Mining Incidents

Pioneer Pits: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kacvinsky William
Ashland County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702797

MSHA record for Pioneer Pits (mine ID 4702797). 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
1987
Latest incident
Aug 1987
Ownership history
  1. Ashland Construction Company Inc 1985 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

1987 · 1 incident