Mining Incidents

A & J Quality Excavation Screen Plant 1: 1 MSHA citation Metal/Non-Metal

A & J Quality Excavation · Surface
Controlled by Gordon A Thomas
Girard, Hillsdale County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003412

A & J Quality Excavation Screen Plant 1 has $147 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$147
proposed penalties
$147
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
21
inspections on record
188
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: 188 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

A & J Quality Excavation Screen Plant 1 has $147 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$147
proposed penalties
$147
current assessed
$147
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-11-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 100.0% low, 0.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. A & J Quality Excavation 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 2
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 3
2008 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

A & J Quality Excavation Screen Plant 1 sits in Hillsdale County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.

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.
Hillsdale County, Michigan · Population 45,658
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$60,869
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 0 0 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 359 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 158 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 228 0 0 0.0
Show 64 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 118 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 19 1 0 52631.6
2023 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 202 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 108 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 41 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 46 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 51 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 22 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 43 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 107 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 34 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 126 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 102 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 43 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 156 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 18 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 11 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 63 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 147 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 206 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 212 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 104 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 215 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 335 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 162 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 76 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 435 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 662 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 779 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 317 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 304 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 333 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 398 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 512 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 358 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 269 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 181 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 406 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 369 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 34 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 11 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 84 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.