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Plant #2: 48 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Tyler Pope
Webster, Burnett County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703132

Plant #2 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2004–2006
Latest incident
Jul 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
48
citations
14
significant & substantial
$8,428
proposed penalties
$7,189
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,239 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Arlan Pope Construction Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
431
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: 431 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Plant #2 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-24.
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.
29.2%
significant & substantial
4.2%
high negligence or reckless
29.2%
reasonably likely or greater
64.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.9% low, 72.9% moderate, 4.2% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 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 2012-06-14.
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 2012-691M Withdrawal Lesnick 2013 $100 → $0
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: 2025-09-24
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-09-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.76 0.30 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-09-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.76 0.29 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-04-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.69 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.02 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.86 0.24 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. Arlan Pope Construction Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 4
2022 5
2021 4
2020 3
2019 2
2018 3
2017 3
2016 2
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 4
2009 3
2008 3
2007 4
2006 6
2005 4
2004 6
2003 5
2002 3
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant #2 sits in Burnett County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Burnett County, Wisconsin · Population 16,741
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$61,664
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 1,338 3 3 2242.2
2026 Q1 97 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 940 4 3 4255.3
2025 Q3 1,839 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,847 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 763 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,474 1 1 678.4
2024 Q3 2,019 0 0 0.0
Show 86 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,425 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 976 4 2 4098.4
2023 Q4 2,967 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,843 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,806 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 801 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,483 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,943 1 0 339.8
2022 Q2 2,158 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 422 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,943 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,935 1 0 340.7
2021 Q2 2,366 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,248 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,072 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,536 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,061 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,736 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,372 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 834 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,938 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,757 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,908 6 1 3144.7
2017 Q3 1,520 2 1 1315.8
2017 Q2 1,361 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 546 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 766 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,808 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,199 9 1 7506.3
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 2,001 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,972 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,192 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,741 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,300 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,518 6 1 3952.6
2014 Q2 890 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,737 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,286 3 0 1312.3
2013 Q2 1,736 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,057 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,545 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,575 1 0 634.9
2012 Q1 167 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,333 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,808 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,872 2 1 1068.4
2011 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,803 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,334 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,428 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 392 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,559 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,362 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,496 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,237 1 0 447.0
2008 Q3 3,422 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,034 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,197 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,133 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,913 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 226 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,336 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,938 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,859 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 188 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 734 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,210 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,864 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,655 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,918 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,804 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,116 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,210 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,620 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 230 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,549 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2006 · 1 incident

July 28, 2006 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Arlan Pope Construction Inc · Struck against stationary object

EE was bent over side of screen box attemting to install screen panel-there is a conveyor above the screen he was working on & when he backed out of the small space he was working in he raised up before his head was clear of the conveyor and struck the conveyor with the top of his head causing the injury. He was standing on the walkway of the screen when the injury occurred.

2004 · 1 incident

November 1, 2004 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Arlan Pope Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE'S KNIFE CLOSED ON HIS FINGER, 6 STITCHES REQUIRED.