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: 150 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 has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-04-25.
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.
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: 2011-06-01, 15 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2011-06-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-12-12
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2012
1
2011
1
2010
1
2009
1
2008
1
2007
1
2006
1
2005
1
2004
1
2003
1
2002
1
2001
1
2000
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Wash Plant sits in Clark 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.
Clark County, Wisconsin · Population 34,736
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$66,250
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
563
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
791
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
800
1
0
1250.0
2012 Q1
0
0
0
2011 Q4
737
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
995
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
499
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
209
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4
726
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
867
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
613
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
662
2
2
3021.1
2009 Q3
808
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
866
1
0
1154.7
2009 Q1
53
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
757
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
787
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
417
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
0
0
0
2007 Q4
501
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
659
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
614
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
0
0
0
2006 Q4
515
2
0
3883.5
2006 Q3
588
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
532
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
0
0
0
2005 Q4
628
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
907
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
625
1
0
1600.0
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
681
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
712
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
573
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
646
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
671
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
562
1
1
1779.4
2003 Q1
0
0
0
2002 Q4
487
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
782
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
715
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
579
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
651
5
0
7680.5
2001 Q3
799
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
650
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
557
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
742
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
603
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
1
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2005 · 1 incident
October 26, 2005WI · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON