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Amundson Pits: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dunn County-WI
Dunn County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702457

MSHA record for Amundson Pits (mine ID 4702457). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Feb 1983
Ownership history
  1. Dunn County Highway Department 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Amundson Pits sits in Dunn 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.
Dunn County, Wisconsin · Population 45,349
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,785
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

February 21, 1983 WI · Metal/Non-Metal POWERED HAULAGE
Dunn County Highway Department · Struck against a moving object

FROZEN DIRT AND ROCK CAVED IN FROM THE BANK ABOVE THE SHOVEL AND STRUCK THE CAB AREA OF THE SHOVEL. PARTS OF THE CAB THEN CAVED INWARDS CRUSING THE OPERATORS FINGERS ON THE LEVERS AND BRUSING HIS LEG.