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Rusk County Pits: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rusk County-WI
Ladysmith, Rusk County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4700723

Rusk County Pits has $668 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
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
7
citations
0
significant & substantial
$668
proposed penalties
$668
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rusk County Highway Department's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
21
inspections on record
188
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: 188 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rusk County Pits has $668 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.
$668
proposed penalties
$668
current assessed
$668
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-06-23.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
14.3%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
28.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 85.7% moderate, 14.3% 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: 2004-10-27, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-10-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.84 0.61 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.9 0.22 Truck Driver
2003-05-13 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Truck Driver
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. Rusk County Highway Department 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 1
2010 4
2009 3
2008 6
2007 6
2006 6
2005 4
2004 4
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Rusk County Pits sits in Rusk County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Rusk County, Wisconsin · Population 14,146
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$58,322
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
2011 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 35 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 204 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 110 1 0 9090.9
2010 Q1 237 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 193 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 134 0 0 0.0
Show 37 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 153 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 507 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 359 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 99 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 448 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 917 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 421 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 556 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 67 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 29 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 716 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 539 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 275 3 0 10909.1
2004 Q3 432 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 839 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 293 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 670 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 834 2 0 2398.1
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 624 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 509 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 604 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 207 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 627 1 0 1594.9
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 178 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 162 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 794 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 23 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

November 9, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rusk County Highway Department · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

WORKER STANDING3ON GIRDER-PART OF CRUSHER FRAME,LOOSENING FROZEN BELT SCRAPER.LOST HANDGRIP AND FELL TO GROUND 7'.LANDED ON FEET ONE FOOT WAS TURNED UNDER AND HE INJURED KNEE.