Mining Incidents

Ryan Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Lake Geneva, Walworth County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4700920

Ryan Pit has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

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

Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1983–1999
Latest incident
Jan 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
35
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,767
proposed penalties
$2,767
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
18
inspections on record
266
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: 266 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ryan Pit has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-09-02.
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
2009 Q4 2,152 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,052 1 0 327.7
2009 Q2 3,235 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,381 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,046 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,165 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,534 3 0 661.7
2008 Q1 2,648 0 0 0.0
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q4 4,217 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,054 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,100 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,601 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,847 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,489 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,932 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,178 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,506 1 0 285.2
2005 Q3 4,161 5 0 1201.6
2005 Q2 4,266 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,932 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,488 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,236 5 0 954.9
2004 Q2 4,591 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,361 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,263 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,060 9 1 1778.7
2003 Q2 4,255 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,373 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,650 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,700 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,083 1 0 196.7
2002 Q1 2,887 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,849 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,464 7 0 1568.1
2001 Q2 4,292 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,908 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,216 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,319 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,540 3 1 847.5
2000 Q1 3,494 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1999 · 1 incident

January 27, 1999 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
R.W. Miller & Sons, Inc. · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING MAINTENANCE WORK ON THE CRUSHER IN THE SHOP AND HE FELL OFF LADDER OF CRUSHER - INJURING BOTH LEGS, SHINS, HIPS & KNEES. HE WAS MOUNTING A CONVEYOR BELT ON CRUSHER WHEN HE FELL OFF LADDER. CRUSHER WAS DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE WORK DURING WINTER.

1993 · 1 incident

March 16, 1993 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
R.W. Miller & Sons, Inc. · Fall from machine

2 EMPLOYEES WERE ON A MATERIAL CONVEYOR CUTTING OUT A PIECE OF BELTING. THEY WERE MEASURING TO SEE WHAT LENGTH REPLACEMENT THEY WOULD NEED WHEN A GUST OF WIND BLEW THEM OFF. ONE EMPLOYEE CAUGH T HIMSELF BEFORE FALLING, AND THE OTHER, FELL APPROX 8 FEET LANDING ON THE GROUND BELOW. HE SUFFERED BROKEN RIBS.

1986 · 1 incident

December 16, 1986 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
R.W. Miller & Sons, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GR3NDING ON CRUSHER, NEAR JAWS, AND A PIECE OF STEEL GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE AND IT DID NOT BOTHER HIM UNTIL WAKING THE NEXT MORNING.

1985 · 1 incident

1983 · 1 incident

September 20, 1983 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R.W. Miller & Sons, Inc. · Struck by falling object

FOREARM WAS AT WASH PLANT ADJUSTING THE FEEDER. RUST PARTICLES FROM THE FEEDER FELL INTO HIS EYE AND SOME BECAME IMBEDDED. CAUSED IRRITATION TOLEFT EYE. DOCTOR REMOVED PARTICLES ON TWO DIFFER ENT DAYS.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Ryan 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.