Mining Incidents

WATERFORD PIT (YARD 17): 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lafarge S A
Racine County, WI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4702896

MSHA record for WATERFORD PIT (YARD 17) (mine ID 4702896). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1992–1995
Latest incident
Mar 1995
Ownership history
  1. Tews Company 1990 to 1998
  2. Lafarge-Wisconsin Division 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

WATERFORD PIT (YARD 17) sits in Racine County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Racine County, Wisconsin · Population 196,888
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$75,331
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
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 2,085 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1995 · 1 incident

March 10, 1995 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tews Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

OPERATOR WAS WALKING ON SITE DOING MAINTENANCE, SLIPPED ON FROZEN GROUND & SPRAINED KNEE. FURTHER EXAM INDICATED TORN KNEE LIGAMENTS.

1992 · 1 incident

December 14, 1992 WI · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tews Company · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS STANDING ON A SECTION OF THE SCREEN PLANT, CLEANING SCREEN TRAY AND HOPPER WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL TO GROUND. APPROX 6 FOOT FALL.