Mining Incidents

Med #2: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James F Melvin
Medford, WI, Taylor County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4702098

Med #2 has $794 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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
8
citations
1
significant & substantial
$794
proposed penalties
$794
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
263
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: 263 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Med #2 has $794 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$794
proposed penalties
$794
current assessed
$794
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $260 in penalties contested before the Commission, $260 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-06-27.
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.
12.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
37.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 62.5% low, 37.5% 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 · 25% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 2 · 100%
100%
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%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$200 proposed, $200 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 2011-12-19.
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 2009-114M Dismissal Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
LAKE 2012-246M Default Lesnick 2012 $100 → $100
LAKE 2005-46M Settlement Lesnick 2005 $60 → $60
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: 2023-11-14
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-11-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2011-10-12 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. Francis Melvin, Inc. 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
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 2
2010 1
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Med #2 sits in Taylor County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Taylor County, Wisconsin · Population 19,972
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$63,142
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 27 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 138 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 42 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 174 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 402 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 275 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 233 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 309 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 177 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 154 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 245 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 267 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 342 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 73 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 227 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 426 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 34 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 380 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 120 1 0 8333.3
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 74 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 75 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 402 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 233 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 174 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 137 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 517 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 204 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 221 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 501 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 386 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 293 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 744 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 516 2 1 3876.0
2011 Q3 1,587 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 583 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 452 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 329 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 665 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 719 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 272 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 82 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 245 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 503 1 0 1988.1
2008 Q2 606 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,139 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 765 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 663 2 0 3016.6
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 175 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 883 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 332 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 603 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 773 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 452 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 397 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 628 1 0 1592.4
2004 Q2 513 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 625 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 292 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 578 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,353 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 922 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,409 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 894 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 747 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,482 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,041 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 12 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.