Mining Incidents

Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Company Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mary Ellen Werner
Elkhart Lake, WI, Sheboygan County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4700803

Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Company has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1984–2010
Latest incident
Dec 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
85
citations
18
significant & substantial
$14,999
proposed penalties
$14,321
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $678 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
47
inspections on record
643
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: 643 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Company has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
85 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-09-15.
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
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 337 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 845 3 0 3550.3
2020 Q2 1,782 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,481 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,078 3 0 974.7
2019 Q3 3,096 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,047 6 1 1969.1
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q1 2,152 3 1 1394.1
2018 Q4 2,857 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,284 7 1 3064.8
2018 Q2 2,863 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,284 3 2 1313.5
2017 Q4 2,742 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,834 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,655 1 0 376.6
2017 Q1 1,901 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,525 2 0 792.1
2016 Q3 2,688 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,286 1 0 437.4
2016 Q1 2,513 4 0 1591.7
2015 Q4 1,966 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,815 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,324 8 2 3442.3
2015 Q1 2,010 1 0 497.5
2014 Q4 2,213 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,759 5 0 1812.3
2014 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,867 4 2 2142.5
2013 Q4 2,018 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,838 1 1 352.4
2013 Q2 2,271 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,766 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,038 2 0 981.4
2012 Q3 2,464 1 0 405.8
2012 Q2 1,656 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,848 1 0 541.1
2011 Q4 2,171 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,504 6 1 2396.2
2011 Q2 2,086 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,460 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,418 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,068 2 1 967.1
2010 Q2 2,060 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,430 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,078 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,148 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,826 3 0 1642.9
2009 Q1 1,324 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,640 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,140 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,000 4 1 800.0
2007 Q3 4,173 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,373 1 1 228.7
2007 Q1 2,484 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,340 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,160 6 2 1442.3
2006 Q2 3,940 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,600 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,150 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,610 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,968 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,655 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,350 1 0 157.5
2004 Q3 8,480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,125 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,358 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,395 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,080 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,800 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,152 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,140 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,160 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,842 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,560 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,805 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,240 6 2 1145.0
2001 Q2 4,856 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,560 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,230 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,260 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,372 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,560 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2010 · 1 incident

December 6, 2010 WI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Co · Struck against a moving object

A combination tractor tailer (rock tub) tipped onto the drivers side after it was fully raised. Driver sustained a brused shoulder and small cut to upper lip. Expected cause is frozen material in the trailer. Injured is a driver for a customer, not an employee or contractor.

1996 · 2 incidents

May 14, 1996 WI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Co · Fall from machine

EE SLIPPED AND FELL OFF OF THE LOADER HE WAS OPERATING HE BROKE HIS LEFT WRIST IN TWO PLACES.

April 23, 1996 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Co · Struck by falling object

EE WAS IN AN AREA UP NEAR PLANT & A ROCK FELL ONHIS FOOT.

1994 · 1 incident

March 23, 1994 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Co · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CRANE OPERATOR WHO IS NOT AN EE OF OURS AS WE WERE HIRING HIS TEMP. SEVICES DIRECTED OUR EE WHO WAS INJURED TO STAND WHERE HE WAS WHEN HE INJURED. OUR EE FELL DOWN 3-5 FT ONTO A METAL GRATE. H E WAS BRUISED INTERNALLY POSSIABLY BREAKING AFEWRIBS. HE INJURED HIS CHEST AND HIP DURING THE FALL.

1993 · 1 incident

February 3, 1993 WI · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARPAL TUNNEL, BOTH HANDS SEPARATELY.

1991 · 2 incidents

1988 · 1 incident

December 6, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME TIPPED A 55 GAL BARREL OF OIL FOR THE LOADER TO PICK IT UP HIS BACK GOT PROGRESSIVELY WWORSE THROUGH THE WEEK HE HAS SEEN A DR.GETTING A SECOND OPINION

1987 · 1 incident

July 28, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Co · Flash burns (welding)

I.NAME WAS BEND3NG STEEL WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER ABOUT 5FT IN BACK OF THE WELDER HE LOOKED AT THE WELDER WITHOUT GLASSES OR HELMET HE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE WELDING

1984 · 1 incident

November 29, 1984 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WE ARE CLOSED FOR THE WINTER MAKING REPAIRS ON THE CRUSHING PLANT, I.NAME WAS PRYING UP SCREEN TRAYS WITH I.NAME WHEN THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND THE SCREEN TRAY CRUSHED HIS THUMB

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The full compliance file on Crystal Lake Crushed Stone Company

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.