Mining Incidents

Pioneer Pits: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kacvinsky William
Ashland County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702780

MSHA record for Pioneer Pits (mine ID 4702780). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Ownership history
  1. Ashland Construction Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pioneer Pits sits in Ashland 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.
Ashland County, Wisconsin · Population 16,050
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$57,645
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

July 31, 1989 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Ashland Construction Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

HAD TO FIX UP ROLL WITH WELDER COULD NOT SEE GOOD ENOUGH WITH HELMET AT TIME SO TRYED TO RUN WELDER WITHOUT STEADY USE OF HELMET & CONTACTED A FEW FLASHES FROM WELDER MY OWN FAULT