Mining Incidents

Iron County Operations Metal/Non-Metal

Brackett & Son · Surface
Controlled by John Brackett
Pence, Iron County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702719

Iron County Operations has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
42
citations
9
significant & substantial
$5,134
proposed penalties
$5,134
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
347
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: 347 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Iron County Operations has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-08-21.
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
2017 Q4 524 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 862 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 900 5 1 5555.6
2017 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 936 2 0 2136.8
2016 Q2 846 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q4 486 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,250 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 866 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 384 2 1 5208.3
2014 Q3 1,260 2 0 1587.3
2014 Q2 863 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 608 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,050 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 723 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 326 3 1 9202.5
2012 Q3 974 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 922 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 432 1 0 2314.8
2011 Q3 1,208 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 516 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,214 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 912 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 716 5 3 6983.2
2009 Q3 1,264 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 652 1 0 1533.7
2009 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 822 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,096 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 770 1 0 1298.7
2008 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 438 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,454 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,134 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 822 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,172 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 946 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 408 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,458 4 1 2743.5
2005 Q2 1,108 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,080 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,568 7 1 4464.3
2004 Q2 1,238 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 524 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,552 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 378 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 544 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,446 2 1 1383.1
2002 Q2 790 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 636 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,532 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,266 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 868 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,667 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,067 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 20 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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