Mining Incidents

202501: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rick Trapp; Nick Trapp
Woodruff, WI, Oneida County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703973

202501 has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $24K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
Aug 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
13
citations
8
significant & substantial
$23,920
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $23,920 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2025
3
inspections on record
145
inspection hours
n/a
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: 145 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

202501 has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $24K 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$24K
outstanding
0 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-15.
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.
66.7%
significant & substantial
25.0%
high negligence or reckless
66.7%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 75.0% moderate, 25.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 46% of citations on record
  • Still open 6 · 100%
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 2026-08-24.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2026-0160 Decision pending
LAKE 2026-0161 Decision pending
LAKE 2026-0172 Decision pending
LAKE 2026-0173 Decision pending
LAKE 2026-0200 Decision pending
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Highpoint Sand and Gravel LLC 2025 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

202501 sits in Oneida County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Oneida County, Wisconsin · Population 38,007
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,621
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
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 16 1 0 62500.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
August 7, 2025 WI · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Highpoint Sand and Gravel LLC · Struck against a moving object

UNKNOWN AT TIME OF REPORT. A miner died when the front-end loader EE was operating went over a highwall and fell approximately 70 feet.