Mining Incidents

Cedar Lake Sand & Gravel Co. Inc. operator

MSHA operator ID: L31646
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
35
Mines on record
3
Years on record
1992–2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
187
citations
25
significant & substantial
$29,842
proposed penalties
$23,226
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,616 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
151
inspections on record
2,063
inspection hours
9.1
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.
187 citations across 2,063 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$30K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
183 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2021
1
2010
1
2009
1
2008
5
2007
2
2006
1
2005
2
2004
2
2003
1
2002
2
2001
1
2000
2
1999
1 (1f)
1998
1
1997
1
1996
2
1995
3
1993
4
1992
2

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
August 6, 1999 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Cedar Lake Sand & Gravel Co. Inc. · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

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