Mining Incidents

Bad Axe Pit: 59 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bischer Ready Mix Incorporated · Surface
Controlled by Melvin J Bischer
Bad Axe, Huron County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2002022

Bad Axe Pit has $10K 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 2000
59
citations
18
significant & substantial
$9,659
proposed penalties
$9,659
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
382
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: 382 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bad Axe Pit has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-23.
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.
30.5%
significant & substantial
10.2%
high negligence or reckless
30.5%
reasonably likely or greater
54.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.2% low, 79.7% moderate, 10.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2010-10-20, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-10-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.74 0.51 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2003-05-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 1.13 0.52 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Wagner Ready Mix 1950 to 1993
  2. Bischer Ready Mix Incorporated 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 2
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 4
2010 4
2009 4
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 4
2004 4
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bad Axe Pit sits in Huron County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Huron County, Michigan · Population 31,258
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$56,963
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 145 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 204 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 263 2 1 7604.6
2024 Q3 230 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 242 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 255 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 327 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 257 1 0 3891.1
2022 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 330 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 248 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 241 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 334 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 255 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 230 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 12 1 0 83333.3
2019 Q4 342 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 244 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 220 2 1 9090.9
2019 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 342 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 248 1 0 4032.3
2018 Q2 225 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 315 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 241 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 220 2 1 9090.9
2017 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 329 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 255 3 1 11764.7
2016 Q2 216 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 15 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 350 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 323 1 0 3096.0
2015 Q2 239 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 395 3 0 7594.9
2014 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 349 2 0 5730.7
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 415 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 445 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 376 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 463 3 0 6479.5
2012 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 430 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 500 3 0 6000.0
2011 Q3 625 1 0 1600.0
2011 Q2 1,045 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 540 4 2 7407.4
2010 Q3 1,150 7 4 6087.0
2010 Q2 1,350 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,050 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,853 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,278 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 210 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,125 6 1 5333.3
2008 Q3 1,665 1 1 600.6
2008 Q2 2,330 1 0 429.2
2008 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,160 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,120 1 0 471.7
2007 Q2 2,168 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 198 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,075 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,790 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,025 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 205 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,075 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,760 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,940 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 245 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,130 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,910 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,870 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 905 2 1 2209.9
2003 Q3 1,605 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,810 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 895 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,444 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,305 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 805 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,485 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,225 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 766 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,510 9 4 5960.3
2000 Q2 1,495 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.