AJ's Excavating Metal/Non-Metal
AJ's Excavating LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Allan John Zirkel
Beulah,
Benzie County,
MI
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003480
AJ's Excavating has $638 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
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- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
6
citations
0
significant & substantial
$638
proposed penalties
$638
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
14
inspections on record
74
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 74 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
AJ's Excavating has $638 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$638
proposed penalties
$638
current assessed
$638
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q2 | 402 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 Q1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 39215.7 |
| 2022 Q3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q3 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 152 | 1 | 0 | 6578.9 |
| 2014 Q2 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1 | 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.
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