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Ovyn #1 Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Dennis Ovyn Trucking Inc · Surface

Controlled by Joel Robert Ovyn; William D Ovyn; Darren G Ovyn

withee, Taylor County, WI · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 4703016

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2019–2021
Latest incident: Oct 2021

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2004

citations

significant & substantial

$8,376

proposed penalties

$7,876

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	183	0	0.0
2025 Q3	8	0	0.0
2025 Q2	524	0	0.0
2024 Q4	108	0	0.0
2024 Q3	250	0	0.0
2024 Q1	0	0
2023 Q4	0	1
2023 Q3	548	0	0.0

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

October 1, 2021 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Dennis Ovyn Trucking Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

A miner entered a surge bin to free stuck material. The material collapsed and engulfed the miner.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2019 · 1 incident

July 17, 2019 WI · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY

Dennis Ovyn Trucking Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

The blaster was attempting to clear a vertical auger when the auger engaged resulting in lacerations to middle and index finger on right hand. EE was sweeping the material from auger gate when their glove contacted the auger and was pulled in. The injury resulted in 9 stitches to 2 fingers for a total of 18 stitches. There were no restrictions due to the injury.