Mining Incidents

Plant #46 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
17
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.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
25
inspections on record
265
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: 265 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.
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 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
2024 Q2 3,079 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 463 0 0 0.0
Show 82 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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 3 1 1364.3
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.

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The full compliance file on Plant #46

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.