Mining Incidents

Colony Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Stelter Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Jack T Stelter
Bloomer, Chippewa County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4702601

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2001
Latest incident
Apr 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
35
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,252
proposed penalties
$3,252
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 421 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 683 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 866 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 33 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 322 1 0 3105.6
2024 Q3 751 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 826 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 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

2001 · 1 incident

April 18, 2001 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Stelter Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CLEANING THE CONE OUT WITH A LONG BAR WHEN THE BAR WAS GRABBED BY THE CONE. THE BAR THEN PINCHED HIS HANDS BETWEEN THE BAR & THE CAGE AROUND THE CONE. HE CUT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER AND BROKE HIS RIGHT POINTER FINGER FIRST KNUCKLE ANDALSO CUT IT.