# Badger Mining Hixton

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4703742
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Sand, Industrial NEC
- **Location:** Jackson, WI
- **Operator:** Badger Mining Hixton, LLC
- **Controller:** North Cliff Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 2,756
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**North Cliff Corporation (0180101) → Badger Mining Hixton, LLC (0177014) → Badger Mining Hixton (4703742)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **John E  Mitchell III → Turnkey Process Solutions, LLC:** 2015-02-18 through 2015-08-26; derived from co-tenure at mine 4703742; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John  Cross et al → WP Operations, LLC:** 2015-08-27 through 2021-06-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4703742; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Will  Glusac et al → WP Operations, LLC:** 2015-08-27 through 2021-06-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 4703742; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Robert  Beekhuizen et al → Badger Mining Hixton, LLC:** 2021-06-02 through 2022-03-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4703742; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Athabasca Minerals Inc → Badger Mining Hixton, LLC:** 2022-03-03 through 2025-08-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4703742; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **North Cliff Corporation → Badger Mining Hixton, LLC:** 2025-08-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4703742; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 14
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 7 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 25 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 420 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 31 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 108 violation rows across the full record; 17 carry an S&S flag and $131,787 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 49 samples:** Occupational health samples 49 personal. 9 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 23K employee hours and 44 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 26 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 10 contested-violation rows, 10 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 6 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 12 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 20 since 2021:** Inspections 37 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 56.5001 — Exposure limits for airborne contaminants.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-D/section-56.5001
- **30 CFR 56.20003 — Housekeeping.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20003
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 56.16006 — Protection of gas cylinder valves.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16006
- **30 CFR 56.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14112
- **30 CFR 56.12025 — Grounding circuit enclosures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12025
- **30 CFR 56.9301 — Dump site restraints.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9301
- **30 CFR 56.4201 — Inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4201
- **30 CFR 56.9100 — Traffic control.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9100
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 25 rows; 2016-01-07 through 2026-07-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-04-29 through 2021-04-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 104 rows; 2015-08-19 through 2026-08-12; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 10 rows; 2017-10-26 through 2024-05-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 6 rows; 2017-06-14 through 2022-08-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 10 rows; 2017-03-15 through 2023-04-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,925 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 303 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2015-02-18 through 2021-06-02; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 37 rows; 2015-08-19 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 135 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 36 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 49 rows; 2015-08-26 through 2026-09-23; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 108 rows; 2015-08-19 through 2026-10-05; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/badger-mining-hixton-4703742`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/badger-mining-hixton-4703742`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4703742/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4703742/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4703742/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`