Sorting Machine Metal/Non-Metal
Glacial Stone LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Jim Bucheger; Tim Dragovich; Evan Bucheger
Pence, WI,
Iron County,
WI
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703784
Sorting Machine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $55 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
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
11
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,440
proposed penalties
$1,385
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $55 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
12
inspections on record
64
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 64 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Sorting Machine has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $55 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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
$55
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 7246.4 |
| 2025 Q2 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 142 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 125 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 21739.1 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Q3 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 10416.7 |
| 2017 Q2 | 31 | 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.
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The full compliance file on Sorting Machine
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.