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PORTABLE UNIT #1 (HEWITT ROBBINS: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Frank Brothers Inc · Surface
Rock County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4701791

MSHA record for PORTABLE UNIT #1 (HEWITT ROBBINS (mine ID 4701791). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1988–1992
Latest incident
Jul 1992
Ownership history
  1. Frank Brothers Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PORTABLE UNIT #1 (HEWITT ROBBINS sits in Rock County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Rock County, Wisconsin · Population 163,944
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$74,390
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
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1992 · 1 incident

July 15, 1992 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Frank Brothers Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

MATERIAL WAS STUCK INT HE SCREEN ADN HE WRENCHED HIS BACK HWILE HE WAS HAMMERING TO REMOV IT. HE WILL HAVE TO BE OFF WORK FOR AT LEAST ONE WEEK.

1990 · 1 incident

March 1, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Frank Brothers Inc · Struck by falling object

THEY WERE TAKING HEAD PULLY OFF END OF CONVEYOR AND EE WAS IN THE LOADER BUCKET. WHEN IT CAME OFF IT HIT THE BUCKET AND FELL OVER ON HIS ANKLE. HIS ANKLE IS BRUISED AND SWELLEN. NO BONES WERE BROKEN.

1988 · 1 incident

September 2, 1988 WI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Frank Brothers Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS USING CROW BAR TO REMOVE A PIECE OF RECYCLE BLACKTOP FRM BENEATH JAW CRUSHER THE BAR SLIPPED FROM BLACKTOP TO MOVEABLE JAW DIE AND PINCHED BAR AND HAND TO FRAME OF CRUSHER RESULTING IN CUT TO RING FINGER OF LEFT HAND THREE STITCHES WERE REQUIRED