Mining Incidents

Sell Pit: 12 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

William Sell and Carl Wolter · Surface
Controlled by William S Sell
Winchester, WI, Vilas County, WI  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4703441

Sell Pit has $1K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
12
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,336
proposed penalties
$1,336
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
34
inspections on record
213
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: 213 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sell Pit has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-22.
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.
41.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
41.7%
reasonably likely or greater
58.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. William Sell and Carl Wolter 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 0
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sell Pit sits in Vilas County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 1.4% 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.
Vilas County, Wisconsin · Population 23,410
1.4%
Mining share of county employment
$67,132
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
2026 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 26 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 42 0 0 0.0
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q2 21 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 14 1 0 71428.6
2022 Q2 13 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 22 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 48 1 0 20833.3
2018 Q2 21 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 27 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 24 2 2 83333.3
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 50 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 48 3 1 62500.0
2013 Q2 36 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 36 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 90 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 32 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 21 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 31 1 0 32258.1
2008 Q2 21 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 23 1 0 43478.3
2007 Q2 119 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 62 2 2 32258.1
2006 Q2 56 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 20 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.