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Ovyn #1 Pit: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

withee, Taylor County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703016

Ovyn #1 Pit has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2019–2021
Latest incident
Oct 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
51
citations
9
significant & substantial
$8,376
proposed penalties
$7,876
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Dennis Ovyn Trucking Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
567
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: 567 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-06-29.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Ovyn #1 Pit has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-10-23.
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.
18.4%
significant & substantial
2.0%
high negligence or reckless
18.4%
reasonably likely or greater
55.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 32.7% low, 65.3% moderate, 2.0% 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 · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
22%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2016-08-29.
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 2016-0429 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $2K → $2K
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: 2023-10-24
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-10-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-10-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-06-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-06-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-06-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 1.11 0.42 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-06-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.1 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-06-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2008-08-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.39 0.46 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-08-13 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. Dennis Ovyn Trucking Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 3
2024 2
2023 2
2022 4
2021 4
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Ovyn #1 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 408 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 108 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 183 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 508 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 524 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 108 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 108 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 258 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 524 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 1 0
2023 Q3 548 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 508 1 0 1968.5
2023 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,921 7 2 3643.9
2022 Q2 2,400 1 1 416.7
2022 Q1 492 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 880 1 0 1136.4
2021 Q3 351 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 680 4 1 5882.4
2021 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 301 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 351 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 210 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 300 1 0 3333.3
2019 Q3 580 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 193 2 1 10362.7
2018 Q4 522 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 538 6 0 11152.4
2018 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 460 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 850 1 0 1176.5
2017 Q2 620 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 440 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 600 6 1 10000.0
2016 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 570 1 0 1754.4
2015 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 380 1 0 2631.6
2014 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 400 1 0 2500.0
2013 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 380 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 410 2 1 4878.0
2012 Q2 460 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 450 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 400 3 0 7500.0
2010 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 380 3 0 7894.7
2009 Q2 430 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 400 2 0 5000.0
2007 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 230 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 300 3 2 10000.0
2005 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 260 3 0 11538.5
2004 Q2 295 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 260 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 250 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 170 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
October 1, 2021 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dennis Ovyn Trucking Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

A miner entered a surge bin to free stuck material. The material collapsed and engulfed the miner.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2019 · 1 incident

July 17, 2019 WI · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Dennis Ovyn Trucking Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

The blaster was attempting to clear a vertical auger when the auger engaged resulting in lacerations to middle and index finger on right hand. EE was sweeping the material from auger gate when their glove contacted the auger and was pulled in. The injury resulted in 9 stitches to 2 fingers for a total of 18 stitches. There were no restrictions due to the injury.