Mining Incidents

Neumann Pit Wash Plant: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Francis Melvin Inc · Surface
Controlled by James F Melvin
Abbotsford, Taylor County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703398

Neumann Pit Wash Plant has $1K 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 2008
11
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,110
proposed penalties
$1,110
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
28
inspections on record
189
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: 189 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Neumann Pit Wash Plant has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-10-03.
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.
9.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
9.1%
reasonably likely or greater
45.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 54.5% low, 45.5% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 2008-11-18.
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 2009-112M Dismissal Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
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: 2023-10-04
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-10-04 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 2005 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 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Neumann Pit Wash Plant 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 222 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 93 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 172 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 76 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 146 0 0 0.0
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 246 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 33 1 0 30303.0
2023 Q3 298 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 87 1 0 11494.3
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 38 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 308 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 412 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 115 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 333 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 290 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 153 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 492 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 413 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 345 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 103 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 295 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 397 1 0 2518.9
2017 Q2 364 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 58 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 450 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 528 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 333 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 591 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 223 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 13 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 113 1 0 8849.6
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 75 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 236 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 234 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 199 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 106 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 248 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 426 1 1 2347.4
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 224 1 0 4464.3
2010 Q3 272 1 0 3676.5
2010 Q2 113 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 54 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 261 1 0 3831.4
2009 Q2 118 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 270 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 297 2 0 6734.0
2008 Q2 139 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 51 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 229 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 147 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 164 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 75 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 179 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 415 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 297 0 0 0.0
2005 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.