Highway 53 has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2015–2023
Latest incident
Jul 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
82
citations
13
significant & substantial
$14,149
proposed penalties
$10,346
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,803 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
29
inspections on record
740
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: 740 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Highway 53 has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 1 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
65 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation 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
2025 Q4
27,067
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
26,394
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
24,479
12
1
490.2
2025 Q1
25,585
4
2
156.3
2024 Q4
25,953
1
1
38.5
2024 Q3
27,145
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
27,288
5
1
183.2
2024 Q1
28,887
3
0
103.9
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
25,989
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
23,702
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
22,372
5
0
223.5
2023 Q1
21,550
3
0
139.2
2022 Q4
21,384
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
19,899
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
17,480
1
0
57.2
2022 Q1
21,881
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
14,623
2
0
136.8
2021 Q3
15,890
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
18,282
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
15,392
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
15,099
5
1
331.1
2020 Q3
15,120
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,093
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
25,062
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
21,109
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
27,762
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
32,508
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
29,550
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
36,508
5
0
137.0
2018 Q3
43,483
3
1
69.0
2018 Q2
49,178
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
43,276
5
1
115.5
2017 Q4
46,588
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
43,449
3
2
69.0
2017 Q2
10,578
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
1,017
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
927
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
1,017
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,057
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
210
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
604
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
474
7
0
14767.9
2015 Q2
58
1
0
17241.4
2015 Q1
77
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
32
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
17
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2023 · 2 incidents
July 21, 2023WI · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Injured employee was disassembling a gear box when the injured employee pinched a finger between the housing and bolt causing a puncture to the finger. Right hand - fifth digit.
June 20, 2023WI · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miner walked on the opposite side of a feed hopper/crusher from where a loader operator was working. Miner thought EE had enough time to get by before any material movement. A combination of sand and rock went over striking the miner in the right shoulder area causing a contusion.
2020 · 1 incident
August 27, 2020WI · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
working on a 3 step ladder was attempting to tighten a bolt. Wrench slipped off the bolt forcing the IP to fall off the 3 step ladder landing on right side and elbow causing a cut to the elbow.
2018 · 1 incident
February 12, 2018WI · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was loosening a jam nut on a Rotex arm when the jam nut unexpectedly broke free causing the employees hand to slam forward into the rotex arm.
Miner was working on pulling a bearing off of a shaft. EE was inching it out to allow enough space to place a strap on, but the grease on the shaft caused the cover plate and bearing to slip off and fall. The bearing and cover plate landed on the top right of miners foot.
2015 · 1 incident
July 21, 2015WI · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The independent contractor's employee was lowering a jack to reposition it. While lowering the jack he pinched his little finger on his left hand between the jack and a 2" x 4" piece of wood.
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