Mining Incidents

Portable Unit #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Bjoin Limestone Inc · Surface
Janesville, Rock County, WI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4701111

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2007–2025
Latest incident
May 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
136
citations
31
significant & substantial
$17,458
proposed penalties
$15,902
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 2,699 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,601 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,632 2 0 550.7
2025 Q1 2,754 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,023 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,549 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,302 1 0 302.8
2024 Q1 2,885 0 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 file

2025 · 1 incident

May 30, 2025 WI · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Bjoin Limestone Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee claims they slipped and lost footing and fell and hit their head on the ground.

2023 · 1 incident

May 10, 2023 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bjoin Limestone Inc · Struck by falling object

Setting up the plant, operator of end loader had placed the conveyor hopper on blocks. They backed up and the chain hook caught the conveyor/hopper and dropped on injured employee's foot. EE had steeled toe boots on and got no broken bones, but the toes were pretty squashed. EE had stitches and developed compartment syndrome in their calf.

2007 · 1 incident

June 15, 2007 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bjoin Limestone Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Troughing rollers had stopped. Employee pounded with a hammer and hammer got caught.