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Plant #46: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Plain, Sauk County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703326

Plant #46 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2006–2019
Latest incident
Feb 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
18
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,732
proposed penalties
$1,732
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
26
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.

Plant #46 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-10-18.
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.
22.2%
significant & substantial
5.6%
high negligence or reckless
22.2%
reasonably likely or greater
27.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 61.1% moderate, 5.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2021-10-27, 4 years ago
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz42 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-09-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.14 1.29 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.16 1.19 Supervisor, Co. Official
2021-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2021-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.51 10 0.05 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.76 10 0.08 Laborer, Bullgang
2012-10-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-10-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-04-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.27 0.59 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2011-04-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.24 0.54 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2021-10-27, 4 years ago
2
samples
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2021-10-27 ANALYZED BULK DUST MASS 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
2021-10-27 QUARTZ (BULK DUST) 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
2021-10-27 ANALYZED BULK DUST MASS 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
2021-10-27 QUARTZ (BULK DUST) 0 SF ORE TRANSFER
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. The Kraemer Company, LLC 2002 to 2020
  2. Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co 2020 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 4
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 2
2014 4
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 0
2003 2
2002 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant #46 sits in Sauk County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Sauk County, Wisconsin · Population 65,759
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$77,648
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 3,215 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 857 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,028 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,298 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,195 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,220 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,293 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,141 0 0 0.0
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,079 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 463 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,510 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,089 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,403 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,264 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,108 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,288 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,059 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,263 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,306 1 0 302.5
2021 Q3 3,806 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,517 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,743 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,717 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,751 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,871 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,293 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,837 1 0 544.4
2019 Q3 2,695 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,885 2 0 1061.0
2019 Q1 390 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,872 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,907 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,365 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,911 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,086 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,204 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,338 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,692 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,939 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,909 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,684 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 196 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,399 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,117 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,470 2 0 1360.5
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 2,095 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,758 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,792 1 0 358.2
2014 Q1 166 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,367 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,595 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,117 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 664 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,457 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,817 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,879 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 440 3 1 6818.2
2011 Q4 629 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,886 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,230 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 773 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,783 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,078 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,853 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 532 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,252 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,393 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,390 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,136 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,419 1 0 704.7
2008 Q3 2,135 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,179 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 614 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,102 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,034 3 2 1474.9
2007 Q2 2,034 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 809 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,759 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,188 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,043 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,609 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,592 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,199 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 868 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,330 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 163 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,961 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2019 · 1 incident

February 5, 2019 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Kraemer Company, LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Miner fell while on ladder and entangled fingers in a belt scrapper and belt causing injuries to fingers.

2014 · 1 incident

June 19, 2014 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Kraemer Company, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was taking the counterweight cover out of the cone crusher. When he pulled back to get it loose, his hand hit a piece of brass bushing, and it peeled away some of the skin on his hand.

2013 · 1 incident

December 20, 2013 WI · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Kraemer Company, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Removal of wheel cover plate from primary crusher for transport. Lowering wheel cover plate into feeder, struck left hand/thumb. Fracture to left thumb.

2007 · 1 incident

April 1, 2007 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Kraemer Company, LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee states he felt a twang in his shoulder while pulling electrical cords.

2006 · 2 incidents

February 9, 2006 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Kraemer Company, LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was checking the anti-freeze on his haul truck. The night of 2/8/05 the weather caused frost to bank the quarry. As ee was climbing down, the step had a build up of frost on it and he lost his footing / balance and fell onto concrete. He was wearing a safety helmet and reflector vest.