Mining Incidents

Wash Plant 1 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
37
inspections on record
249
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: 249 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.
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
2025 Q4 509 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
2024 Q2 99 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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.

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The full compliance file on Wash Plant 1

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