Mining Incidents

Superior Silica Sands LLC FLS Mine/Wet Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Almena, Barron County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703670

Superior Silica Sands LLC FLS Mine/Wet Plant has $20K 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
1
Years on record
2012
Latest incident
Oct 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
56
citations
11
significant & substantial
$20,387
proposed penalties
$20,387
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
20
inspections on record
289
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: 289 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 LLC FLS Mine/Wet Plant has $20K 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-05-29.
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 192 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 104 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 424 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,667 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,881 4 1 819.5
2019 Q1 2,686 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,343 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,451 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,481 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,328 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,666 2 0 545.6
2017 Q3 7,646 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,810 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,160 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,170 3 1 946.4
2016 Q3 1,637 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,344 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 4,871 6 0 1231.8
2015 Q3 6,351 16 3 2519.3
2015 Q2 7,085 3 1 423.4
2015 Q1 6,612 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,892 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,792 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,466 10 3 1546.6
2014 Q1 7,098 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,245 4 1 762.6
2013 Q3 6,058 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,997 3 1 600.4
2013 Q1 853 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 680 5 0 7352.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2012 · 1 incident

October 23, 2012 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Superior Silica Sands LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was moving one gin pole from one sheet to another when he felt it slip. Instead of dropping it, he grabbed tighter and pulled a muscle.

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