Mining Incidents

Plant #91 Metal/Non-Metal

Black River Falls, Jackson County, WI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4703679

Plant #91 has $2K 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
6
Years on record
2013–2026
Latest incident
May 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
14
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,783
proposed penalties
$1,783
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
22
inspections on record
192
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: 192 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 #91 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-18.
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 3,632 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,811 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,765 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,065 1 0 484.3
2024 Q4 3,262 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,719 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,707 3 0 809.3
2024 Q1 4,865 1 0 205.5
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,042 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,831 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,401 1 0 294.0
2023 Q1 2,097 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,980 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,938 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,046 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,508 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,755 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,689 1 0 271.1
2021 Q2 4,296 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 696 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,740 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,300 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 672 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,366 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,242 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,090 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,937 2 0 681.0
2019 Q1 1,178 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,419 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,032 1 0 248.0
2018 Q2 4,524 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 844 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,265 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,918 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,270 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,452 1 0 688.7
2016 Q4 2,709 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,898 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,971 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,599 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,499 2 0 800.3
2015 Q3 5,621 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,998 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,716 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,709 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,901 1 0 256.3
2014 Q2 4,857 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,532 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,839 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,792 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2026 · 2 incidents

May 5, 2026 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY

Welding on jaw of crusher, after shift realized scratching in eye from foreign object due to welding.

2024 · 1 incident

April 10, 2024 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY

Using a grinder to remove a bracket and at some point got a piece of steel in their eye.

2018 · 1 incident

July 16, 2018 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Milestone Materials Div. Mathy Construction Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While removing support stand, finger was pinched by falling shaft top, resulting in a cut needing stiches to close.

2016 · 1 incident

March 30, 2016 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Milestone Materials Div. Mathy Construction Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Moving large wooden block, finger was pinched between wooden block and steel frame. Impact to finger cause closed fractures to tip of finger.

2013 · 1 incident

December 4, 2013 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

EE was hammering screen deck rail wedge pin when the wedge pin broke and one part flew up and hit EE in the lip resulting in the injury.

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The full compliance file on Plant #91

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.