Mining Incidents

Lime Kiln Quarry: 27 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Shawano County Highway Department · Surface
Controlled by Shawano County-WI
Shawano, WI, Shawano County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4702746

Lime Kiln Quarry has $3K 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
27
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,227
proposed penalties
$3,227
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
49
inspections on record
468
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: 468 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lime Kiln Quarry has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $540 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-15.
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.
14.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
14.8%
reasonably likely or greater
25.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 14.8% low, 85.2% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$540 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 2011-06-27.
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 2011-813M Withdrawal Andrews 2012 $540 → $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: 2018-10-31, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-10-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-10-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-10-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-09-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-12-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-12-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 1.2 0.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Shawano County Highway Department 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 2
2024 2
2023 4
2022 4
2021 4
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 4
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 4
2011 3
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 3
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lime Kiln Quarry sits in Shawano County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Shawano County, Wisconsin · Population 40,927
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$67,032
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 627 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 220 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 19 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 621 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 528 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 115 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 460 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 713 2 0 2805.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 460 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 1 0
2023 Q4 513 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,019 5 1 4906.8
2023 Q2 845 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 580 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 510 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 325 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 546 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 378 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 564 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 672 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 730 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 386 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 170 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 583 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 483 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 473 1 0 2114.2
2019 Q3 927 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 531 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 303 2 0 6600.7
2018 Q3 834 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 292 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 349 1 0 2865.3
2017 Q3 1,089 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 713 2 0 2805.0
2017 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 325 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,399 2 0 1429.6
2016 Q2 813 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 263 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,039 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 732 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 579 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,017 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 710 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 55 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 587 1 0 1703.6
2013 Q3 981 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 555 1 0 1801.8
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 224 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,448 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 655 2 1 3053.4
2012 Q1 666 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 985 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 387 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 556 1 1 1798.6
2011 Q1 271 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 331 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 652 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 506 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 161 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 465 3 1 6451.6
2009 Q3 754 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 556 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 83 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 234 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 727 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 367 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 606 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 337 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 378 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,008 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 390 2 0 5128.2
2006 Q3 397 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 162 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 446 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 398 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 251 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 154 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 493 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 331 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 305 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 84 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 478 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 99 1 0 10101.0
2002 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 82 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 509 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 468 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 168 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 337 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 248 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 92 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.