Wausau Quarry (Bright Red) has $275 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1984–1999
Latest incident
Mar 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6
citations
0
significant & substantial
$275
proposed penalties
$275
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 121 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wausau Quarry (Bright Red) has $275 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.
$275
proposed penalties
$275
current assessed
$275
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2002-03-12.
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: 2001-07-12, 25 years ago
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz21 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2001-07-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.55
0.54
1.02
Truck Driver
2001-07-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
0.53
0.91
Drill Operator, Rotary
2001-07-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Stone Polisher/Cutter
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
2002
1
2001
7
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Wausau Quarry (Bright Red) sits in Marathon County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Marathon County, Wisconsin · Population 138,067
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$76,185
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
2002 Q2
297
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
537
2
0
3724.4
2001 Q4
2,287
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,404
2
0
831.9
2001 Q2
2,916
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
2,352
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
3,041
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,466
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2
6,928
2
0
288.7
2000 Q1
3,559
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
December 1, 1993WI · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manFatality · POWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING DOG HOLES IN STONE HE WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE PLUG DRILL WHICH HE WAS OPERATING & THE COUNTERWEIGHTS ON THE LOADER WHICH WAS BACKING UP CRUSHING HIM TO DEATH
ON 7-15-95 EE WAS PUSHING ON A BEAM AND HURT HIS BACK. DID NOT GO TO THE DR AT THE TIME BECAUSE PAIN STARTED TO GO AWAY. THEN PAIN SLOWLY STARTED MOVING TO ARM AND SHOULDER. EE WENT TO DR ON 8 -18-95. INJURY REPORTED TO COLD SPRING FIRST AIDOFFICE ON 8-24-95.
EMPLOYEE WAS BLOWING THE MUD OFF THE ROCK, USING THE AIR HOSE AND THE BLOW PIPE. THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF THE ROCK. THE ROCK WAS WET AND AT A 40 DEGREE ANGLE. THE EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS HANDS AND INJURED HIS RIGHT THUMB AND PALM. THERE IS EXTREME SWELLING AND PAIN. THE EMPLOEE DID NOT PUT ICE ON INJURY UNTIL HE WAS BACK IN GREEN LAKE, HE FELT IT DIDN'T REALLY NEED IT.
1994 · 4 incidents
November 22, 1994WI · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manMACHINERY
THE EE CAUGHT HIS MIDDLE FINGER ON HIS LEFT HANDBETWEEN THE DRILL STEEL ON HIS MACHINE & THE SURFACE OF THE STONE, HE WAS REPLACING THE BIT ON THE DRILL STEEL.
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE STRUCK STEEL WITH A PIPE WRENCH. THE STEEL BUSTED AND EMPLOYE FELL BACKWWRADS, HIT HIS ELBOW ON A PIECE OF GROUT. HIS ARM STARTED TO SWELL UP.