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Jens Pit And Mill: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Schuette Ward
Sheboygan County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4701182

MSHA record for Jens Pit And Mill (mine ID 4701182). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jun 1983
Ownership history
  1. Plymouth Sand & Gravel 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Jens Pit And Mill sits in Sheboygan 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.
Sheboygan County, Wisconsin · Population 117,783
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,898
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

June 15, 1983 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Plymouth Sand & Gravel · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE WAS GREASING A MOTOR ON A SAND CONVEYOR THAT WAS POSITIONED UNDER A HIGH TENSION LINE, AS HE WAS APPLYING GREASE HIS LEFT SHOULDER TOUCHED THE HIGH TENSION LINE CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON TO A PILE OF SAND BELOW. EMPLOYEE HAS SEVERE BURNS TO HIS CHEST, NECK, SHOULDER AND FEET.