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PLANT #10 SAND CLASSIFIER: 43 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Robert M Shea
Madison, Dane County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703157

PLANT #10 SAND CLASSIFIER has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2012–2013
Latest incident
Sep 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
43
citations
18
significant & substantial
$8,680
proposed penalties
$6,987
paid to date
80% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,693 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2002
22
inspections on record
274
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: 274 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: 2014-05-06.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

PLANT #10 SAND CLASSIFIER has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-11-09.
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.
42.9%
significant & substantial
16.7%
high negligence or reckless
42.9%
reasonably likely or greater
31.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.5% low, 73.8% moderate, 16.7% 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.
11 citations taken to the federal commission · 26% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 45%
  • Stood as issued 6 · 55%
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 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
35%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $3K 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 2011-09-16.
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 2011-595M Settlement Manning 2012 $2K → $807
LAKE 2011-1047M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $2K → $2K
LAKE 2010-921M Default Lesnick 2011 $608 → $608
LAKE 2010-172M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $208 → $208
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: 2012-08-28, 14 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-08-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-06-15 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. WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 0
2018 1
2017 2
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 2
2011 3
2010 2
2009 1
2008 2
2003 0
2002 0
2001 0
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PLANT #10 SAND CLASSIFIER 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 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 251 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 618 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q4 418 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 849 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 948 0 0 0.0
Show 47 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 913 2 1 2190.6
2016 Q3 896 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,130 2 1 1769.9
2015 Q4 920 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,388 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,063 5 1 4703.7
2014 Q4 1,246 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,722 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,572 4 2 2544.5
2014 Q1 497 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,857 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,020 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 879 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 179 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 701 6 2 8559.2
2012 Q3 852 1 0 1173.7
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 27 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 881 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,616 2 1 1237.6
2011 Q2 930 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 293 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 939 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 991 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 695 17 8 24460.4
2010 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 634 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 89 3 2 33707.9
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 58 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 177 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 1 incident

2012 · 1 incident

October 29, 2012 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
WINGRA STONE COMPANY INC. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee said he was lifting equipment and his lower back was hurting. Disclosed that he has been treating at same chiro for non-work related injury of lower back.