Mining Incidents

Blue Stone Sand and Gravel LLC: 61 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Blue Stone Sand and Gravel LLC · Surface
Controlled by John Warner
DRESSER, Polk County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703303

Blue Stone Sand and Gravel LLC has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
61
citations
14
significant & substantial
$6,025
proposed penalties
$6,024
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
40
inspections on record
355
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: 355 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blue Stone Sand and Gravel LLC has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$1
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-21.
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.
23.3%
significant & substantial
6.7%
high negligence or reckless
23.3%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 28.3% low, 65.0% moderate, 6.7% 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: 2021-06-17, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-06-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.62 0.31 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-10-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.59 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 2 0.12 Cleanup Man
2002-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 2.13 0.10 Supervisor, Co. Official
2002-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.2 0.16 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. Riteway Gravel Company LLC 2002 to 2021
  2. Blue Stone Sand and Gravel LLC 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 2
2023 1
2022 2
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 2
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 2
2008 1
2007 2
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Blue Stone Sand and Gravel LLC sits in Polk 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.
Polk County, Wisconsin · Population 45,327
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$76,208
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 774 5 1 6459.9
2026 Q1 272 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 399 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 818 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 700 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 800 0 0 0.0
Show 74 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 552 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 410 2 0 4878.0
2023 Q3 640 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 507 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 767 3 1 3911.3
2022 Q3 1,061 1 0 942.5
2022 Q2 797 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 541 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 590 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 496 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 148 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 395 2 0 5063.3
2017 Q3 624 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 597 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 163 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 511 5 1 9784.7
2016 Q3 594 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 518 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 498 3 1 6024.1
2015 Q3 574 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 472 2 1 4237.3
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 674 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,133 1 0 882.6
2014 Q2 418 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 709 3 2 4231.3
2013 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 520 1 0 1923.1
2012 Q2 401 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 553 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 548 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 283 2 1 7067.1
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 591 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 568 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,008 5 1 4960.3
2009 Q2 352 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 721 5 1 6934.8
2008 Q2 373 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 584 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,143 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,126 6 1 5328.6
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 639 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,036 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,707 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 111 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,379 1 0 725.2
2005 Q3 2,183 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,001 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 296 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,891 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,545 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,122 2 0 942.5
2004 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,730 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,343 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,230 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 2,127 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,170 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,115 2 1 945.6

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.