MINE DETAILS
Wedron Plant
MSHA MINE ID1101578
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Wedron Plant41.43694, -88.77444Open 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
591,804reported 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 | 102,494 | 0.00 | 180 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 99,583 | 0.00 | 178 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 98,211 | 0.00 | 174 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 97,496 | 0.00 | 170 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 95,735 | 0.00 | 171 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 98,285 | 0.00 | 176 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
486 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
80 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
12,409.0048 of 48 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
422.509 inspections · 9 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 | 15 | 1 | 2,450.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 87.0 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q3 | 12 | 1 | 2,640.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 90.8 |
| 2025-Q4 | 8 | 1 | 2,609.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 118.5 |
| 2026-Q1 | 6 | 2 | 3,258.00 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14.5 |
| 2026-Q2 | 7 | 1 | 1,452.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 111.8 |
| 2026-Q3 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
While walking on 08/12/2026 an employee got a foot stuck in mud. While pulling themselves free using a nearby door frame, they sprained their right shoulder. On 8/17/26, the employee sought medical treatment resulting in restricted duty.
MACHINERY · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
Miner was using a hand-held grinder to cut sheets of metal. The metal shifted and the grinder slipped making contact with the miners left thumb resulting in stitches.
56.20003(a) · S&S · $504.00 proposed
56.12004 · $151.00 proposed
56.14101(a)(2) · $151.00 proposed
47.41(a)(1) · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 111.8 on-site hours
56.16014(b) · $193.00 proposed
56.12028 · $151.00 proposed
56.12028 · $151.00 proposed
Compliance Follow-up Inspection · 2.0 on-site hours
STRIKING OR BUMPING · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
Employee struck EE's mouth on a support beam while walking along catwalk. The impact caused bleeding and loosened several upper front teeth, though no external facial injury occurred
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Pump Checker was hooking up the 8" x 20' pipe to the pump; they had to drag the hose about an inch to get it lined up with the connection when they felt something pull in left lower abdomen.
Spot Inspection · 2.0 on-site hours
56.18002(a) · S&S · $1,320.00 proposed
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 10.5 on-site hours
56.9313 · S&S · $1,320.00 proposed
56.20008(a) · $151.00 proposed
MACHINERY · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
Maintenance employee hurt right forearm while chipping ice off BC2120 head wheel. Employee was using an electric demo chisel in the blistering cold weather around 11:30pm Sunday Jan. 25th. Both their forearm and elbow hurts with numbness in right hand.
56.5001(a)/56.5005 · $165.00 proposed
56.14101(a)(2) · $151.00 proposed
56.12032 · $151.00 proposed
56.12004 · $267.00 proposed
56.13021 · $151.00 proposed
56.9300(b) · $267.00 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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Iron Oak Energy Solutions LLCcontrolsWedron Silica LLCoperatesWedron Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 1101578—
New Covia Energy LLCcontrolsWedron Silica LLCoperatesWedron Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 1101578—
Covia Holdings LLCcontrolsWedron Silica LLCoperatesWedron Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 1101578—
S C R-Sibelco Nv et alcontrolsWedron Silica LLCoperatesWedron Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 1101578—
Fairmount SantrolcontrolsWedron Silica LLCoperatesWedron Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 1101578—
Martin Marietta Materials InccontrolsMartin Marietta AggregatesoperatesWedron Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 1101578—
Twentieth Century FoxcontrolsWedron Silica CompanyoperatesWedron Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 1101578—
Sherman County - KScontrolsWedron Silica DivisionoperatesWedron Plant
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 1101578Other 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
120 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 3,221 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD36 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
1,210 violation rows across the full record; 203 carry an S&S flag and $491,721 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY313 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
144 personal; 11 area. 10 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 EXPOSURE155 samples
personal-health-samplesarea-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
98K employee hours and 176 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
201 contested-violation rows, 205 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 31 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE437 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 CONTEXT35 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
147 inspection events and 7K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE34 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000000202601853900 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Utility Man | 0.8× published limitConcentration: 0000.12 · limit: 0000.15Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F029D4A |
| 000000202600032500 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Utility Man | 0.89× published limitConcentration: 0000.17 · limit: 0000.19Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F01E357 |
| 000000202600031900 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Dry Screen Plant Operator | 0× published limitConcentration: 0000.13 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F01E357 |
| 000000202600032000 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Utility Man | 2.5× published limitConcentration: 0000.50 · limit: 0000.20Source unit unspecified | Not reported | CITATION/ORDER ISSUEDInspection F01E357 |
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 56.20003Housekeeping.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12004Electrical conductors.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14101Brakes.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 47.41Requirement for container labels.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.16014Operator-carrying overhead cranes.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12028Testing grounding systems.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.18002Examination of working places.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.9313Roadway maintenance.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
511852356.20003(a)S&S
894497256.12004Citation
511862556.14101(a)(2)Citation
511862447.41(a)(1)Citation
511862356.16014(b)Citation
511852256.12028Citation
511852156.12028Citation
894495356.18002(a)S&S
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Respirable dust, <.1mgUtility Man
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, <.1mgBagging Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgScreen/Scalper Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgMechanic
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
Respirable dust, <.1mgMechanic
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgUtility Man
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
16 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors120Jul 11, 2000—Aug 12, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Jul 4, 1976—Jul 4, 1976mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal1,210Jan 18, 2000—Apr 30, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal205Sep 9, 2002—Jan 22, 2026mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal31Jul 13, 2001—Feb 23, 2023mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal201Sep 8, 2009—May 6, 2024mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety2,499Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety598Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance8Jan 1, 1950—Aug 1, 1984mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance318Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance81Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance147Jan 18, 2000—Apr 27, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety11Sep 18, 2007—Sep 1, 2021mine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety144Feb 14, 2001—May 5, 2026mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal1,210Jan 18, 2000—Apr 30, 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.