Wisconsin White Sand, LLC has $200K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60K outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2011–2017
Latest incident
Mar 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
189
citations
77
significant & substantial
$200,297
proposed penalties
$130,543
paid to date
65% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $69,754 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.
189 citations across 1,678 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2017-10-18.
On record since 2017.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Wisconsin White Sand, LLC has $200K in proposed MSHA penalties and $60K outstanding across 8 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.
$200K
proposed penalties
$191K
current assessed
$131K
paid to date
$60K
outstanding
187 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $44K in penalties contested before the Commission, $18K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-08-06.
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.
When citations were contested
ⓘ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.
16citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
Settled
14 · 88%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 13%
75%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 12 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
58%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$44K proposed, $18K 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 2018-06-19.
Contested penalties
ⓘ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.
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: 2018-02-14, 8 years ago
35%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
35
samples
26
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz269 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (35)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2018-02-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.72
0.45
1.60
Lab Technician
2018-02-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.88
0.47
1.87
Utility Man
2018-02-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.67
0.41
1.63
Supervisor, Co. Official
2018-02-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.97
0.43
2.26
Lab Technician
2018-02-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.27
0.4
3.18
Lab Technician
2017-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.12
0.38
2.95
Utility Man
2017-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.7
0.35
4.86
Utility Man
2013-04-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.92
0.49
1.88
Oiler, Greaser
2011-06-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.53
0.46
1.15
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-02-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.4
0.65
Utility Man
2018-02-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
1.35
0.12
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-02-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.37
0.86
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2018-02-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.54
0.26
Building Repair/Maint.
2018-02-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
Building Repair/Maint.
2018-02-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-02-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.45
0.42
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2018-02-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.42
0.48
Utility Man
2018-02-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.4
0.43
0.93
Utility Man
2018-02-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Building Repair/Maint.
2017-08-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.32
0.33
0.97
Utility Man
2017-08-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.36
0.72
Utility Man
2017-07-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mechanic
2017-07-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
0.38
0.95
Lab Technician
2015-09-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-10-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
0.5
0.92
Truck Loader
2013-10-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
0.43
0.95
Laborer, Bullgang
2013-10-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
0.42
0.88
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2013-06-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
0.51
0.65
Oiler, Greaser
2013-04-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
0.63
0.49
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2013-04-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.45
0.38
Lab Technician
2011-06-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
0.41
0.73
Truck Loader
2009-10-27
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Washer Operator
2009-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2018-02-14, 8 years ago
10
samples
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2018-02-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
3.63
MP DRY SCREENING
2018-02-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.08
MP DRYING/ROASTING
2018-02-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.69
MP DRYING/ROASTING
2018-02-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.54
MP DRY SCREENING
2017-08-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
3.83
DRY - 2ND PLATFORM
2017-08-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.38
DRY - GRND FLR
2017-08-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
3.95
DRY - 1ST PLATFORM
2017-07-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.18
DRYER FLOOR
2017-07-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.07
ROTEX FLOOR
2017-07-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.72
KASON FLOOR
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.
Wisconsin White Sand, LLC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.
Injury rate, 2018
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Wisconsin, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.60 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
3.16
3.16
0.000
2013 *
7.83
3.91
0.000
2012 *
3.68
0.00
0.000
2011 *
3.16
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2019
3
2018
15
2017
19
2016
1
2015
13
2014
9
2013
24
2012
22
2011
24
2010
6
2009
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Wisconsin White Sand, LLC sits in Monroe County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 1.6% 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.
Monroe County, Wisconsin · Population 46,169
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$68,213
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
2019 Q3
3,560
6
1
1685.4
2019 Q2
2,849
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
2,763
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
1,912
9
2
4707.1
2018 Q3
12,527
1
0
79.8
2018 Q2
2,121
17
6
8015.1
2018 Q1
18,469
4
1
216.6
2017 Q4
14,505
57
34
3929.7
Show 31 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2017 Q3
23,468
27
11
1150.5
2017 Q2
17,708
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
7,705
19
4
2465.9
2016 Q4
84
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
78
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
1,495
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
2,799
2
0
714.5
2015 Q2
4,849
7
0
1443.6
2015 Q1
8,876
6
3
676.0
2014 Q4
5,867
1
0
170.4
2013 Q4
10,461
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
13,751
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
13,793
3
0
217.5
2013 Q1
13,097
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
12,410
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
13,078
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
13,720
1
0
72.9
2012 Q1
15,106
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
15,599
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
17,896
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
15,493
8
4
516.4
2011 Q1
14,209
4
3
281.5
2010 Q4
5,615
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
3,875
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
2,515
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,175
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,592
1
1
385.8
2009 Q3
2,854
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
2,387
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
2017 · 1 incident
March 22, 2017WI · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
After greasing product elevators, employee lost footing on 6' fixed ladder and fell onto platform below. Employee was taken to hospital and treated for laceration to right middle finger (8 stitches) and hairline fracture to left elbow.
February 6, 2013WI · Metal/Non-Metalmechanic helperMACHINERY
Welding overhead on inlet feed chute for drum. Was wearing safety glasses and welding helmet. Had small amount of slag fall into the helmet. Continued working and finished task. Later, started having irritation and watering of right eye. Sought medical attention and it was discovered that welding slag had became lodged in eye. Surgery required to remove all pieces.
2012 · 1 incident
March 13, 2012WI · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was placing wheel chock on chock hold on 980 loader, when his right hand slipped causing his left thumb to become caught between the chock and the chock holder. Resulted in fracture to employee's left thumb.
2011 · 1 incident
June 11, 2011WI · Metal/Non-Metaltipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was repairing belt skirting along side of an elevated belt. As he stepped down the ladder the ladder fell to one side resulting in the employee falling to the ground hitting his head on a foundation column. The ladder had not been secured and upset because of loose sand under the legs. The employee suffered a laceration to the back of the head that required stitches.