Mining Incidents

Phillips Wash Plant: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Pitlik & Wick, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Brian Pitlik; Scott Wick
Phillips, Price County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703168

Phillips Wash Plant 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
11
citations
3
significant & substantial
$3,117
proposed penalties
$3,117
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
35
inspections on record
292
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: 292 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Phillips Wash Plant 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
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-08-07.
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.
27.3%
significant & substantial
18.2%
high negligence or reckless
27.3%
reasonably likely or greater
18.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 72.7% moderate, 18.2% 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: 2022-06-29, 4 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-06-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2017-07-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2010-10-06 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. Northern Lakes Concrete, Inc. 1998 to 2014
  2. Pitlik & Wick, Inc. 2014 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
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Phillips Wash Plant sits in Price 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.
Price County, Wisconsin · Population 14,077
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$58,720
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 98 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 157 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 97 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 209 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 84 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 119 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 145 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 52 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 197 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 229 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 55 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 96 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 38 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 163 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 110 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 143 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 43 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 112 1 0 8928.6
2018 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 7 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 125 1 0 8000.0
2017 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 37 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 39 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 179 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 165 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 204 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 179 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 168 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 136 1 0 7352.9
2013 Q2 110 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 122 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 207 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 87 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 398 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 298 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 204 1 0 4902.0
2010 Q3 276 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 136 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 134 3 1 22388.1
2009 Q3 202 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 54 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 141 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 461 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 121 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 228 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 119 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 145 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 352 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 340 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 195 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 172 1 1 5814.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 196 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 182 1 1 5494.5
2004 Q2 37 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 102 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 400 1 0 2500.0
2003 Q2 152 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 137 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 287 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 277 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 137 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 77 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 152 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 147 1 0 6802.7
2000 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.