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Dunn County Highway Pits: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dunn County-WI
Dunn County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702233

MSHA record for Dunn County Highway Pits (mine ID 4702233). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
Nov 1989
Ownership history
  1. Dunn County Highway Department 1950 to present
  2. Town Of Red Cedar 1978 to 1979
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Dunn County Highway Pits sits in Dunn 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.
Dunn County, Wisconsin · Population 45,349
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,785
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 1 incident

November 20, 1989 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Dunn County Highway Department · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS GREASING THE JACK PAN INSIDE THE SCREENER. THE SCREENER WAS TURNED ON IN ERROR CAUSING I.NAME'S ARM TO BE CUT AND PINCHED.

1987 · 1 incident

September 18, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dunn County Highway Department · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ST5RTING THE MOTOR ON OUR CEDAR RAPIDS CRUSHINE PLANT AND THE CRANK SLIPPED AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT FOREHEAD. CUT REQUIRED STITCHES AND EYE BLACKEND.