Mining Incidents

PW4: 24 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Payne & Dolan Inc · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Bechthold
Waukesha, Waukesha County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703018

PW4 has $2K 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
4
Years on record
1999–2022
Latest incident
Apr 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
24
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,468
proposed penalties
$2,468
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
377
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: 377 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PW4 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-16.
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.
8.3%
significant & substantial
4.2%
high negligence or reckless
8.3%
reasonably likely or greater
37.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 62.5% moderate, 4.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2026-03-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-03-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2026-03-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2020-10-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 Cleanup Man
2020-06-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2013-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.17 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Supervisor, Co. Official
2010-03-31 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-06-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.73 0.11 Utility Man
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 present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 1
2014 3
2013 3
2012 2
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 4
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PW4 sits in Waukesha 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.
Waukesha County, Wisconsin · Population 409,040
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$104,100
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 88 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 255 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 399 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,047 1 0 955.1
2025 Q2 673 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 1,610 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,283 1 0 779.4
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 158 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,351 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 135 1 0 7407.4
2022 Q3 218 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,698 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 506 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 840 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 653 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 544 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 551 1 0 1814.9
2020 Q3 74 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 705 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 750 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 469 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 548 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 606 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 523 1 0 1912.0
2018 Q3 666 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 698 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 237 1 0 4219.4
2017 Q3 1,093 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 742 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 297 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 262 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 262 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 326 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 977 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 344 1 1 2907.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 1,510 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,467 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 799 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,174 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,330 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,186 2 0 1686.3
2013 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 128 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,295 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 279 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 483 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 811 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,108 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,094 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 994 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 993 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 338 1 0 2958.6
2009 Q4 995 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,168 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,110 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 828 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 906 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,390 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,114 2 0 1795.3
2008 Q1 352 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 897 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,196 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 851 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 332 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,286 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,685 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,107 2 0 949.2
2006 Q1 950 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,190 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,773 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,438 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 695 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,391 1 0 718.9
2004 Q3 1,319 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,273 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 222 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,396 2 0 1432.7
2003 Q3 1,305 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,199 3 0 2502.1
2003 Q1 566 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,010 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,547 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,306 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 769 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,614 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,520 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,173 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,076 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,286 1 0 777.6
2000 Q3 1,311 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,215 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 779 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2022 · 1 incident

April 14, 2022 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Payne & Dolan Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was picking up pipe to place on catwalk & felt pain in lower back. Employee sought treatment on 4-17-22 & was taken off work for 1 day. Employee is treating for a strain.

2002 · 1 incident

April 19, 2002 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Payne & Dolan Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CROUCHED DOWN IN TIGHT AREA TIGHTENING SCREEN BOLT WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWERBACK.

2001 · 1 incident

June 29, 2001 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Payne & Dolan Inc · Struck against stationary object

PLANT SET UP - WALKING AROUND W/ HEAVY WOOD BLOCK & WALKED INTO THE WASH PLANT SAND DISCHARGE CHUTE CAUSING NECK STRAIN / PINCHED NERVE. WEARING HARD HAT AT TIME.

1999 · 1 incident

August 13, 1999 WI · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Payne & Dolan Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS MOVING 1' PIECES OF STEEL IN A BIN; STEEL FLIPPED, FINGERS OF LEFT HAND WERE CAUGHT UNDERNEATH.