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GREENWOOD PIT: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Glen Sternweis
Clark County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702943

MSHA record for GREENWOOD PIT (mine ID 4702943). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1991–1998
Latest incident
Aug 1998
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1
inspections on record
1
inspection hours
n/a
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: 1 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Sternweis & Sons Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 0
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

GREENWOOD PIT sits in Clark 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.
Clark County, Wisconsin · Population 34,736
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$66,250
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
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 789 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 73 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,291 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,006 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
November 20, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Sternweis & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM BECAME ENTANGLED IN AN EXPOSED STUB SHAFT ON THE TAIL PULLEY OF THE CRUSHER DISCHARGE CONVEYOR. THIS RESULTED IN FATAL INJURIES.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

1998 · 1 incident

August 18, 1998 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sternweis & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOOKING UP WELDER TO TRUCK. THE JACK DID NOT GO LOW ENOUGHT SO HE PUT TONGUE OF TRAILER THAT HOLDS WELDER ON THE TRUCK AND PULLED OUT JACK. THE TONGUE SLIPPED OFF TRUCK & FELL ON HIS L EFT FOOT

1993 · 1 incident

August 4, 1993 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sternweis & Sons Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS WORKING ON SANDSCREW, TRYING TO LOOSEN NUT WHILE PUTTING PRESSURE ON WRENCH, HAND SLIPPED OFF WRENCH AND HIT SANDSCREW INJURYING RIGHT HAND.