Frontier Sand LaGesse Mine has $3K 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
2011–2014
Latest incident
Jul 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
24
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,547
proposed penalties
$2,547
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 228 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Frontier Sand LaGesse Mine has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-12-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2018-10-23, 7 years ago
13
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg13
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2018-10-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2018-10-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2018-10-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2014-06-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-06-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2014-06-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2013-07-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2013-07-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2013-07-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2012-03-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2012-03-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2011-08-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Frontier Sand LaGesse Mine recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.
Injury rate, 2015
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.26 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In Wisconsin, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.50 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2014 *
2.92
2.92
0.000
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
8.09
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2019
4
2018
10
2017
0
2016
2
2015
24
2014
33
2013
17
2012
24
2011
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Frontier Sand LaGesse Mine sits in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Chippewa County, Wisconsin · Population 66,558
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$74,009
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2019 Q2
1,230
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
3,920
5
1
1275.5
2018 Q3
5,037
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
895
3
0
3352.0
2017 Q3
0
0
0
2017 Q2
0
0
0
2016 Q4
0
0
0
2016 Q3
711
0
0
0.0
Show 22 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2
1,261
2
0
1586.0
2016 Q1
1,456
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
2,194
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
4,337
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
21,111
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
14,888
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
19,728
3
0
152.1
2014 Q3
23,978
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
18,602
3
0
161.3
2014 Q1
6,105
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
12,854
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
16,295
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
2,497
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
2,144
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
1,956
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
10,508
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
23,300
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
13,669
1
0
73.2
2011 Q4
8,078
1
1
123.8
2011 Q3
5,856
2
0
341.5
2011 Q2
3,187
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
230
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2014 · 1 incident
July 11, 2014WI · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was walking to the stacker belt after a heavy rain storm, there was an accumulation of water he tripped fell forward and hit his head on the metal frame, leaving a red mark, there was no excessive swelling, no loss of conscience.
2012 · 2 incidents
April 3, 2012WI · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was lifting a 5 Gallon bucket of oil weighing approximately 35 lbs. When she lifted and turned the employee felt discomfort in her lower back.