Mining Incidents

Custer Crushing Spread Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Tim Sonnentag
Marathon, WI, Portage County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703453

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2008–2017
Latest incident
Aug 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
38
citations
10
significant & substantial
$6,893
proposed penalties
$6,893
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 263 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 489 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 199 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 113 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 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

9 on file

2017 · 1 incident

2015 · 3 incidents

August 28, 2015 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
County Materials Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Moving the conveyor and right index finger got pinched between a bolt and a hook.

August 11, 2015 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
County Materials Corporation · Struck by falling object

Shoveling out sand from under the outtake conveyor of the cone crusher, a rock off the cone fell and hit employee in his left shoulder.

July 7, 2015 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
County Materials Corporation · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While picking rocks pivoted on left ankle the wrong way instead of stepping to the side. This caused a strain/sprain to his left ankle.

2013 · 1 incident

July 23, 2013 WI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
County Materials Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Right ring finger was crushed between timber and blocks causing an abscess of the nail and eventually the nail to fall off.

2012 · 2 incidents

October 15, 2012 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
County Materials Corporation · Struck by flying object

Employee was operating the Sure-Strike machine breaking boulders into smaller pieces when a busted piece came through the right side window striking employee in the mouth. The piece of rock chipped his right front tooth, and he experienced pain in his lips.

June 19, 2012 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
County Materials Corporation · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was picking up a large rock off of the table at the crushing plant. When he felt a "pop" in his left arm. Employee was diagnosed with left wrist strain and shoulder pain.

2009 · 1 incident

August 31, 2009 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
County Materials Corporation · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was pushing oversized fieldstone over the side of the belt, when the stone he was pushing rolled and struck another getting ee finger smashed. His left middle finger was smashed; Diagnosis was a tuft fracture to his left middle finger. Finger was splinted.

2008 · 1 incident

September 17, 2008 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
County Materials Corporation · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

EE was picking up 8" - 12" fieldstone from off of the crusher pitching table. As he picked up a 12" rock to throw it into the truck, he felt pain in his right forearm. Diagnosis was right forearm tendonitis.