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BLAU PIT: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

LYCON Inc · Surface
Janesville, Columbia County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4701414

BLAU PIT has $874 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
2
Years on record
1993–2005
Latest incident
Jul 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
11
citations
1
significant & substantial
$874
proposed penalties
$874
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See LYCON Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
341
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: 341 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BLAU PIT has $874 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.
$874
proposed penalties
$874
current assessed
$874
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-10-26.
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.
9.1%
significant & substantial
9.1%
high negligence or reckless
9.1%
reasonably likely or greater
45.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.2% low, 72.7% moderate, 9.1% 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: 2021-10-26, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-10-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.98 0.24 Washer Operator
2011-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.19 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 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. LYCON Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 1
2022 1
2021 2
2020 1
2019 1
2018 2
2017 2
2015 1
2014 2
2011 3
2010 3
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 2
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BLAU PIT sits in Columbia 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.
Columbia County, Wisconsin · Population 58,322
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,792
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 809 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 626 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 342 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 678 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
Show 81 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 236 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 255 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 649 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 677 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 265 1 0 3773.6
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 557 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 458 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 319 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 584 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 349 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 496 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 254 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 211 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 326 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 161 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 645 1 0 1550.4
2014 Q2 161 1 0 6211.2
2011 Q4 27 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 262 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 274 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 61 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 951 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 727 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 668 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 544 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 198 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 304 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 856 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 463 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 182 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 558 1 0 1792.1
2007 Q3 800 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 469 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 759 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 735 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 693 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 569 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 779 1 0 1283.7
2005 Q3 592 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 856 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 448 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 865 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,023 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 767 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 525 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 612 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 862 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 764 2 0 2617.8
2003 Q1 465 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 451 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 678 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 614 1 0 1628.7
2002 Q1 424 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 438 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 710 2 1 2816.9
2001 Q2 794 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 508 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 789 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 403 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 768 1 0 1302.1
2000 Q1 392 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2005 · 1 incident

July 7, 2005 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
LYCON Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

LOST BALANCE AND FELL FROM THE CONVEYOR CATWALK.

1993 · 1 incident

April 2, 1993 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
LYCON Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING RUBBBER HOSE KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT PALM OF HAND