Mining Incidents

PINE VALLEY: 49 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John D Scott
Neillsville, WI, Clark County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703581

PINE VALLEY has $6K 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
2
Years on record
2015–2021
Latest incident
Jun 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
49
citations
8
significant & substantial
$6,240
proposed penalties
$6,240
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
25
inspections on record
298
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: 298 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PINE VALLEY has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-06.
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.
16.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.3%
reasonably likely or greater
38.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 38.8% low, 61.2% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2021-10-19, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-06-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-07-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe 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. DTR Properties 2010 to 2012
  2. Scott Construction, Inc 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 1
2018 2
2017 4
2016 3
2015 3
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PINE VALLEY sits in Clark County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Clark County, Wisconsin · Population 34,736
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$66,250
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 703 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 507 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 818 2 0 2445.0
2025 Q2 809 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 452 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,416 2 0 1412.4
Show 50 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 893 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 445 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 226 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 312 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 1,510 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,530 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 254 1 0 3937.0
2021 Q3 1,419 2 1 1409.4
2021 Q2 370 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,178 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,061 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,057 1 0 946.1
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 1,734 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 622 1 1 1607.7
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 651 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,882 5 1 2656.7
2018 Q2 1,522 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 2,438 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,971 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,738 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 2,466 5 0 2027.6
2016 Q3 2,308 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,954 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 1,894 3 0 1583.9
2015 Q3 2,877 4 2 1390.3
2015 Q2 992 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 665 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,850 2 0 1081.1
2014 Q2 1,334 7 1 5247.4
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,751 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,215 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 672 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 924 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,401 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 513 5 1 9746.6
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,607 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,125 6 0 2823.5
2011 Q2 607 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2021 · 1 incident

June 9, 2021 WI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Scott Construction, Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Pulling break rotor off of quarry pick-up. Miner felt pop and tearing in elbow. Elbow strain.

2015 · 1 incident

September 15, 2015 WI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Scott Construction, Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

A water pump lost its prime. Employee removed 5 inch hose to prime pump and hot water came out and burned employee's chest, inner forearms and top of thighs.