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Buffalo County Operation: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Adolph T Schwartz
Buffalo County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702304

Buffalo County Operation has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jul 1983
Ownership history
  1. Arthur Overgaard Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1985 1
1984 2
1983 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Buffalo County Operation sits in Buffalo 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.
Buffalo County, Wisconsin · Population 13,341
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,722
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

July 9, 1983 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Arthur Overgaard Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING END LOADER AT PIT, WHEN HE LOST CONTROL AND THE LOADER TIPPED OVER ANDROLLED SEVERAL TIMES. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO LOADER. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED BROKEN PELVIS, COLLARBONE & THU MB.