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: 938 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Taylor Frac has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
75 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 7% of citations on record
Settled
3 · 60%
Stood as issued
2 · 40%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $4K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2014-03-13.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2026-02-10
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
37
samples
16
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz174 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (37)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2017-04-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.75
0.36
2.08
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2017-04-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.73
0.36
2.03
Mechanic
2016-02-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
0.38
1.05
Lab Technician
2014-03-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.52
0.3
1.73
Lab Technician
2026-02-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.48
0.29
Building Repair/Maint.
2026-02-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Sampler, Dust
2024-12-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
0.52
0.46
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2024-12-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-11-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2023-11-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Sampler, Dust
2023-01-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-01-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2022-04-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2022-04-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.47
0.30
Utility Man
2021-02-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2021-02-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2021-02-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2020-04-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-04-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Lab Technician
2019-05-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2019-05-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
0.56
0.61
Lab Technician
2019-05-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.37
0.95
Lab Technician
2019-05-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.76
0.33
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-02-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.59
0.29
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-02-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2017-08-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
0.78
0.44
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2017-04-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2016-02-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2015-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2014-04-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.34
0.44
Lab Technician
2014-03-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.7
2.04
0.34
Laborer, Bullgang
2014-03-12
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.67
Laborer, Bullgang
2013-03-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.5
0.52
Sampler, Dust
2013-03-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
0.41
0.95
Sampler, Dust
2012-09-12
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Bulldozer Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Taylor Frac recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Wisconsin, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.80 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
2.40
0.00
0.000
2018
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
21
2025
22
2024
18
2023
19
2022
21
2021
18
2020
19
2019
36
2018
36
2017
34
2016
23
2015
18
2014
26
2013
20
2012
15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Taylor Frac sits in Jackson County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 2.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Jackson County, Wisconsin · Population 20,971
2.1%
Mining share of county employment
$65,508
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2
8,486
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
8,160
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
9,082
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
11,124
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
10,650
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
9,099
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
6,511
1
0
153.6
2024 Q3
8,655
1
0
115.5
Show 49 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
7,675
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
6,374
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
6,759
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
9,929
2
0
201.4
2023 Q2
11,417
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
7,648
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
9,379
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
10,375
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
9,259
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
8,369
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
7,100
1
0
140.8
2021 Q3
7,671
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
7,556
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
7,029
1
1
142.3
2020 Q4
5,936
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
7,631
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
7,919
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
13,479
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
10,578
1
0
94.5
2019 Q3
21,760
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
26,812
4
1
149.2
2019 Q1
24,229
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
23,800
5
0
210.1
2018 Q3
26,321
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
26,717
7
4
262.0
2018 Q1
24,162
2
0
82.8
2017 Q4
24,954
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
22,940
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
21,155
7
2
330.9
2017 Q1
14,246
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
16,135
4
0
247.9
2016 Q3
16,389
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
13,089
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
9,998
1
0
100.0
2015 Q4
10,614
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
9,765
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
9,869
2
0
202.7
2015 Q1
6,154
5
1
812.5
2014 Q4
13,692
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
13,643
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
12,268
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
4,916
3
0
610.3
2013 Q4
10,644
1
0
93.9
2013 Q3
13,316
11
4
826.1
2013 Q2
10,841
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
7,199
2
0
277.8
2012 Q4
9,105
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
7,120
3
0
421.3
2012 Q2
1,588
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2019 · 1 incident
July 7, 2019WI · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was performing metal grinding operation in maintenance workshop. Employee was wearing safety glasses, full face shield, gloves and hearing protection. Employee had irritation in employee's eye upon completion of shift. Went to ER the next day, small fragment removed.
Employee was walking back from checking something outside and while returning, ee slipped on ice and fell to the ground causing lumbar strain with disc inflammation.
2016 · 1 incident
November 19, 2016WI · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Our employee was attempting to step off trailer onto truck chassis when knee bucked, causing ee to fall to the ground. This resulted in a fracture of the shaft of the right fibula.
2015 · 1 incident
February 6, 2015WI · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Employee was grinding on angle with handheld grinder on Fri 2/6/15. He finished his shift and went home. The next evening (Sat 2/7/15), his eye began to hurt and went to the ER at 2am on Sun 2/8/15. He had piece of metal in right eye. DR removed metal and polished cornea. He said DR suspected the metal could have been in his eye lashes before getting into his eye on Saturday
Taylor Frac LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was not using proper safety equipment to get to an inspection door and then when reaching into door some hot sand came out landing on him. His reaction to getting hit with the sand resulted in employee jerking backwards off where he was standing falling a few feet to the ground. This resulted in minor burns to arms, a twisted ankle & a broken foot.