83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $35,058 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
241
inspections on record
7,675
inspection hours
7.5
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.
572 citations across 7,675 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.
$210K
proposed penalties
$175K
current assessed
$175K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
570 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-09-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
August 30, 2000WI · Metal/Non-Metaldriller operatorFatality · MACHINERY
Wisconsin Industrial Sand Company, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE INDIVIDUAL WAS DRILLING BLASTHOLES. HE TIED DOWN THE HYDRAULIC LEVER SO IT CONTINUED TO OPRATE (ROTATE) BY-BY PASSING A SAFETY DEVICE. HE THEN WENT IN FRONT OF THE DRILL AND STEPPED OVER THE DRILL AUGER. HE BACAME ENTANGLED WITH SOME PART OF HIS CLOTHING HE GOT PULLED INTO THE DRILL AND BECAME SO ENTANGLED THAT HE COULD NOT BREATH. THIS ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION
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