WASH PLANT #1
Metal/Non-Metal
Chippewa County,
WI
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702676
WASH PLANT #1 has $220 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
- 3
- Years on record
- 1983–1989
- Latest incident
- Aug 1989
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
0
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
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: 16 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 $220 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-10-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2001 Q1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2000 Q3 |
302 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
63 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
1989 · 2 incidents
August 4, 1989
WI · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
MACHINERY
Plautz-Pekol Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO UNHOOK A CHAIN WHICH FASTENED A CONVEYOR TO THE BLADE OF A DOZER METHOD USED TO MOE THE CONVEYOR AROUND THE PIT WHILE UNHOOKING THE CHAIN THE BLADE OF THE DOZER FLOA TED DOWN AS THE DOZER IDLED & WAS CAUGHT EMPLOYEES FINGER BETWEEN BLADE & CONVEYOR SMASHING EMPLOYEES FINGER RESULTED INSURGERY ON HAND & PINS WERE INSERTED IN FINGER
January 27, 1989
WI · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Plautz-Pekol Inc · Fall from machine
HE WAS SWEEPING OF A FRONT END LOADER TO REPAIR IT WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL OFF LANDING ON SOME AMORE ICE & BROKE HIS LEFT LEG
1983 · 1 incident
August 29, 1983
WI · Metal/Non-Metal
coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler
MACHINERY
Plautz-Pekol Inc · Struck by falling object
HOPPER WAS BEING HYDRAULICLY LOLOWERED TO TRAVEL POSITION AND WASNT MOVING AS FREELY AS IT SHOULD.EMPL STEPPED UP ON FRAME AND GAVE IT A TUG TO HELP MOVE IT ALONG.WHEN HE PULLED IT HE ALSO LEA NED FORWARD -HOPPER MOVED WITH SLIGHT JAR HITTING HIM ON SIDE OF HEAD AND ARM BREAKING ARM AND CAUSING HIM TO FALL ON AXLE AND UNDERCARRIAGE.
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