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577 Pit: 45 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Stephen W Verrette
Marinette, WI, Marinette County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703476

577 Pit has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $298 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2015–2017
Latest incident
Jun 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
45
citations
8
significant & substantial
$6,711
proposed penalties
$6,413
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $298 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Marinette Concrete Products's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
32
inspections on record
314
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: 314 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

577 Pit has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $298 outstanding across 1 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$298
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-23.
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.
17.8%
significant & substantial
6.7%
high negligence or reckless
17.8%
reasonably likely or greater
48.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.9% low, 84.4% moderate, 6.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $1K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2025-01-29.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2025-0128 Default 2025 $1K → $1K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2020-11-05, 5 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Marinette Concrete Products 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 3
2023 4
2022 4
2021 4
2020 3
2019 4
2018 2
2017 2
2016 3
2015 3
2014 2
2013 1
2012 1
2011 0
2010 0
2009 0
2008 2
2007 1
2006 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

577 Pit sits in Marinette County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Marinette County, Wisconsin · Population 41,907
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$63,401
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, 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
2026 Q2 731 1 0 1368.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 681 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,255 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 844 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 484 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 625 3 1 4800.0
2024 Q3 1,021 0 0 0.0
Show 69 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,562 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 85 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 846 2 0 2364.1
2023 Q3 1,191 2 0 1679.3
2023 Q2 1,375 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 379 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,096 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,311 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,166 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,422 2 0 1406.5
2021 Q3 1,249 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,235 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 131 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,340 4 0 2985.1
2020 Q3 1,200 2 0 1666.7
2020 Q2 1,320 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 891 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,176 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 877 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 701 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,201 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,121 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 1,014 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,536 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,047 2 0 1910.2
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 990 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,290 3 0 2325.6
2016 Q2 834 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 699 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 964 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 803 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 257 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 604 10 2 16556.3
2014 Q3 651 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,066 3 0 2814.3
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 553 3 1 5425.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 222 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 220 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 605 3 1 4958.7
2008 Q3 632 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 610 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 288 3 2 10416.7
2007 Q3 455 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 968 1 1 1033.1
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 240 1 0 4166.7
2006 Q3 170 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2017 · 1 incident

June 30, 2017 WI · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Marinette Concrete Products · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing rock from a jam. Employee got right hand smashed between a rock and steel bar. Employee received a laceration requiring stitches.

2015 · 1 incident

August 20, 2015 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Marinette Concrete Products · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was prying a rock lose with a pry bar when employee fell and got his left finger pinched between bar and handrail. Employee suffered a fractured finger with a laceration requiring stitches.