Mining Incidents

Rip Rap Plant #3 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Paul Luppino
Hurley, WI, Iron County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703391

Rip Rap Plant #3 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7 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 2004
34
citations
11
significant & substantial
$3,745
proposed penalties
$3,738
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
28
inspections on record
222
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: 222 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rip Rap Plant #3 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $7 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$7
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-22.
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 1 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
Show 64 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 298 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 743 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 539 4 1 7421.2
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 201 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 688 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 534 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 315 2 0 6349.2
2014 Q3 652 1 0 1533.7
2014 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 202 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 574 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 218 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 266 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 479 2 1 4175.4
2012 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 163 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 806 5 3 6203.5
2011 Q2 309 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 276 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 513 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 486 2 1 4115.2
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,446 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 748 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 181 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 379 3 0 7915.6
2008 Q3 658 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 545 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 240 6 3 25000.0
2007 Q3 652 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 504 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 363 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 704 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 487 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 442 1 1 2262.4
2005 Q3 700 4 1 5714.3
2005 Q2 166 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 441 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 392 3 0 7653.1

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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The full compliance file on Rip Rap Plant #3

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