Green County Quarries has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1985–2005
Latest incident
Jun 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
71
citations
32
significant & substantial
$16,009
proposed penalties
$16,009
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: 421 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Green County Quarries has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$16K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $8K in penalties contested before the Commission, $8K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-11-27.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘ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.
14citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
Stood as issued
14 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 11 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$8K proposed, $8K 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 2009-10-14.
Contested penalties
ⓘ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.
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: 2012-05-16, 14 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2012-05-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-12-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2006-12-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.54
0.08
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-11-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-12
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.49
10
0.05
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2014
0
2013
2
2012
2
2011
2
2010
2
2009
2
2008
2
2007
3
2006
3
2005
4
2004
4
2003
5
2002
6
2001
9
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Green County Quarries sits in Green 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.
Green County, Wisconsin · Population 37,036
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$80,248
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
Employee was using a pry bar to lift a cylinder of ABCO conveyor to stop it from leaking. The pry bar slipped off the cylinder and hit him. It caused a cut in front of right ear.
2003 · 1 incident
April 25, 2003WI · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
THE CONVEYER OVERLOADED AND THE ENGINE STOPPED. EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING BLACKTOP OFF THE CONVEYER WITH A SHOVEL. HE FELL FROM THE CONVEYER. HE INJURD HIS BACK.
1998 · 2 incidents
October 23, 1998WI · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS INSTALLING A HEAVY HYDRAULIC CYLINDER IN A 980 CATERPILLAR END LOADER. EE NOW HAS A HERNIA. HE FEELS THE HERNIA WAS CAUSED BY LIFTING THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER.
June 5, 1998WI · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS OPERATING A ROTARY DRILL AT A QUARRY. HESAID HE DOES NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT HE THINKS HIS MITTEN GOT CAUGHT ON THE DRILL STEEL AND PULLED HIS HAND AND ARM AROUND THE STEEL.
February 7, 1996WI · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
HE WAS GOING TO INSTALL BATTERIES IN THE END LOADER. HE PARKED THE SERVICE VEHICLE CLOSE TO THE LADDER OF THE LOADER TO MAKE IT EASIER TO UNLOAD THE BATTERIES MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO USE THE L ADDER. WHEN HE WAS ON THE LOADER HE SLID DOWN THE TIRE, LOST CONTROL AND INJURED HIS BACK WHEN HE LANDED ON THE GROUND.
1992 · 2 incidents
August 10, 1992WI · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS CLEANING THE WIND SHIELD OF THE TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING. HE WAS STEPPING DOWN OFF THE STEP OF THE TRUCK, HOLDING ONTO THE REAR VIEW MIRROR WITH ONE HAND. HIS FOOT WAS ON THE GROUND AND HE LET GO OF THE MIRROR WHEN HE HEARD THE SNAP.
April 13, 1989WI · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
I NAME WAS SPREADING AGRICULTURAL LIME SPREADER UNIT OF HIS TRUCK BROKE HE WAS TRYING TO RELOCATE THE SPREADER FINS & INJURED HIS BACK LIFTING THE UNIT INTO PLACE
1985 · 1 incident
July 22, 1985WI · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
I.NAME WAS FEED3NG THE BREAKER AND A BOULDER GOT CAUGHT IN THE JAWS. I.NAME WAS TRYING TO FREE THE BOULDER WITH A WEDGE. THE WEDGE TWISTED HIS ARM INJURING HIS WRIST
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