Mining Incidents

Plant 21 Metal/Non-Metal

Milestone Materials · Surface
Neillsville, WI, Clark County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703395

Plant 21 has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Jul 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
149
citations
41
significant & substantial
$39,078
proposed penalties
$39,078
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
44
inspections on record
539
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: 539 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 21 has $39K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$39K
proposed penalties
$39K
current assessed
$39K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
147 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 891 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,786 1 0 559.9
2025 Q2 1,149 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 996 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,881 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,403 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 57 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,365 1 1 732.6
2023 Q3 1,188 3 0 2525.3
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 966 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 488 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 687 4 1 5822.4
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 216 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,541 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,791 5 1 1791.5
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 301 6 3 19933.6
2019 Q3 2,551 3 2 1176.0
2019 Q2 4,751 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 2,201 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,901 3 1 1578.1
2018 Q2 4,891 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,801 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,001 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,621 11 3 2380.4
2017 Q2 4,221 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,421 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,571 8 5 1750.2
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 3,400 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,011 20 6 3991.2
2015 Q2 7,251 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,101 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,791 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,481 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,151 3 0 952.1
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 491 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,900 2 0 689.7
2013 Q2 2,701 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 451 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,051 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,401 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 601 4 1 6655.6
2011 Q3 643 13 5 20217.7
2011 Q2 431 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 586 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 521 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 676 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 648 6 2 9259.3
2009 Q3 780 16 2 20512.8
2009 Q2 702 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 1,360 10 1 7352.9
2007 Q2 764 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

July 9, 2019 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Opelt Sand & Gravel · Struck against stationary object

Technician was looking for an oil leak on the front of a generator engine and had the guards removed to better see the area in question. Technician stood up from the floor level after looking at the leak, lost balance, and got hand struck by the engine fan.

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The full compliance file on Plant 21

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.