Mining Incidents

Unit No. 5: 36 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Larry Burcalow
Waunakee, Dane County, WI  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4702847

Unit No. 5 has $4K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
36
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,698
proposed penalties
$3,698
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
29
inspections on record
229
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: 229 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Unit No. 5 has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-08-02.
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.
11.1%
significant & substantial
8.3%
high negligence or reckless
11.1%
reasonably likely or greater
36.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 66.7% moderate, 8.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2010-06-09, 16 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-06-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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.
Ownership history
  1. Yahara Materials Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 0
2022 2
2021 1
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 3
2014 2
2013 0
2012 0
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Unit No. 5 sits in Dane County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Dane County, Wisconsin · Population 564,777
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$88,108
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 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 107 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 567 5 1 8818.3
2022 Q2 84 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 471 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,133 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,384 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 447 1 0 2237.1
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 186 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 356 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 128 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 456 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 401 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 631 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 822 3 1 3649.6
2017 Q3 575 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 962 5 0 5197.5
2017 Q1 174 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 788 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 963 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 702 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 267 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 931 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 964 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 812 1 1 1231.5
2015 Q1 126 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 908 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 134 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 205 2 0 9756.1
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 115 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 106 1 1 9434.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 268 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 56 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 93 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 360 7 0 19444.4
2008 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 366 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 135 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 108 2 0 18518.5
2007 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 228 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 377 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 409 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 329 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,425 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 406 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 453 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 204 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 464 1 0 2155.2
2004 Q1 49 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 287 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 226 2 0 8849.6
2003 Q2 340 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 353 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 408 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 271 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 443 1 0 2257.3
2001 Q3 384 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 359 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 317 2 0 6309.1
2000 Q3 185 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 269 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.