Mining Incidents

Mercer Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Pitlik & Wick, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Brian Pitlik; Scott Wick
MERCER,WI, Iron County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703165

Mercer Wash Plant 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 2000
32
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,055
proposed penalties
$3,055
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
33
inspections on record
294
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: 294 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mercer Wash Plant 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
32 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-10-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 717 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 362 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 93 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 151 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 481 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 125 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 137 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 281 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 154 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 63 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 113 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 121 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 170 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 89 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 114 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 74 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 667 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 89 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 198 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 42 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 18 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 148 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 97 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 90 1 0 11111.1
2016 Q3 128 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 145 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 50 2 0 40000.0
2015 Q3 193 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 137 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 145 5 0 34482.8
2014 Q3 193 2 1 10362.7
2014 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 277 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 108 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 67 1 0 14925.4
2012 Q3 188 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 318 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 188 2 0 10638.3
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 38 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 226 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 150 1 0 6666.7
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 51 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 333 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 22 2 0 90909.1
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 317 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 263 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 152 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 342 2 0 5848.0
2007 Q2 204 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 144 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 330 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 418 6 1 14354.1
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 213 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 371 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 152 4 2 26315.8
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 247 2 0 8097.2
2004 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 128 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 311 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 274 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 261 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 269 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 372 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 129 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 89 2 2 22471.9
2000 Q3 152 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 51 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.

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