Mining Incidents

Door County Quarries Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ivan Bissen
Sturgeon Bay, Door County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4700979

Door County Quarries has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1995–2001
Latest incident
Sep 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
23
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,701
proposed penalties
$4,701
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
13
inspections on record
192
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: 192 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Door County Quarries has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-04-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,482 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,294 2 0 1545.6
2004 Q1 242 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 718 3 2 4178.3
Show 15 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2003 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,193 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 452 1 0 2212.4
2002 Q4 2,346 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,525 1 0 283.7
2002 Q2 3,825 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,295 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,975 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,232 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,977 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,987 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,681 11 6 2988.3
2000 Q3 4,346 5 2 1150.5
2000 Q2 3,465 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,013 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2001 · 1 incident

September 10, 2001 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sturgeon Bay Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OUR CREW WAS AT FITZGERALD QUARRY IN ELLISON BAY CRUSHING MATERIAL. EE WAS CHANGING SCREENS. HIS FINGER GOT CAUGHT CAUSING SPRAIN TO HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

2000 · 2 incidents

October 31, 2000 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sturgeon Bay Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MAKING GUARDS FOR CONEYORS KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT LEFT HAND.

May 17, 2000 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sturgeon Bay Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

JACKING SOMETHING UP ON THE CRUSHER, JACK POPPED OUT FROM THE SCREENER AND STRUCK HIS RIGHT SIDE; SHOULDER, ARM AND RIBS

1998 · 2 incidents

October 16, 1998 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sturgeon Bay Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR. WHILE GETTING OUT OF LOADER, CAUGHT HIS HAND ON LOADER & JAMMED HIS RIGHT HAND, HAMMING LITTLE & RING FINGERS.

September 8, 1998 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sturgeon Bay Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS WORKING WITH A COWORKER TO PULL UP THE CHUTE OFF THE CONVEYOR & HE THREW HIS BACK OUT. WENT TO ER & WILL BE OFF WORK FOR AT LEAST 2-3 WKS

1995 · 1 incident

September 18, 1995 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sturgeon Bay Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS ON LIPPMAN CRUSHER WITH A WRENCH WHICH HAD A 2' PIPE EXTENSION, PUSHING UPWARDS AND STRAINED SOMETHING IN BACK. AS DAY WENT ON, BACK STIFFENED UP. SO HAD TO GO TO DR.

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