Mining Incidents

R & J Fricke, Inc.: 38 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

R & J Fricke, Inc. · Surface
Manitowoc, WI, Manitowoc County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4700918

R & J Fricke, Inc. has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2005
Latest incident
Jul 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
38
citations
8
significant & substantial
$5,278
proposed penalties
$3,886
paid to date
74% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,392 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
32
inspections on record
284
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: 284 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

R & J Fricke, Inc. has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $403 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-09-09.
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.
21.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
23.7%
reasonably likely or greater
68.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.9% low, 92.1% moderate, 0.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
78%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $403 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 2008-02-29.
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 2008-208M Settlement Feldman 2008 $2K → $403
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: 2001-05-15, 25 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-05-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 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. R & J Fricke Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 2
2014 3
2013 4
2012 4
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 2
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 4
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

R & J Fricke, Inc. sits in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Manitowoc County, Wisconsin · Population 81,314
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$68,611
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
2019 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 410 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 432 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 389 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 215 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 408 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 471 6 0 12738.9
2014 Q2 446 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 169 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 114 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 290 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 361 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 569 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 624 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 497 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 161 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 376 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 584 2 1 3424.7
2011 Q2 354 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 113 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 506 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 628 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 386 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 130 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 374 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 792 3 2 3787.9
2009 Q2 391 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 135 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 527 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 383 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 207 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 485 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,035 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 830 3 0 3614.5
2007 Q1 174 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 256 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,742 4 1 2296.2
2006 Q2 1,219 2 0 1640.7
2006 Q1 228 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,026 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,463 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,285 9 2 7003.9
2005 Q1 265 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,187 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,874 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,105 2 1 1810.0
2004 Q1 210 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,291 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,129 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,917 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 226 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,860 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,798 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,909 1 0 523.8
2002 Q1 399 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,658 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,448 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,820 6 1 3296.7
2001 Q1 312 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,486 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,984 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,907 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 322 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

July 25, 2005 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R & J Fricke Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

A rock was stuck in the grid of our hopper. EE tried to break it with sledge hammer. Did not work. He then tried pulling on rock to push off to one side. Felt something snap in shoulder and forearm area.