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Plant #57: 16 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Onalaska, La Crosse County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703212

Plant #57 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2000
Latest incident
Mar 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
16
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,891
proposed penalties
$1,891
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 2000
29
inspections on record
273
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: 273 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 #57 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
16 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $300 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-21.
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.
6.2%
significant & substantial
12.5%
high negligence or reckless
6.2%
reasonably likely or greater
43.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.2% low, 81.2% moderate, 12.5% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 19% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 67%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 33%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $200 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 2011-08-10.
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 2011-936M Settlement Zielinski 2012 $300 → $200
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: 2026-04-22
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2017-08-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2011-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.95 0.24 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. Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 1
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant #57 sits in La Crosse 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.
La Crosse County, Wisconsin · Population 120,262
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$70,704
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 1,727 2 0 1158.1
2026 Q1 29 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 487 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,858 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,729 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 198 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 511 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,988 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,037 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 208 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,568 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,273 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,009 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,058 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,915 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,251 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 209 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,104 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,673 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,769 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 186 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,015 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,974 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,514 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 644 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,405 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,422 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,107 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,241 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,455 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 549 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,340 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,706 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 823 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 891 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,527 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 396 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,470 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,829 2 0 1093.5
2015 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 664 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,851 2 0 1080.5
2014 Q2 1,353 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 633 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,170 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,337 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 561 2 0 3565.1
2012 Q3 1,837 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,162 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 339 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 658 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,580 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,989 2 0 1005.5
2011 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 650 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 444 4 1 9009.0
2010 Q2 607 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 191 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 977 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 573 1 0 1745.2
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 203 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 33 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 115 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 380 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 96 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 926 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 212 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,215 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 891 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,228 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 141 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 181 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,604 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 157 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 329 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,137 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 263 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 622 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 335 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 852 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 200 1 0 5000.0
2001 Q1 19 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 306 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,690 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,068 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 467 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2000 · 1 incident

March 24, 2000 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Milestone Materials Div/Mathy Construction Co · Struck against a moving object

WHILE OPERATING FRONT END LOADER STOCKPILING, HIS LOADER TIRE (FRONT) HIT UP ON THE SAND PILE CAUSING HIM TO TWIST IN THE SEAT, WRENCHING HIS BACK.