Mining Incidents

Bad Axe Pit Metal/Non-Metal

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
56
citations
17
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
37
inspections on record
370
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: 370 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.
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
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
2023 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 242 0 0 0.0
Show 93 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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.

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