Mining Incidents

Swift Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Stelter Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Jack T Stelter
Spooner, Chippewa County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703381

Swift Wash Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 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 2007
24
citations
2
significant & substantial
$2,974
proposed penalties
$2,521
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $453 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
29
inspections on record
207
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: 207 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Swift Wash Plant has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$453
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-19.
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 116 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 343 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 326 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 216 1 0 4629.6
2024 Q3 369 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 356 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 301 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 266 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 463 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 186 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 433 3 0 6928.4
2022 Q2 415 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 181 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 251 2 1 7968.1
2021 Q2 496 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 184 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 141 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 166 1 0 6024.1
2020 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 101 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 303 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 141 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 209 1 0 4784.7
2018 Q3 316 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 623 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 301 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 326 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 406 1 0 2463.1
2017 Q1 136 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 159 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 411 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 321 1 0 3115.3
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 241 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 371 1 0 2695.4
2015 Q2 351 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 217 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 848 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 853 1 0 1172.3
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 246 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 943 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 501 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 460 4 0 8695.7
2012 Q3 976 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 580 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 388 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 833 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 736 1 0 1358.7
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 371 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 755 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 877 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3 1 0 333333.3
2009 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 730 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,016 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 872 2 0 2293.6
2008 Q3 670 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 927 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 232 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 570 1 1 1754.4
2007 Q2 942 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 273 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 430 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 917 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 157 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 510 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 182 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 437 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 120 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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