Mining Incidents

DL-2 Metal/Non-Metal

Payne & Dolan, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Bechthold
Portable, Waukesha County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703654

DL-2 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
4
Years on record
2015–2025
Latest incident
Jun 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
10
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,339
proposed penalties
$1,339
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
17
inspections on record
164
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: 164 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

DL-2 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
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-07-18.
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 183 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 56 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 219 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 716 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 289 1 0 3460.2
2023 Q2 176 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 38 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 228 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 425 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 276 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 628 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 618 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 651 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 666 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 410 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 356 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 631 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 753 8 4 10624.2
2015 Q2 210 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 188 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,267 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,600 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 716 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 294 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 755 1 1 1324.5
2012 Q2 922 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2025 · 1 incident

June 30, 2025 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Payne & Dolan, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee performing maintenance on drag line brakes. Struck RT arm on expanded metal guard which caused a laceration. Employee sought medical treatment same day, received sutures. Reporting within 10 days.

2024 · 1 incident

June 4, 2024 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Payne & Dolan, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee manually adjusting over travel of hoist rope on dragline & felt pain in RT shoulder. Employee sought medical treatment and was given a cortisone injection and referred to PT.

2016 · 1 incident

November 18, 2016 WI · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Payne & Dolan, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Manually pounding a metal t-post into the ground using a metal post pounder,lifted the pounder too high missing the post and hitting the post with fingers in between the post and the pounder causing the injury cutting from the tip to the fist knuckle on Index & Middle fingers on Left Hand.

2015 · 1 incident

July 24, 2015 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Payne & Dolan, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee was mowing with a riding mower per perpendicular to the slope. Due to the steepness the mower slip and the deck caught causing it to roll over several times landing on the employee causing bruising and strains to his lower extremities.

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