Mining Incidents

O Connell Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Saint Croix County Highway Department · Surface
Controlled by Saint Croix County
St Croix County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702126

MSHA record for O Connell Pit (mine ID 4702126). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Saint Croix County Highway Department 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

O Connell Pit sits in St. Croix 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.
St. Croix County, Wisconsin · Population 94,819
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$102,482
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

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.