Mining Incidents

CRUSHING UNIT #10: 12 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

B R Amon & Sons Inc · Surface
Controlled by Thomas R Amon
Elkhorn, Walworth County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703003

CRUSHING UNIT #10 has $1K 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
2
Years on record
1993–1995
Latest incident
Aug 1995
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
12
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,025
proposed penalties
$1,025
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
12
inspections on record
140
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: 140 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CRUSHING UNIT #10 has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-11-18.
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.
16.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.7%
reasonably likely or greater
75.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.3% low, 91.7% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2004-11-23, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-11-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.33 0.11 Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-11-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 2.47 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.78 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.07 0.15 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. B R Amon & Sons Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 0
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 3
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CRUSHING UNIT #10 sits in Walworth 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.
Walworth County, Wisconsin · Population 105,447
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$77,359
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
2006 Q3 71 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 466 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 121 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,524 1 0 656.2
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q3 2,394 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,393 4 1 2871.5
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,064 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 995 4 1 4020.1
2003 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,447 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,180 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 414 1 0 2415.5
2002 Q1 99 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,279 2 0 1563.7
2001 Q3 1,438 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,093 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 97 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,745 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,357 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,274 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 384 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1995 · 1 incident

August 29, 1995 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B R Amon & Sons Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYE WAS LIFTING SCREEN ONTO DECK OF CRUSHER.

1993 · 1 incident

November 30, 1993 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B R Amon & Sons Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DECENDING LADDER ON FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE MISSED THE BOTTOM STEP AND TWISTED ANKLE WHEN HE HIT THE GROUND SPRAINING HIS ANKLE.