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Mitch King Gravel - South Fork: 51 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Mitchel H King
Weston, Marathon County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703140

Mitch King Gravel - South Fork has $6K 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
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Sep 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
51
citations
5
significant & substantial
$5,842
proposed penalties
$5,842
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Mitch King & Sons Gravel & Trucking Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
349
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: 349 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mitch King Gravel - South Fork has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-11-06.
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.
9.8%
significant & substantial
2.0%
high negligence or reckless
9.8%
reasonably likely or greater
41.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.8% low, 86.3% moderate, 2.0% 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: 2023-10-25
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2023-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Siekierzynski Trucking 1998 to 2007
  2. Mitch King & Sons Gravel & Trucking Inc 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 4
2024 5
2023 4
2022 4
2021 4
2020 3
2019 4
2018 2
2017 2
2016 3
2015 3
2014 4
2013 4
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 4
2008 4
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mitch King Gravel - South Fork sits in Marathon 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.
Marathon County, Wisconsin · Population 138,067
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$76,185
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 1,126 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,881 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,426 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 601 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,401 3 0 2141.3
2024 Q3 3,076 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,701 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 241 0 0 0.0
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 551 3 1 5444.6
2023 Q3 2,701 2 0 740.5
2023 Q2 2,001 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 501 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,101 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,401 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,477 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 601 3 0 4991.7
2021 Q3 1,501 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,201 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 276 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 451 2 0 4434.6
2020 Q3 1,302 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 951 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 542 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 451 1 0 2217.3
2019 Q3 1,895 1 0 527.7
2019 Q2 801 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 361 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,401 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,005 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 900 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 979 3 0 3064.4
2017 Q3 1,212 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 802 4 1 4987.5
2016 Q3 1,395 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,310 5 1 3816.8
2016 Q1 110 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,439 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,110 1 0 900.9
2015 Q2 960 2 0 2083.3
2015 Q1 210 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,010 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,860 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,040 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 370 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 960 1 0 1041.7
2013 Q2 1,510 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 510 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 810 2 0 2469.1
2012 Q3 1,530 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,210 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 910 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,710 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,110 3 1 2702.7
2011 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,010 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,640 2 0 1219.5
2010 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 490 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 930 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,210 1 1 826.4
2009 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 490 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,450 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,110 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 875 2 0 2285.7
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,131 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,096 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 477 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 576 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 536 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 441 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 801 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 771 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 461 3 0 6507.6
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 271 2 0 7380.1
2003 Q3 1,111 2 0 1800.2
2003 Q2 656 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 761 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 636 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 966 2 0 2070.4
2001 Q2 677 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 726 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 981 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 611 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

September 10, 2019 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mitch King & Sons Gravel & Trucking Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

At Startup a rock got stuck in the tail pulley of the cone recycle conveyor. Machine was shut down and the employee was removing the rock. EE's fingers got pinched while EE was getting rock out. A cut on EE's pinky finger needed to get a stitch that we were not able to perform on site.