Sheboygan County Highway Department · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was taking screen pulley guard off, it slid down and pinched his left hand between guard and the electric motor. guard weighs 25 to 30pds.
Northwest Area Operations Metal/Non-Metal
Sheboygan County Highway Department
· Surface
Controlled by
Sheboygan County-Wi
Sheboygan,
Sheboygan County,
WI
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Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4700728
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2004–2008
- Latest incident
- Sep 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
23
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,979
proposed penalties
$3,979
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 590 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 594 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 702 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 810 | 2 | 0 | 2469.1 |
| 2024 Q2 | 450 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 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 file2008 · 1 incident
2006 · 1 incident
Sheboygan County Highway Department · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was prying a rock loose with the prybar. The rock shifted and slammed his hand between the prybar and catwalk railing. The right hand was injured and in a splint.
2004 · 1 incident
April 16, 2004
WI · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sheboygan County Highway Department · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was carrying 5 gal. pail of oil up a ladder and over to platform on the screen. He experienced pain in right wrist. No lost time; saw physician - considered treatment to be first aid and nonrecordable. He has since seen another physician and may have surgery to repair a tear. Diagnosis was tendonitis: a wrist splint & cold packs were used.