Mining Incidents

#4820 Superior Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Paul T Ayres
Closing, Eau Claire County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703145

#4820 Superior Wash Plant has $290 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Jul 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$290
proposed penalties
$290
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
63
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: 63 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#4820 Superior Wash Plant has $290 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$290
proposed penalties
$290
current assessed
$290
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-10-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. 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
2004 Q4 322 1 0 3105.6
2004 Q3 643 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 849 2 0 2355.7
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 772 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,048 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,230 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4 660 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,310 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,313 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 631 2 0 3169.6
2001 Q3 1,431 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,301 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 923 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 463 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,651 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

July 3, 2002 WI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Materials Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS PICKING LARGE ROCKS OFF SCREEN DECK WHEN HAND WAS SMASHED BY LARGE ROCK.

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