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Neuman Pit: 29 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Francis Melvin Inc · Surface
Controlled by James F Melvin
Medford, WI, Taylor County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4702204

Neuman Pit has $3K 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
2023
Latest incident
Jun 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
29
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,349
proposed penalties
$3,349
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Francis Melvin Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
343
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: 343 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Neuman Pit has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-29.
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.
10.3%
significant & substantial
3.4%
high negligence or reckless
10.3%
reasonably likely or greater
51.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 41.4% low, 55.2% moderate, 3.4% 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: 2023-05-17, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg12
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-05-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-05-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.56 0.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-05-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-28 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. Buehler Excavating Inc 1950 to 1997
  2. Francis Melvin Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 3
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 3
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 4
2003 4
2002 3
2001 3
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Neuman Pit 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 471 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 401 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 691 9 2 13024.6
2025 Q2 495 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 316 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 941 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 709 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 386 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 687 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,100 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 514 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 586 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,012 1 0 988.1
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 795 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,035 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 818 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 507 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,719 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 814 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 788 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,298 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 795 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 843 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,525 2 0 1311.5
2018 Q2 944 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 633 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,624 1 0 615.8
2017 Q2 860 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 517 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,095 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 945 1 0 1058.2
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 1,077 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,616 1 0 618.8
2015 Q2 2,570 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,490 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,553 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 809 1 0 1236.1
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,661 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,680 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,099 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,176 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,565 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,496 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 739 2 0 2706.4
2011 Q3 1,319 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,275 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,243 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 876 1 0 1141.6
2010 Q2 767 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 497 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,828 2 0 1094.1
2009 Q2 903 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,099 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,029 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 991 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 919 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,917 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 947 1 0 1056.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,057 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,009 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,200 1 0 833.3
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 1,137 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,898 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,470 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,096 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,037 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,810 4 1 2209.9
2004 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 877 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,120 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,215 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,014 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,094 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,665 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,053 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,850 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,526 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,384 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,462 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,070 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

June 21, 2023 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Francis Melvin Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Had heart attack at pit while operating endloader.