Mining Incidents

Plant #79 Metal/Non-Metal

Sparta, Monroe County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703610

Plant #79 has $737 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
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Aug 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
7
citations
0
significant & substantial
$737
proposed penalties
$737
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
26
inspections on record
220
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: 220 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 #79 has $737 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.
$737
proposed penalties
$737
current assessed
$737
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-07-10.
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 1,369 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,406 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,021 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 754 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,396 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,882 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,055 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,211 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,681 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,524 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,505 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 882 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 417 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,203 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,698 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,676 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,665 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,066 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,497 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 323 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 961 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,355 1 0 738.0
2019 Q2 2,164 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,215 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,482 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,489 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,199 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,110 1 0 900.9
2017 Q2 2,320 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,343 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,993 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,959 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,595 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,635 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,534 2 0 1303.8
2015 Q1 93 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 589 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,915 1 0 522.2
2014 Q2 1,821 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 844 1 0 1184.8
2013 Q3 1,704 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,746 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,790 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,136 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,352 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 367 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,741 1 0 574.4
2011 Q2 261 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

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The full compliance file on Plant #79

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