Mining Incidents

LYCON Wellnitz Pit: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

LYCON, Inc. · Surface
Oconto Falls, WI, Oconto County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703358

LYCON Wellnitz Pit has $2K 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 2004
18
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,833
proposed penalties
$1,833
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
30
inspections on record
273
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: 273 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LYCON Wellnitz 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
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-14.
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
27.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2021-08-10, 5 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-08-10 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. Five Star Trucking Inc 2003 to 2024
  2. LYCON Inc. 2024 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 2
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 2
2003 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

LYCON Wellnitz Pit sits in Oconto County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Oconto County, Wisconsin · Population 39,329
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$75,886
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
2024 Q4 1,116 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,275 1 0 784.3
2024 Q2 666 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 338 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 290 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4 255 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 416 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 154 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 144 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 445 2 0 4494.4
2021 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 352 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 272 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 232 3 0 12931.0
2019 Q3 264 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 176 1 0 5681.8
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 175 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 166 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 231 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 276 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 104 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 178 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 148 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 201 1 0 4975.1
2015 Q3 332 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 348 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 142 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 510 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 296 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 217 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 335 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 105 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 55 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 339 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 261 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 159 1 0 6289.3
2011 Q3 359 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 309 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 254 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 389 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 274 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 186 1 0 5376.3
2009 Q3 380 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 312 2 0 6410.3
2008 Q3 256 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 352 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 344 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 377 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 368 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 356 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 264 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 306 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 354 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 482 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 425 1 0 2352.9
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 716 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 619 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 687 3 1 4366.8
2004 Q1 390 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,353 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,672 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.