Mining Incidents

Wash Plant 1: 25 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Pitlik & Wick, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Brian Pitlik; Scott Wick
Eagle River, WI, Vilas County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703279

Wash Plant 1 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
25
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,505
proposed penalties
$2,505
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
38
inspections on record
255
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: 255 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 $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
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-07-18.
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.
12.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.0%
reasonably likely or greater
48.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% 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: 2021-06-23, 5 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
2021-06-23 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. Pitlik & Wick, Inc. 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wash Plant 1 sits in Vilas County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 1.4% 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.
Vilas County, Wisconsin · Population 23,410
1.4%
Mining share of county employment
$67,132
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 78 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 316 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 115 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 123 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 167 0 0 0.0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 99 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 112 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 227 2 0 8810.6
2023 Q2 89 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 264 1 0 3787.9
2022 Q2 191 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 147 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 231 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 185 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 141 2 0 14184.4
2020 Q3 464 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 315 2 0 6349.2
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 449 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 222 1 0 4504.5
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 276 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 72 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 115 1 0 8695.7
2017 Q3 395 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 356 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 65 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 203 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 62 1 1 16129.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 13 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 83 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 57 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 149 1 1 6711.4
2014 Q2 142 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 434 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 167 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 242 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 468 4 0 8547.0
2012 Q2 138 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 225 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 288 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 124 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 1 0
2010 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 174 1 0 5747.1
2010 Q2 38 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 346 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 161 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 179 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 43 1 0 23255.8
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 10 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 74 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 114 1 0 8771.9
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 54 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 112 2 0 17857.1
2005 Q2 95 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 27 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 389 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 631 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 178 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 106 2 1 18867.9
2003 Q2 133 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 311 2 0 6430.9
2002 Q2 139 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 311 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 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.