Mining Incidents

Wash Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Haas Sons, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Steven Haas; Gary Haas
Ladysmith, Rusk County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703550

Wash Plant #1 has $568 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 2009
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$568
proposed penalties
$568
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
20
inspections on record
180
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: 180 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 $568 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.
$568
proposed penalties
$568
current assessed
$568
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-04-24.
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 239 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,332 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 505 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 674 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,382 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,517 1 0 659.2
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 971 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,038 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,679 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 717 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,048 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 881 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 831 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,564 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 972 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 141 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 152 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 126 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 358 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 175 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 182 1 0 5494.5
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 220 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 242 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 459 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 455 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 590 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 146 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 544 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 591 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 156 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 587 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 590 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 243 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 549 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 345 1 0 2898.6
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 467 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 590 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 222 1 1 4504.5
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 227 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 1 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 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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