Mining Incidents

Fischer Pit & Mill: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

R W Fischer · Surface
Controlled by Fischer Richard W
Kenosha County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4701542

MSHA record for Fischer Pit & Mill (mine ID 4701542). 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
1985–1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Ownership history
  1. R W Fischer 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Fischer Pit & Mill sits in Kenosha 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.
Kenosha County, Wisconsin · Population 168,413
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$79,412
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

July 31, 1989 WI · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R W Fischer · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAKING BIG STONES OFF GRISSLEY BIG STONE SLIPPED INJURING THIRD FINGER OF RIGHT HAND.

1985 · 1 incident

July 16, 1985 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R W Fischer · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ADJUSTING ELECTRIC MOTOR MOUNTINGS MOTOR MOVED AND LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CAUGHT