Mining Incidents

Polk County Lime Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jeff Antczak
Osceola, Polk County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4700135

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2003–2019
Latest incident
Mar 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
62
citations
11
significant & substantial
$6,625
proposed penalties
$6,625
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4 0 1 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 434 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 21 1 1 47619.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2019 · 1 incident

March 26, 2019 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Polk County CDRE Committee · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While changing screening, injured knee, on what EE does not know. Next day it started to hurt and after that it started to swell.

2007 · 1 incident

October 10, 2007 WI · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Polk County CDRE Committee · Flash burns (welding)

Getting ready to air arc metal. The accident happened because helmet did not come down before welding rod touched metal. The next day the left eye was hurting.

2003 · 1 incident

June 3, 2003 WI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Polk County CDRE Committee · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HAND MOVING ROCK IN FEEDER WHEN ROCK SLIPPED AND CRUSHED FINGERTIP.