Mining Incidents

Sparta Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Joseph A Scharf
Sparta, Monroe County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703668

Sparta Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $889 outstanding across 1 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 2013
20
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,272
proposed penalties
$1,383
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $889 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
16
inspections on record
234
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: 234 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sparta Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $889 outstanding across 1 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$889
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-16.
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
2025 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,160 2 0 925.9
2025 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 1,280 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,640 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,880 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 44 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,950 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 260 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,442 1 0 409.5
2022 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,442 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,214 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 488 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,352 3 0 1275.5
2019 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,880 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 180 1 0 5555.6
2017 Q4 540 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,540 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,640 2 0 757.6
2017 Q1 0 1 0
2016 Q4 595 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,685 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,280 4 0 3125.0
2015 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,480 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,043 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,024 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,480 3 1 1209.7
2013 Q3 2,520 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,160 3 1 1388.9
2013 Q1 252 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,160 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 Sparta Plant

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