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PS-1: 13 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kurt Bechthold
Green Bay, WI, Outagamie County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703028

PS-1 has $6K 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
2
Years on record
1998–2009
Latest incident
Sep 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
13
citations
0
significant & substantial
$6,297
proposed penalties
$6,297
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Northeast Asphalt, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
20
inspections on record
198
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: 198 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PS-1 has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-29.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
7.7%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
23.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 38.5% low, 53.8% moderate, 7.7% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 15% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $5K 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 2010-03-24.
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 2010-586M Settlement McCarthy 2011 $5K → $5K
LAKE 2010-587M Settlement McCarthy 2011 $100 → $100
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: 2011-08-16, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
1
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-08-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.64 0.36 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. Payne & Dolan Inc 1994 to 2022
  2. Northeast Asphalt, Inc. 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2015 0
2014 0
2013 2
2012 1
2011 1
2010 2
2009 2
2008 1
2007 1
2005 0
2004 2
2003 0
2002 0
2001 1
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PS-1 sits in Outagamie 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.
Outagamie County, Wisconsin · Population 191,537
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,857
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 283 1 0 3533.6
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 392 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 271 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 271 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 543 0 0 0.0
Show 57 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 737 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 253 1 0 3952.6
2023 Q3 266 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 487 1 0 2053.4
2022 Q4 159 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 490 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,068 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 258 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 546 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 69 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 69 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 65 1 0 15384.6
2012 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 573 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 926 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 969 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 891 4 0 4489.3
2010 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 279 2 0 7168.5
2009 Q4 758 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 671 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 525 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 279 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 320 1 0 3125.0
2008 Q3 372 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 60 1 0 16666.7
2008 Q1 62 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 53 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 0 0 0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q3 0 0 0
2004 Q2 262 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 1 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 501 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,864 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,840 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,684 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,281 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2009 · 1 incident

September 28, 2009 WI · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Payne & Dolan Inc · Struck against stationary object

Apparently an intoxicated ATV operator was fatally injured near our inactive mine at Bloomfield. The Wisconsin DNR led our manager to believe that the accident occurred off mine property. We were informed on 12/23/2009 that the accident may have occurred on the haul road. The individual was not an employee.

1998 · 1 incident

November 25, 1998 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Payne & Dolan Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COMEALONG SLIPPED AND FELL ON HAND OF OPERATOR WHO HAPPENED TO BE STNDING NEARBY REPAIRING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. IT CUT HIS LEFT HAND, SIX STITCHES WERE REQUIRED. PER HIS SUPERVISOR, ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED HAD EE "HOOKED THINGS UP DIFFERENTLY." WAS NOT AN EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTION.