Mining Incidents

Karow Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mark Karow
Twin Lakes, Kenosha County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703257

Karow Pit has $881 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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 2001
12
citations
3
significant & substantial
$881
proposed penalties
$881
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
8
inspections on record
82
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: 82 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Karow Pit has $881 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$881
proposed penalties
$881
current assessed
$881
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-04-06.
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
2007 Q2 99 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 271 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 61 1 0 16393.4
2005 Q1 254 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 58 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 84 0 0 0.0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q1 163 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 81 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 321 5 2 15576.3
2003 Q2 359 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 1,458 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 401 6 1 14962.6
2001 Q2 240 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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