Mining Incidents

Preferred Sands of Wisconsin LLC operator

Controlled by Mike O'Neill
MSHA operator ID: 0120688
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2012–2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
33
citations
5
significant & substantial
$10,032
proposed penalties
$8,589
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,443 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
11
inspections on record
373
inspection hours
n/a
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: 373 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-05-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2014
5
2013
2
2012
8

Mines on record

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