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Screen Plant: 63 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bechel Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Greg S Bechel
Plum City, Pepin County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703487

Screen Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K 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 2007
63
citations
12
significant & substantial
$8,500
proposed penalties
$2,441
paid to date
29% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,059 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
33
inspections on record
253
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: 253 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Screen Plant has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
62 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-07-28.
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.
19.0%
significant & substantial
6.3%
high negligence or reckless
19.0%
reasonably likely or greater
44.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.9% low, 77.8% moderate, 6.3% 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: 2021-05-26, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-05-26 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.59 10 0.06 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-05-26 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.32 10 0.03 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. Bechel Sand & Gravel 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 3
2019 0
2018 3
2017 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 4
2012 8
2011 2
2010 2
2009 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Screen Plant sits in Pepin 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.
Pepin County, Wisconsin · Population 7,372
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$74,536
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
2023 Q3 665 10 3 15037.6
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 840 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 480 4 0 8333.3
2018 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
Show 30 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 432 3 0 6944.4
2017 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 123 1 0 8130.1
2015 Q3 175 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 150 1 0 6666.7
2015 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 175 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 250 1 0 4000.0
2014 Q2 200 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 100 1 0 10000.0
2013 Q1 7,668 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,393 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,743 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,732 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,360 3 1 892.9
2011 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 160 2 0 12500.0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 260 3 2 11538.5
2010 Q2 160 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 80 1 0 12500.0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 83 5 1 60241.0
2009 Q2 50 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.