Mining Incidents

GREENWOOD PIT 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.
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.

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