Mining Incidents

Rush River Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Plum City, Pierce County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4701525

Rush River Pit has $18K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Rush River Pit.

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
47
citations
13
significant & substantial
$18,367
proposed penalties
$14,867
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
340
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: 340 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rush River Pit has $18K 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.
$18K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-24.
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 45 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 69 1 0 14492.8
2024 Q2 67 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 183 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 44 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 284 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 123 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 239 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 76 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 131 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 106 4 1 37735.8
2017 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 8 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 10 5 0 500000.0
2015 Q3 748 2 1 2673.8
2015 Q2 665 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 579 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 618 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 777 2 1 2574.0
2014 Q2 418 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 573 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 717 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 329 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 86 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 656 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 828 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 615 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 287 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 570 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 827 7 5 8464.3
2011 Q2 198 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 619 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 548 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 348 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 530 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 546 2 1 3663.0
2009 Q2 455 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 49 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 718 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 717 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 746 2 0 2681.0
2007 Q3 702 7 0 9971.5
2007 Q2 603 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,187 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,089 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 971 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,324 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,167 3 0 1384.4
2005 Q2 755 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,303 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,710 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 718 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 704 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 622 4 0 6430.9
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 430 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 794 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 561 6 4 10695.2
2002 Q1 226 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 598 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 826 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 476 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 480 1 0 2083.3
2000 Q3 794 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 638 0 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.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Rush River Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.