Mining Incidents

Cheiftan Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Craig D Unser
Durand, Pepin County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703601

Cheiftan has $643 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$643
proposed penalties
$643
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
22
inspections on record
120
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: 120 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cheiftan has $643 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.
$643
proposed penalties
$643
current assessed
$643
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-10-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 146 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 162 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 223 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 8 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 97 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 9 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 93 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 47 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 149 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 54 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 51 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 166 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 17 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 43 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 134 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 102 2 0 19607.8
2015 Q3 54 3 1 55555.6
2015 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 49 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 175 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 106 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 44 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 42 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 61 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 33 0 0 0.0

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.

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