Mining Incidents

Wash Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Georgia A Pavin
Rochester, Racine County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703001

Wash Plant has $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2007–2008
Latest incident
Feb 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
112
citations
20
significant & substantial
$58,535
proposed penalties
$25,411
paid to date
43% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $33,124 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
629
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: 629 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 $59K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 2 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.
$59K
proposed penalties
$31K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
111 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-09-26.
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
2012 Q4 1,467 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,261 5 0 1533.3
2012 Q2 2,810 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,399 6 1 4288.8
2011 Q4 2,946 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,004 16 3 5326.2
2011 Q2 2,163 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,261 0 0 0.0
Show 44 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q4 2,167 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,436 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,008 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,385 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,509 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,433 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,377 9 3 3786.3
2009 Q1 1,603 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,931 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,591 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,313 5 2 1159.3
2008 Q1 1,303 1 0 767.5
2007 Q4 3,594 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,007 4 0 665.9
2007 Q2 5,513 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,954 5 2 1692.6
2006 Q4 4,534 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,896 10 2 1696.1
2006 Q2 4,922 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,234 9 2 2782.9
2005 Q4 4,577 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,921 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,378 4 0 913.7
2005 Q1 3,188 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,086 13 1 4212.6
2004 Q3 3,622 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,584 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,439 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,228 1 1 814.3
2003 Q3 1,416 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,548 3 0 1938.0
2002 Q3 1,697 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,294 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,761 1 0 567.9
2001 Q3 2,073 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,890 8 1 4232.8
2001 Q1 1,636 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,730 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,836 12 2 6535.9
2000 Q2 2,055 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,637 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
February 25, 2008 WI · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent Fatality · MACHINERY

The victim was using an excavator to free a dragline from an ice-covered pit floor. The excavator traveled over an ice-covered, 10 feet deep ditch and broke through the ice. The victim was ejected and was recovered from the water about 6 hours after accident.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2007 · 2 incidents

May 9, 2007 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Park View Sand & Gravel, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Throwing wood blocks on conveyor. Right finger tore open - 12 stitches

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The full compliance file on Wash Plant

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