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Plant 15: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

MCC, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Joseph Murphy
Appleton, WI, Outagamie County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703250

Plant 15 has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 2005. MSHA has proposed $600 in penalties since 2004, with $151 outstanding.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2005–2026
Latest incident
Sep 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
7
citations
1
significant & substantial
$600
proposed penalties
$449
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date. The remaining $151 was reduced, settled, contested or is still owed.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See MCC, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
22
inspections on record
270
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: 270 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Plant 15 has $600 in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$600
proposed penalties
$600
current assessed
$449
paid to date
$151
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-08-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
14.3%
significant & substantial
14.3%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
28.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.3% low, 71.4% moderate, 14.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2026-09-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2026-09-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2021-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.26 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.68 0.49 Utility Man
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. MCC, Inc. 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 2
2023 2
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2008 0
2007 1
2006 1
2005 0
2004 2
2003 1
2002 0
2001 0
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Plant 15 sits in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Outagamie County, Wisconsin · Population 191,537
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,857
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
2026 Q2 931 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 718 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,609 0 0 0.0
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,698 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,021 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,649 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 605 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 428 1 0 2336.4
2022 Q3 2,053 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,555 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,418 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,770 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 148 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,056 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,756 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,825 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,128 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,487 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,345 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,423 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,957 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,108 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,436 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 260 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 320 4 1 12500.0
2004 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 464 1 0 2155.2
2004 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 440 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2026 · 2 incidents

September 14, 2026 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
MCC, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee got EE's right ring finger caught between the porta power cylinder and fixed PT fitting on wash plant. Amputation of right finger and open fracture distal phalanx - right.

July 15, 2026 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
MCC, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Lowering self into pond with a ladder to cut off discharge pipe. The ladder sank in the mud. To stabilize self, EE reached EE's right arm on the bank of the pond and felt a stretch in EE's right shoulder.

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2005 · 1 incident

January 13, 2005 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MCC, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Ice covered ground, slipped and hit knee on loader frame.