Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Iron County, Michigan

Iron County, Michigan has 12 mines on MSHA's register: 2 intermittent, 10 abandoned. 1 accident has been reported at these mines in 2026. Inspectors have issued 70 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Iron County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Iron County →

Mines on register
12
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
70
1 underground · 11 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 12 metal and non-metal 2 intermittent 10 abandoned 1 reported accidents, 2026
Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Iron County, Michigan · Population 11,650
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$53,614
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Payne & Dolan, Inc. 2 0 0
Proksch Construction Company 2 0 0
Hebert Construction Company 1 0 0
Henry Vantaggi 1 0 0
Inland Steel Mining Company 1 0 0
Iron County Road Commission 1 0 0
Mc Mahon Brothers Inc 1 0 0
MOCORP, INC. 1 0 0
Schinella-Mottes Construction Company 1 0 0
Williams Redi Mix Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Iron County12 on register
  1. MOCORP 424 (wash plant)
    Surface metal/non-metal · MOCORP, INC. · MSHA ID 2003564
    Abandoned
  2. PW-7
    Surface metal/non-metal · Payne & Dolan Inc · MSHA ID 2003293
    Intermittent
  3. PORTABLE PLANT #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hebert Construction Company · MSHA ID 2002955
    Abandoned
  4. PORTABLE CRUSHER #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Mahon Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2002268
    Abandoned
  5. PW-8
    Surface metal/non-metal · Payne & Dolan, Inc. · MSHA ID 2003376
    Intermittent
  6. #1402 WASHPLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Schinella-Mottes Construction Company · MSHA ID 2002832
    Abandoned
  7. Cone Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Proksch Construction Company · MSHA ID 2001764
    Abandoned
  8. Iron County Pits
    Surface metal/non-metal · Iron County Road Commission · MSHA ID 2002049
    Abandoned
  9. Iron River Lbr & Fuel Co Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Henry Vantaggi · MSHA ID 2002254
    Abandoned
  10. Roll Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Proksch Construction Company · MSHA ID 2002351
    Abandoned
  11. Sherwood Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Inland Steel Mining Company · MSHA ID 2000428
    Abandoned
  12. Williams Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Williams Redi Mix Inc · MSHA ID 2002364
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.