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Dann & Wendt Inc-Portable Unit #2: 156 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Dann & Wendt Inc · Surface
Controlled by Rx Real Estate
Rio, Columbia County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702863

Dann & Wendt Inc-Portable Unit #2 has $45K 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
2
Years on record
1994–2004
Latest incident
Nov 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
156
citations
47
significant & substantial
$45,104
proposed penalties
$45,104
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Dann & Wendt Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
48
inspections on record
720
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: 720 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dann & Wendt Inc-Portable Unit #2 has $45K 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.
$45K
proposed penalties
$45K
current assessed
$45K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
156 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-02-17.
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.
30.1%
significant & substantial
10.3%
high negligence or reckless
30.1%
reasonably likely or greater
36.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.7% low, 75.0% moderate, 10.3% high, 0.0% 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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 4 · 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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $7K 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 2015-08-02.
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 2015-0614 Default Lesnick 2015 $7K → $7K
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: 2014-09-10, 12 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
  • Cadmium oxide fumes1
Show the individual readings (21)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-09-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2014-09-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-18 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-08-18 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-08-18 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-08-18 Chromium, insoluble 0.18 3 0.06 Welder, etc.
2011-08-18 Cobalt fumes 2.35 300 0.01 Welder, etc.
2011-08-18 Copper fumes 20.39 300 0.07 Welder, etc.
2011-08-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-08-18 Nickel fumes 0.15 3 0.05 Welder, etc.
2011-08-18 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-08-18 Zinc oxide fumes 0.06 10 0.01 Welder, etc.
2011-08-18 Iron oxide fumes 7.08 20 0.35 Welder, etc.
2011-08-18 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-08-18 Magnesium oxide fumes 1.69 20 0.08 Welder, etc.
2011-08-18 Manganese fumes 3.83 5 0.77 Welder, etc.
2011-08-18 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2004-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.8 0.15 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
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. Dann & Wendt Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 3
2015 5
2014 10
2013 10
2012 10
2011 8
2010 7
2009 5
2008 7
2007 6
2006 6
2005 6
2004 4
2003 2
2002 2
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Dann & Wendt Inc-Portable Unit #2 sits in Columbia 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.
Columbia County, Wisconsin · Population 58,322
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,792
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
2016 Q2 665 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 534 13 3 24344.6
2015 Q4 1,300 1 0 769.2
2015 Q3 3,286 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,326 31 13 9320.5
2015 Q1 3,686 14 3 3798.2
2014 Q4 2,974 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,442 11 5 3195.8
Show 57 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q2 3,420 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,407 2 0 830.9
2013 Q4 4,476 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,543 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,677 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 4,402 1 0 227.2
2012 Q4 4,402 9 5 2044.5
2012 Q3 4,659 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,886 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,000 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,760 14 3 2941.2
2011 Q2 3,157 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,912 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,780 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8 7 2 875000.0
2010 Q2 2,170 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,380 2 0 840.3
2009 Q4 2,432 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,501 1 1 399.8
2009 Q2 2,537 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,212 5 0 2260.4
2008 Q4 2,503 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,024 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,224 7 2 2171.2
2008 Q1 2,321 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,017 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,154 3 0 951.2
2007 Q2 2,874 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,612 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,468 1 0 288.4
2006 Q3 4,006 5 3 1248.1
2006 Q2 3,011 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,669 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,727 6 1 2200.2
2005 Q3 3,107 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,765 1 0 361.7
2005 Q1 2,581 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,807 1 0 356.3
2004 Q3 1,171 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,037 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,109 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,181 5 1 4233.7
2003 Q3 1,082 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 984 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,168 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 565 1 0 1769.9
2002 Q3 702 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,236 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 580 1 0 1724.1
2001 Q4 1,105 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,133 2 1 1765.2
2001 Q2 503 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 397 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,322 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 267 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,061 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2004 · 1 incident

November 19, 2004 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Dann & Wendt Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A NUT WITH A WRENCH WHICH CAUSED SORENESS IN SHOULDER. HE THOUGHT IT WOULD GET BETTER IN A WEEK OR SO, BUT FINALLY DECIDED TO SEE A PHYSICIAN.

1994 · 1 incident

May 23, 1994 WI · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Dann & Wendt Inc · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS WELDING - RECEIVED FLASHES - SORE EYES