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Lange Rd. Pit: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Steven Thelen
Genoa City, Walworth County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703434

Lange Rd. Pit has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2009
Latest incident
Jun 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
18
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,769
proposed penalties
$1,769
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Thelen Sand & Gravel, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
26
inspections on record
327
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: 327 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lange Rd. Pit has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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
18 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $230 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-22.
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.
5.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
5.6%
reasonably likely or greater
22.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 50.0% low, 50.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$230 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2017-06-14.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2017-0306 Withdrawal Feldman 2018 $116 → $0
LAKE 2016-0411 Withdrawal McCarthy 2016 $114 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2023-06-22, 3 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-06-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-06-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-04-29 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.
Ownership history
  1. Thelen Sand & Gravel, Inc. 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 4
2019 3
2018 3
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 4
2012 1
2011 2
2010 2
2009 3
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lange Rd. Pit sits in Walworth 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.
Walworth County, Wisconsin · Population 105,447
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$77,359
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
2026 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 59 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 58 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 67 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 76 0 0 0.0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 105 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 253 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 497 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 395 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 474 1 0 2109.7
2023 Q1 128 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 812 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,000 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 977 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 836 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,765 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,471 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 553 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 237 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,438 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,868 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,008 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 258 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 729 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 782 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 922 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 551 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,212 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,234 3 0 2431.1
2018 Q2 942 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 423 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 639 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 877 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 790 1 0 1265.8
2017 Q1 261 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 326 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 530 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 599 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 298 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 221 1 0 4524.9
2015 Q2 694 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 242 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 278 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 98 1 0 10204.1
2014 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 373 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 430 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 393 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 161 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 370 2 0 5405.4
2012 Q3 899 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 186 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 170 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 173 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 184 1 0 5434.8
2011 Q2 587 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 579 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 685 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 534 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 117 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 367 1 0 2724.8
2009 Q3 639 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,577 2 0 1268.2
2009 Q1 811 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,518 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,777 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,999 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,307 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,075 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,150 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,462 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,689 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,526 1 0 395.9
2006 Q3 2,252 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,394 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,664 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,202 3 0 1362.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

June 4, 2009 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Thelen Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Stepped down off scalper, stepped on loose rocks and twisted his left ankle.