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PLANT #1 PORTABLE CRUSHER: 63 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Robert M Shea
Madison, Dane County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4700963

PLANT #1 PORTABLE CRUSHER has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
1992–2014
Latest incident
Sep 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
63
citations
19
significant & substantial
$12,439
proposed penalties
$11,419
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,020 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
41
inspections on record
518
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: 518 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2018-05-22.
On record since 2018.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

PLANT #1 PORTABLE CRUSHER has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
62 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $638 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-05-22.
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.
30.6%
significant & substantial
6.5%
high negligence or reckless
30.6%
reasonably likely or greater
48.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 29.0% low, 64.5% moderate, 6.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
62%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $638 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2017-09-14.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2017-0447 Settlement McCarthy 2018 $2K → $638
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2018-05-23, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-05-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2015-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.04 0.12 Utility Man
2011-04-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 0
2018 2
2017 5
2016 3
2015 5
2014 5
2013 5
2012 4
2011 4
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 4
2006 4
2005 5
2004 5
2003 5
2002 5
2001 5
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PLANT #1 PORTABLE CRUSHER sits in Dane County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Dane County, Wisconsin · Population 564,777
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$88,108
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
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 352 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,824 4 1 2193.0
2017 Q4 2,318 1 0 431.4
2017 Q3 2,749 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,151 9 5 7819.3
2017 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
Show 68 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 839 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 614 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,061 1 0 485.2
2016 Q1 337 7 5 20771.5
2015 Q4 973 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,992 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,213 3 1 1355.6
2015 Q1 153 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,487 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,406 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,319 1 0 301.3
2014 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,084 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,419 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,203 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 49 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,211 5 2 4128.8
2012 Q3 1,373 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,201 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 27 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,252 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,147 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,614 1 0 619.6
2011 Q1 293 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,426 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,692 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,154 2 0 1733.1
2010 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,244 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,817 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,693 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 996 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,047 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 564 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,388 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,758 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,801 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,128 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,360 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,973 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,878 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,179 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,373 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,777 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,497 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,232 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,493 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,715 4 2 1473.3
2004 Q2 2,386 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,098 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,278 5 1 2194.9
2003 Q3 2,736 5 0 1827.5
2003 Q2 2,231 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,326 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,349 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,529 4 0 1581.7
2002 Q2 2,194 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,029 3 0 1478.6
2001 Q4 2,292 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,604 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,322 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,204 4 0 1814.9
2000 Q4 2,567 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,522 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,461 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,167 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

2014 · 1 incident

September 15, 2014 WI · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing cutting edge on loader bucket with impact wrench when box wrench holding nut slipped off nut and bolt shaft spun on palm of left hand.

2013 · 1 incident

July 15, 2013 WI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Contact with heat

Employee was taken to ER for possible heat stoke symptoms. Told to drink plenty of fluids by medical staff. Employee said he felt fine and was going to report to work tomorrow (7/16/13) will monitor.

2012 · 1 incident

May 17, 2012 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was attempting to dislodge rock from crusher when he pinched finger with pry-bar. Broke middle finger of left hand above 1st knuckle. Tip of finger was removed by doctor at emergency room.

2010 · 1 incident

August 26, 2010 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting a bucket of aggregate for testing lab when his back went out needing chiropractic visit.

2004 · 1 incident

May 10, 2004 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A BINDER CHAIN TO TIE DOWN EQUIPMENT. BAR SLIPPED HITTING THE EMPLOYEE IN THE EYE.(CONTUSION)

2000 · 1 incident

October 30, 2000 WI · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Struck by flying object

INJURED AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE WORKING ON THE BEARING IN THE JOB TRAILER. OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS HAMMERING ON THE BEARING, WHILE INJURED WAS HOLDING IT. A PIECE OF METAL FLEW INTO HIS EYE.

1999 · 1 incident

April 21, 1999 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Struck by falling object

LIFTING CONE UP TO GET DUSTRING OFF. THE CONE WAS ALREADY OUT OF THE PLANT. DUST RING FELL CRUSHING RIGHT PINKY FINGER TIP

1998 · 2 incidents

November 23, 1998 WI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING A LACING ON THE SCREEN BELT. REMOVING A PIECE OF IRON 4"X4'CUT RT LITTLE FINGER (3 STITCHES).

September 14, 1998 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

CARRYING CONTROL PANEL FOR BREAKER, STOOD UP, AND LOWER BACK GAVE OUT.

1996 · 2 incidents

October 31, 1996 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DESCENDING OFF CATWALK, USING LADDER. HE HAD MOST OF HIS WEIGHT ON HIS RIGHT LEG, FELT HIS KNEE GO OUT.

August 16, 1996 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING THE TORCHES THAT WERE ON A CART. THE ACETYLENE TANK CAME DOWN, SMASHING HIS FINGER (STITCHES).

1995 · 3 incidents

December 4, 1995 WI · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Struck by falling object

PLANT 1 WAS BEING MOVED. EE WAS CARRYING A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON AND DROPPED IT ON HIS LEFT PINKY.

November 7, 1995 WI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING ACOMPRESSED GAS CYLINDER TANK, UP INTO HIS PICK-UP TRUCK, WHEN HE FELT HIS BACK GO OUT.

May 12, 1995 WI · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management POWERED HAULAGE
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A LOADER AND HIT A BURIED BOULDER. THE BOULDER CAUSED THE LOADER TO BLOW A STEERING HOSE, AND INJURED HIS LOWER BACK.

1994 · 3 incidents

August 29, 1994 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HIT MIDDLE RT FINGER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER

August 3, 1994 WI · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FELL FROM QUARRY WHEN AN OVERHANG LEDGE BROKE LOOSE INJURIES BROKEN BONE RT FOOT THREE (3) DISLOCATED FINGERS OF THE RT HAND & CUTS & BRUISES TO VARIOUS BODEY PARTS

February 21, 1994 WI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PRYNG A FROZEN BELT LOOSE WITH PRY BAR, THE BAR SLIPPED AND PINCHED THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARM.

1993 · 2 incidents

October 11, 1993 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OUR WAS CHECKING DIESEL LINE AND BACKED ELBOW INTO THE FAN BLADES.

January 6, 1993 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Struck by falling object

OUREMPLOYEE WAS USING WELDING STINGER AND TOSSED IT UPON A SAFETY RAIL ON BREAKER AND IT FELL HITTING EMPLOYEE IN UPPER LIP.

1992 · 1 incident

June 30, 1992 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Fall from machine

LIFTING ON PC OF STEEL ON SCEENING PLANT IT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO FALL