Wisconsin Proppants Alma Mine: 13 MSHA citations
Metal/Non-Metal
Humbird, WI,
Clark County,
WI
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4703823
Wisconsin Proppants Alma Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2018
- Latest incident
- Nov 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
1
significant & substantial
$1,611
proposed penalties
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 225 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wisconsin Proppants Alma Mine has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
13 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $590 in penalties contested before the Commission, $354 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-12-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
7.7%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
7.7%
reasonably likely or greater
15.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.7% low, 92.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
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Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
5
citations taken to the federal commission · 38% of citations on record
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Settled
3 · 60%
-
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 40%
40%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$590 proposed, $354 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2018-10-29.
Contested penalties
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A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
| Docket |
Decision |
Judge |
Year |
Proposed / upheld |
| LAKE 2019-0024 |
Settlement |
Bulluck |
2019 |
$472 → $236 |
| LAKE 2018-0279 |
Settlement |
Paez |
2018 |
$118 → $118 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2019 |
29 |
| 2018 |
43 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Wisconsin Proppants Alma Mine sits in Clark County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.3% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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
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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 |
| 2019 Q2 |
11,723 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 |
17,432 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 |
26,243 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 |
30,154 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 |
30,152 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2018 · 3 incidents
November 8, 2018
WI · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WP Operations, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was stripping cable and came into contact with a utility knife through the employee's glove. Employee received 4 stitches.
WP Operations, LLC · Struck against stationary object
Employee was walking through sand back to the service truck. EE stepped on the edge of the concrete pad rolling RT ankle to the inside. EE suffered a sprained RT ankle.
When lifting bundle plate steel it slipped off forks of skid steer striking my hand tearing a hole in glove cutting hand.