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Wimme Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Wimme Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Patrick Wimme

Plover, WI, Portage County, WI · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 4701419

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2003
Latest incident: Nov 2003

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2001

137

citations

significant & substantial

$28,046

proposed penalties

$26,301

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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	13,185	0	0.0
2025 Q3	17,206	0	0.0
2025 Q2	14,600	0	0.0
2025 Q1	10,969	0	0.0
2024 Q4	13,123	0	0.0
2024 Q3	17,349	0	0.0
2024 Q2	16,195	1	61.7
2024 Q1	9,124	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

1 on file

2003 · 1 incident

November 12, 2003 WI · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND

Wimme Sand & Gravel Inc · No Value Found

EE WAS LIFTING 30-40# ROCKS FROM GROUND & THROWING THEM IN A LOADER BUCKET. HIS BACK WAS FEELING STIFF ALL MORNING. HE WENT TO LIFT ANOTHER ROCK & WHEN HE STARTED TO LIFT THE ROCK HIS BACK MUS CLES STARTED TO SPASM - SHARP PAIN IN HIS BACK - DROPPED TO HIS KNEES WITH PAIN. HAD DIFFICULTY STANDING UP. GIRLFRIEND PICKED HIM UP & TOOK HIM TO EMERGENCY ROOM.