.00 | 56 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 23,121 | 0.00 | 44 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 23,023 | 0.00 | 44 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 29,422 | 0.00 | 56 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
20 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
60 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
302.002 of 2 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
91.755 inspections · 5 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 151.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30.5 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q1 | 1 | 0 | 151.00 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 35.3 |
| 2026-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26.0 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 26.0 on-site hours
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · INJURIES INVOLVNG NONEMPLOYEES
Accident narrative
It was sleeting when subject was descending a metal grate staircase when they slipped. Subject grabbed the railing and heard a pop in right shoulder and felt pain. Subject also felt pain in right ankle. Subject has returned to work but is awaiting medical follow up. Subject is employed by Yaggy Trucking and not a miner. Yaggy trucking does not have a contractor ID number.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
Subject was changing the bags in a baghouse on 3/13 and 3/16 which involved a lot of bending and lifting. Subject had discomfort in EE's back and thought resting it would be fine, but still had pain days later. Subject reported it on 3/19/2026. Subject has been going to a chiropractor to help with the discomfort.
MACHINERY · DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Accident narrative
A pipe was rigged up to be placed when the weight shifted and the subject's hand was smashed between the pipe and a pump. The subject suffered a broken left ring finger.
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
While using a punch to dislodge a backstop bushing from a conveyor gear reducer, subject struck a finger with the hammer. Subject did not think it was bad until they noticed the bone was moving the next day.
Compliance Follow-up Inspection · 12.5 on-site hours
56.5001(a)/56.5005 · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 22.8 on-site hours
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
Associate took off hard hat to fit in small area and when EE moved, EE cut EE's head on an edge of steel which required stitches.
MACHINERY · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
Associate was using an electric rail car opener when the reaction arm slipped from the rail car body and struck the associate in the head. The associate was confused and had brief memory loss. Associate suffered a concussion.
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 12.8 on-site hours
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 17.8 on-site hours
56.12005 · $151.00 proposed
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-13.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
OWNERSHIP
Operator and controller history
Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.
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North Cliff CorporationcontrolsBadger Mining CorporationoperatesTaylor Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4702555—
Timothy J WuestcontrolsBadger Mining CorporationoperatesTaylor Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4702555Other historical summaries · source-specific periods
RECORD SUMMARY
Production, safety and enforcement
These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.
01 / SAFETYwatch
Accidents and injuries
79 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 320 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD15 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
181 violation rows across the full record; 33 carry an S&S flag and $23,591 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY20 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
74 personal. 3 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE74 samples
personal-health-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
29K employee hours and 56 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 13 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE13 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions06 / CONTRACTORScontext
Contractors
Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT15 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
73 inspection events and 3K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE12 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 14 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Personal silica samples · concentration / limit
Quarterly mean · published C/E ratio
— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.
Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.
| Date / sample | Dataset / analyte | Occupation / area | Measurement | Sample status | Published action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000000202600286900 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Dry Screen Plant Operator | 1.37× published limitConcentration: 0000.67 · limit: 0000.49Source unit unspecified | Not reported | CITATION/ORDER ISSUEDInspection F03C3E9 |
| 000000202600287000 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Dry Screen Plant Operator | 1.41× published limitConcentration: 0000.72 · limit: 0000.51Source unit unspecified | Not reported | CITATION/ORDER ISSUEDInspection F03C3E9 |
Sources and interpretation
- Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
- Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
- Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
- Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
- Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.
Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗
EIA + TITLE 30
EIA production and cited regulations
EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.
Not present in the 2024 EIA coal workbook.
This can mean the operation is non-coal, inactive for the annual period, or outside the EIA-7A reporting population.
30 CFR 56.5001Exposure limits for airborne contaminants.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12005Protection of power conductors from mobile equipment.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.16006Protection of gas cylinder valves.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14105Procedures during repairs or maintenance.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14112Construction and maintenance of guards.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.20003Housekeeping.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.4201Inspection.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.17001Illumination of surface working areas.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
511180256.5001(a)/56.5005Citation
962613756.12005Citation
683833756.16006Citation
683833656.14105S&S
683833556.14112(b)Citation
683833456.20003(b)Citation
948786956.4201(a)(2)Citation
948786856.17001S&S
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Respirable dust, <.1mgKiln/Dryer Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgKiln/Dryer Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgTrack Man/Gang
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgTrack Man/Gang
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgBuilding Repair/Maint.
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgComplete Load-Haul-Dump
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgComplete Load-Haul-Dump
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgCleanup Man
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
13 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors79Sep 28, 2000—Apr 2, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Apr 29, 2021—Apr 29, 2021mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal180Oct 3, 2000—Feb 10, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal13Aug 23, 2007—Aug 27, 2013mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety1,442Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety362Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance2Dec 1, 1978—Dec 1, 1978mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance282Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance72Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance73Apr 18, 2000—Aug 6, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety74Oct 5, 2000—Feb 19, 2026mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal181Oct 3, 2000—Feb 10, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
NOTES
Limitations
- Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
- Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.