Mining Incidents

Superior Silica Sands Church Road Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Clayton, Barron County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703662

Superior Silica Sands Church Road Mine has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Feb 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
43
citations
14
significant & substantial
$6,024
proposed penalties
$6,024
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
27
inspections on record
251
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: 251 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Superior Silica Sands Church Road Mine has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
43 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-05-03.
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
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 228 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
Show 30 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,616 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,005 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,726 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,432 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,727 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,292 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,162 6 2 837.8
2017 Q1 890 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 2,148 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,102 4 1 655.5
2015 Q2 6,279 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,649 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,538 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,729 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,980 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 20 4
2013 Q4 1,430 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,920 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 800 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 480 3 0 6250.0
2012 Q4 4,040 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

February 5, 2019 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Silica Sands · Struck by falling object

The injured as removing a counter weight from a excavator after it was on the ground it appears the ground gave way because of ice and there was slack in the chains, as the weight tipped and chains tightened it broke a couple bolts and cylinder bracket and fell to ground

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