Mining Incidents

Thompson Hills Metal/Non-Metal

Chetek, Barron County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703718

Thompson Hills has $3K 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
4
Years on record
2015–2023
Latest incident
Jul 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
40
citations
8
significant & substantial
$3,118
proposed penalties
$3,118
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
20
inspections on record
230
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: 230 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Thompson Hills has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-03-11.
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 6,608 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 1,760 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,239 0 0 0.0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 4,588 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 3,989 3 0 752.1
2022 Q3 5,640 3 3 531.9
2022 Q2 1,075 7 3 6511.6
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 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
2020 Q1 208 4 0 19230.8
2019 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,178 14 0 1950.4
2019 Q2 5,296 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,455 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 7,429 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 10,710 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 11,080 1 1 90.3
2018 Q1 4,372 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 7,016 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 11,332 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 11,115 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,369 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 7,286 1 0 137.2
2016 Q3 8,234 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,302 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,325 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,895 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 11,041 2 1 181.1
2015 Q2 8,803 5 0 568.0
2015 Q1 5,728 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 9,404 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,990 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2023 · 2 incidents

July 23, 2023 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Diamond Proppants LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The mine was not made aware of the injury until 08/02/2023 and all attempts to get information from the injured miner have not generated a response other than to say the miner was injured on the morning of Sunday July 23rd. The times of the incident are only entered because the online form requires them, but do not represent a factual time of the injury.

January 9, 2023 WI · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Diamond Proppants LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

At 1:20 PM, IT WAS REPORTED THAT EMPLOYEE HAD CUT A FINGER FROM WORKING ON A GARAGE DOOR OPENER. EE WAS SETTING THE OPEN AND CLOSE LIMITS ON ROLLERS. IT WAS REPORTED THEY LOST THEIR GRIP AND HAND SLIPPED AND CAUGHT LEFT RING FINGER IN THE CHAIN AND SPROCKET.

2017 · 1 incident

July 25, 2017 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Superior Silica Sands · Fall from machine

Employee was helping change the paddles on a scrubber. Employee was standing on the frame or the scrubber tower guiding the scrubber's into the chamber when employee lost balance and fell on to catwalk about 5 feet below. Employee was wearing fall protection but was not tied high enough to dampen the fall.

2015 · 1 incident

November 16, 2015 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Superior Silica Sands · Fall onto or against objects

The worker heard air leaking out of a bladder used for the final cleaning of the slurry line. When he went in front of the bladder it let loose and struck him in the stomach knocking him backwards causing him to lose balance and hit the back of his head on the pump behind him causing a small cut on the back of his head. That night he received 2 staples to keep cut closed.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.