Mining Incidents

PETERSON PIT-WASH PLANT: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ivan Bissen
Sturgeon Bay, WI, Door County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4701960

PETERSON PIT-WASH PLANT has $655 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
2000
Latest incident
Aug 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
8
citations
5
significant & substantial
$655
proposed penalties
$655
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
5
inspections on record
39
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: 39 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PETERSON PIT-WASH PLANT has $655 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.
$655
proposed penalties
$655
current assessed
$655
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-06-05.
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.
62.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
62.5%
reasonably likely or greater
25.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Sturgeon Bay Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 3
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PETERSON PIT-WASH PLANT sits in Door 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.
Door County, Wisconsin · Population 30,279
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$71,785
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
2003 Q1 35 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 674 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 956 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 909 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 706 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 987 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 823 8 5 9720.5
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 748 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 914 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 803 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

August 21, 2000 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sturgeon Bay Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE & ANOTHER EE LIFTING MOTOR OFF OF A CONVEYOR SET IT DOWN ON CATWALK, INJ EE UNABLE TO LIFT MOTOR BACK UP EE MISSED 2 FULL DAYS OF WORK DID NOT GO TO DR. CAME BACK TO WORK UNDER OWN DISCRETI ON ON 8/24/00 NOT AT FULL CAPACITY. 8/25/00 AT FULL CAPACITY