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Crusher 1: 34 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Pitlik & Wick, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Brian Pitlik; Scott Wick
Eagle River, WI, Oneida County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4702043

Crusher 1 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
34
citations
11
significant & substantial
$15,301
proposed penalties
$12,801
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Pitlik & Wick, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
37
inspections on record
430
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: 430 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crusher 1 has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $12K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-03.
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.
32.4%
significant & substantial
5.9%
high negligence or reckless
32.4%
reasonably likely or greater
55.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.9% low, 91.2% moderate, 2.9% high, 2.9% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 15% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
20%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$12K proposed, $10K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2012-04-12.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2012-525M Settlement Lewis 2015 $12K → $9K
LAKE 2008-345M Settlement Feldman 2011 $400 → $400
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2020-11-17, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-11-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Truck Driver
2020-11-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.66 0.41 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-10-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.57 0.26 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 0.78 0.59 Supervisor, Co. Official
2003-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-02 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Pitlik & Wick, Inc. 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 2
2024 3
2023 3
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 3
2010 4
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 4
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Crusher 1 sits in Oneida 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.
Oneida County, Wisconsin · Population 38,007
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,621
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 2,680 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 1,663 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,404 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,201 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 1,461 2 2 1368.9
2024 Q3 1,949 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 885 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,938 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 855 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 554 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 968 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,658 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,113 3 0 2695.4
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 257 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 418 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 368 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,441 1 0 694.0
2020 Q3 1,617 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 947 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 1,200 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 369 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 208 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 267 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 483 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 304 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 242 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 324 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 298 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 432 1 1 2314.8
2016 Q3 402 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 237 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 335 1 0 2985.1
2015 Q3 219 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 155 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 170 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,484 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 333 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 645 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,874 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,952 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,315 3 0 2281.4
2012 Q3 1,792 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,808 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 789 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,204 2 1 907.4
2011 Q2 1,641 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 951 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,272 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,805 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 106 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,069 1 0 935.5
2009 Q3 2,322 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,889 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 37 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,318 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,903 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,999 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 190 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 977 3 0 3070.6
2007 Q3 1,975 1 0 506.3
2007 Q2 2,440 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 127 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,125 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,475 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,049 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,038 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,247 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,970 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,229 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 63 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,408 8 6 5681.8
2004 Q3 2,117 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,871 2 0 696.6
2004 Q1 770 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,766 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,435 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,139 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 233 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,264 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,423 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,363 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 387 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,016 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,274 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,972 3 0 1009.4
2001 Q1 1,770 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,654 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,420 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,541 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,375 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

May 4, 2026 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pitlik & Wick, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was holding a rope to align a new conveyor belt. EE wrapped the rope around EE's left hand and as the belt was being positioned EE received a rope cut that needed at least 10 stitches.