Chippewa Falls Sand Plant has $3K 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
14
Years on record
2012–2014
Latest incident
Oct 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
23
citations
2
significant & substantial
$3,308
proposed penalties
$3,308
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 646 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Chippewa Falls Sand Plant has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-11-07.
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.
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: 2019-04-24, 7 years ago
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz142 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (24)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2012-03-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.82
0.57
1.44
Electrician
2012-03-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.6
0.53
1.13
Washer Operator
2019-04-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Building Repair/Maint.
2019-04-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2019-04-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2019-04-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2019-04-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
Building Repair/Maint.
2017-11-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Track Man/Gang
2017-11-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.6
0.30
Mechanic
2017-11-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2017-11-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Track Man/Gang
2017-02-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.35
0.40
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2017-02-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
0.48
0.88
Mechanic
2017-02-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.41
0.61
Electrician
2014-02-06
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
Laborer, Bullgang
2014-02-06
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
Utility Man
2014-02-06
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.62
Laborer, Bullgang
2013-05-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
0.6
0.47
Laborer, Bullgang
2013-05-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2012-06-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.56
0.23
Electrician
2012-03-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
0.4
0.58
Lab Technician
2012-01-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
0.6
0.78
Building Repair/Maint.
2012-01-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
0.69
0.78
Washer Operator
2012-01-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.7
0.74
0.95
Building Repair/Maint.
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.
Chippewa Falls Sand Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2016.
Injury rate, 2016
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.17 and the all-US-mining average was 2.59 cases per 100 workers.
In Wisconsin, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.21 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015
0.00
0.00
0.000
2014
4.50
0.00
0.000
2013
6.32
1.58
0.000
2012
5.55
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2021
6
2020
6
2019
6
2018
6
2017
6
2016
14
2015
62
2014
62
2013
63
2012
51
2011
25
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Chippewa Falls Sand Plant sits in Chippewa 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.
Chippewa County, Wisconsin · Population 66,558
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$74,009
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
2021 Q3
2,738
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
2,726
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
2,808
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
2,317
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
2,650
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
2,842
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
2,798
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
2,262
0
0
0.0
Show 32 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3
3,045
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
3,503
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
2,848
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
2,467
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
2,833
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
2,913
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
2,813
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
3,132
2
0
638.6
2017 Q3
4,045
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
2,683
1
0
372.7
2017 Q1
2,633
1
0
379.8
2016 Q4
2,037
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
2,262
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
5,285
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
14,931
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
22,034
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
27,538
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
28,446
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
28,909
2
0
69.2
2014 Q4
32,274
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
32,274
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
34,036
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
34,643
3
0
86.6
2013 Q4
29,573
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
29,754
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
32,413
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
34,775
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
26,482
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
29,785
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
27,489
2
0
72.8
2012 Q1
24,292
7
1
288.2
2011 Q4
16,420
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
14 on file
2014 · 4 incidents
October 24, 2014WI · Metal/Non-Metalsteel worker, iron metal worker, iron workerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EOG Resources, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
While lowering welding lead from a belt line, employee was untangling a knot in the wire and slipped and pinched his fingers between the welding lead and the catwalk surface, causing laceration to the back of his right index finger.
May 18, 2014WI · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Miner felt a sting in his left shoulder. Administered first aid: ice packs and heat treatments. On 3/20/14 employee mentioned the first aid was not working enough. He was sent to occupational health clinic for evaluation. He was released with some restrictions and requires physical therapy. This makes it a medical treatment injury with no lost time days.
2013 · 4 incidents
October 18, 2013WI · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Prod Supt received voice mail message from employee on Sunday 10/20/13 that employee was going to the doctor for eye irritation. Metal had to be removed from eye at a local medical facility. No incident or specific event was reported on employee's last shift 10/18/13. The incident is still being investigated.
IE was installing conduit in a 18" trench for temporary power to a contractor's job trailer when he went to step out of trench he felt pain in his right lower calf. IE was transported to medical facility where he was diagnosed with a muscle strain and partial tendon rupture. IE was prescribed a pain reliever and given restrictions to not climb ladders.
March 6, 2013WI · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techOTHER
EE had seizure causing same level fall, causing him to sustain laceration requiring stitches. MD report states seizures are medical condition, not occupational injury/illness. This will be treated as non-recordable injury.
January 20, 2012WI · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON