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: 267 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2014-05-21.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
L-W Pit has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-10-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2019-09-17, 6 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2019-09-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2012-08-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2020
2
2019
2
2018
2
2017
2
2016
2
2015
2
2014
2
2013
2
2012
2
2011
2
2010
2
2009
2
2008
2
2007
2
2006
2
2005
2
2004
2
2003
2
2002
2
2001
2
2000
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
L-W Pit sits in Rusk County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Rusk County, Wisconsin · Population 14,146
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$58,322
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2020 Q4
100
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
105
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
302
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
5
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
114
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
192
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
146
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
5
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4
96
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
276
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
117
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
5
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
102
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
57
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
175
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
104
2
1
19230.8
2016 Q3
125
1
1
8000.0
2016 Q2
173
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
119
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
91
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
255
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
158
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
220
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
133
4
2
30075.2
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
48
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
79
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
167
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
17
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
82
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
182
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
77
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
85
2
0
23529.4
2011 Q2
104
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
52
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
161
1
1
6211.2
2010 Q2
63
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
0
1
0
2009 Q4
17
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
70
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
81
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
2
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
35
2
0
57142.9
2008 Q3
102
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
133
4
0
30075.2
2008 Q1
2
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
49
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
115
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
162
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
2
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
79
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
130
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
135
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
2
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
41
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
116
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
138
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
2
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
47
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
128
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
125
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
2
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
42
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
136
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
147
3
1
20408.2
2003 Q1
2
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
74
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
170
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
144
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
2
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
34
1
0
29411.8
2001 Q3
148
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
46
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
22
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
111
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
104
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2006 · 1 incident
August 4, 2006WI · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON