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Wash Plant 1: 19 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

A-1 Materials Inc · Surface
Controlled by Terri Stelter
Bloomer, Chippewa County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702429

Wash Plant 1 has $2K 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
19
Years on record
1987–1998
Latest incident
Oct 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
19
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,560
proposed penalties
$1,560
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See A-1 Materials Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
16
inspections on record
177
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: 177 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wash Plant 1 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-01.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
63.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.5% low, 89.5% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2009-05-20, 17 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-05-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.4 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-07 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. A-1 Materials Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
2001 1
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wash Plant 1 sits in Chippewa County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Chippewa County, Wisconsin · Population 66,558
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$74,009
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
2012 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 76 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 115 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
Show 44 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4 389 1 0 2570.7
2010 Q3 7 1 0 142857.1
2010 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 197 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 390 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 153 1 0 6535.9
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 591 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 979 4 0 4085.8
2007 Q3 1,313 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 927 4 0 4315.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 884 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,387 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,489 2 0 1343.2
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,122 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,813 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,881 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,044 2 0 1915.7
2004 Q3 1,774 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,442 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,021 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,659 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,318 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 939 1 0 1065.0
2002 Q3 1,249 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,433 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1 3 0 3000000.0
2001 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 718 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 683 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,382 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,316 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

1998 · 2 incidents

October 23, 1998 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A-1 Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNLOADING CRUSHER SCREEN PULLED MSUCLE IN BACK

September 4, 1998 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A-1 Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLEARING LOADER BUCKET OUT & PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER BACK.

1997 · 1 incident

March 18, 1997 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator FIRE
A-1 Materials Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

HAD TORCH UNDERNEATH THE HOPPER ON THE WASH PLANT TO MELT THE ICE AWAY. JACKET STARTED TO BURN.

1995 · 1 incident

March 20, 1995 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A-1 Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PINCHED AND FRACTURE LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND PRYING PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN PRYBAR AND CONVEYOR.

1993 · 1 incident

September 21, 1993 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
A-1 Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

WAS WALKING IN THE PIT-TWISTED KNEE-WHEN STEPPED ON THE SIDE OF ROCK.

1992 · 5 incidents

May 26, 1992 WI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A-1 Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS SHOVELING HURT LOWER PART OF BACK

May 13, 1992 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A-1 Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PUTTING A SCREEN INTO A PICKUP-PULLED MUSCLES IN BACK.

April 16, 1992 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
A-1 Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SMASHED BETWEEN TO PIECE OF METAL IN TAIL PULLEY.

April 15, 1992 WI · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A-1 Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON GRINDER WHEEL SLIPPED AND GRINDER WHEEL HIT ARM METAL IN ARM

January 3, 1992 WI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A-1 Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SETTING ENGINE BACK INTO LOADER SMASHED FINGER .

1991 · 2 incidents

August 14, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A-1 Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WAS PICKING UP HEAVY EQUIPMENT PINCHED NERVE IN LOWER BACK.

1990 · 5 incidents

July 27, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
A-1 Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PIECE OF STEEL- PULLED MUSCLES.

July 23, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
A-1 Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

WORKING ON CRUSHER DECK-ROCK BOUNCED OUT STRIKING HIS TOE.

July 10, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
A-1 Materials Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING OUT OF LOADER AND SLIPPED.

April 7, 1990 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
A-1 Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS WORKING ON MACHINERY WHEN CLOTHING GOT CAUGHT IN BLET. BROKE NAVICULAR BONE IN LEFT HAND.

1987 · 2 incidents

December 16, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
A-1 Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS POUNDING ON A PIECE OF STEEL WITH A HAMMER. THE HAMMER CHIPPED & THE STEEL SLIVER DROVE INTO THE INDEX FINGER ON THE LEFT HAND.

September 3, 1987 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
A-1 Materials Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

LEFT EYE STARTED HURTING THRUSDAY AFTERNOON AS IF SOMETHING WAS IN IT, & ON FRIDAY BOTH EYES WERE HURTING.