E. C. Voit & Sons: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
E. C. Voit & Sons has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA. MSHA has proposed $985 in penalties since 2002.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
8
citations
1
significant & substantial
$985
proposed penalties
$410
paid to date
42% of proposed penalties paid to date. The remaining $575 was reduced, settled, contested or is still owed.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
6
inspections on record
54
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 54 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
E. C. Voit & Sons has $985 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$985
proposed penalties
$410
current assessed
$410
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $410 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-06-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.12.5%
significant & substantial
12.5%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 87.5% moderate, 12.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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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.
6
citations taken to the federal commission · 75% of citations on record
- Stood as issued 6 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$330 proposed, $330 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 2006-12-12.
Contested penalties
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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 2003-130M | Settlement | Melick | 2004 | $600 → $50 |
| LAKE 2007-13-M | Dismissal | 2007 | $330 → $330 | |
| LAKE20030043M | Settlement | Melick | 2003 | $110 → $30 |
| LAKE20020155M | Dismissal | 2003 | $55 → $0 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
- E C Voit & Sons 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2004 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 |
| 2001 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 |
| 1995 | 2 |
| 1994 | 2 |
| 1993 | 2 |
| 1992 | 2 |
| 1991 | 2 |
| 1990 | 2 |
| 1989 | 2 |
| 1988 | 2 |
| 1987 | 2 |
| 1986 | 1 |
| 1985 | 1 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1983 | 1 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
E. C. Voit & Sons sits in Dane County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Dane County, Wisconsin · Population 564,777
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$88,108
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2004 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 Q3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 666666.7 |
| 2002 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Q4 | 147 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 194 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q4 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 273 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.