Mining Incidents

Washington Island Pits: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Town Of Washington · Surface
Controlled by Town Of Washington-WI
Door County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702701

Washington Island Pits has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1996.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1996
Latest incident
Oct 1996
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1
inspections on record
22
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: 22 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Town Of Washington 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 3
1999 4
1998 4
1997 4
1996 3
1995 4
1994 4
1993 4
1992 4
1991 5
1990 4
1989 3
1988 3
1987 3
1986 3
1985 2
1984 1
1983 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Washington Island Pits sits in Door County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Door County, Wisconsin · Population 30,279
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$71,785
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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
2000 Q3 18 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 82 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1996 · 1 incident

October 24, 1996 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Town Of Washington · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN PULLEY AND BELT ON ROCK CRUSHER.