Mining Incidents

PS-4 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kurt Bechthold
Kiel, WI, Manitowoc County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703216

PS-4 has $114 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$114
proposed penalties
$114
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
16
inspections on record
126
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: 126 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-4 has $114 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.
$114
proposed penalties
$114
current assessed
$114
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-07-19.
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 172 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 410 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 272 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 163 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 326 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 253 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 876 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 795 0 0 0.0
Show 55 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,093 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,267 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,182 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,063 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,472 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,339 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,034 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 973 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 733 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 742 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 905 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,682 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 691 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,358 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 976 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,499 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,313 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 941 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 741 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 848 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,254 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 601 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,131 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 942 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,354 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 681 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 826 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,289 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 863 1 0 1158.7
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 587 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 793 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 733 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 251 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 1,851 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 181 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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