Mining Incidents

Tiffany Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rock County - Wi
Rock County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702848

MSHA record for Tiffany Pit (mine ID 4702848). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Jan 1987
Ownership history
  1. Rock County Department Of Public Works 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Tiffany Pit sits in Rock County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Rock County, Wisconsin · Population 163,944
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$74,390
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

January 12, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator OTHER
Rock County Department Of Public Works · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ON3PAID BREAK TIME AND SUDDENLY HADATTACK WHILE SITTING IN PICK UP TRUCK. HE WAS IMMEDIATELY TRANSPORTED BY PICK UP TRUCK TO BELOIT HOSPITAL MET WITH SHERIFF S ESCORT.