Mining Incidents

PW-6: 15 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kurt Bechthold
Greenville, WI, Outagamie County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703594

PW-6 has $4K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
15
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,758
proposed penalties
$3,758
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
22
inspections on record
262
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: 262 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PW-6 has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-26.
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.
26.7%
significant & substantial
6.7%
high negligence or reckless
26.7%
reasonably likely or greater
40.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.7% low, 86.7% moderate, 6.7% 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 · 13% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2011-12-08.
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 2012-132M Settlement Miller 2012 $2K → $2K
LAKE 2012-210M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $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: 2020-10-28, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-10-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2011-09-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2011-09-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.42 0.10 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. Northeast Asphalt Inc 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 2
2022 2
2021 3
2020 3
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 1
2015 2
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PW-6 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 698 1 0 1432.7
2026 Q1 61 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 143 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 798 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 634 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 412 1 0 2427.2
2024 Q3 883 0 0 0.0
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 924 1 0 1082.3
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 716 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 839 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 254 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 763 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,091 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 463 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,307 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,119 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 668 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,847 2 0 1082.8
2020 Q2 694 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,027 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 391 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 175 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 434 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,017 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 427 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 684 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 419 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 635 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 543 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 912 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 491 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 376 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 628 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 462 2 1 4329.0
2014 Q1 140 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 177 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 291 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 58 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 188 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 173 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 348 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 442 1 1 2262.4
2011 Q2 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.