Mining Incidents

DCS MILL: 13 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Crawford James F
Milwaukee County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702607

MSHA record for DCS MILL (mine ID 4702607). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1987–1997
Latest incident
Jul 1997
Ownership history
  1. D C S Color & Supply Company Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

DCS MILL sits in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin · Population 927,656
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,118
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

1997 · 1 incident

July 28, 1997 WI · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Accident type, without injuries

ON MONDAY 7-28-97 AT APPROX 1720, I DISCOVERED THAT OUR WAREHOUSE/BAGGING/MILL ROOM WAS ON FIRE.

1995 · 1 incident

June 2, 1995 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ROCKS UNDER THE DRYER CAUSING HIS ARM TO BECOME SORE. HIS LEFT ARM IS SORE ABOVE THE ELBOW.

1994 · 1 incident

April 20, 1994 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS UNLOADING A TRUCK WITH DOCK PLATE DOWN. EMPLOYEES WERE TALKING NEAR THE RAMP. EMPLOYEE BACKED OUT OF THE TRUCK WITH PALLET ON THE FORKLIFT (2 WHEELS PLATE - 2 FLOOR) EMPLOYEE THEN TOLD OTHER THAT HIS FOOT WAS UNDER THE DOCK PLATE. EMPLOYEE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY SHOES. DOCK PLATE THEN FRACTURED HIS TOE.

1991 · 5 incidents

October 29, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS RUNNING INTO BUILDING WHEN ANOTHER EMPL WAS COMING THROUGH DOOR WITH DUMPSTER & RAN INTO INJ HITTING HIM IN CHEST.

July 9, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS WORKING IN THE CRUSHER WHEN GUARD OVER MAIN BELT RIPPED LOOSE & STRUCK HIM IN THE BACK

June 14, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Fall from machine

I.NAME PULLING ON A CHAIN TRYING TO MOVE HOIST ON THE MILL AND CHAIN BROKE WHICH MADE HIM FALL FROM MILL.

June 12, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLING BLACKOX IN 50 LB BAGS AND FELT CRAMP IN BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

September 5, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING 100 LB. BAGS WHEN HE HURT HIS ELBOW AND UPPER ARM.

1988 · 2 incidents

July 7, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

I. NAME WAS MIXING LIQUID COLOR AND BUMPED HIS HEAD ON A STEEL BEAM.

February 15, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Fall from machine

I NAME WAS WORKING ON THE MILL REMOVING THE BIG DRIVE WHEEL WHEN HE TRIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND TORE HIS ROTATOR CUFF.

1987 · 2 incidents

September 9, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS CUTT3NG BAGS OF COLOR OPEN WHEN HIS ARM SLIPPED AND HE CUT HIS CORNEA.

January 12, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
D C S Color & Supply Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CHANGING3THE FILL HOSE FROM THE SMALL COLOR HOPPER TO THE LARGE SILO WHEN THE HOSE STRUCK HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT EYE.