Mining Incidents

Bawlin Plant: 33 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

M & W Poquette Excavating Inc · Surface
Controlled by Stephen Mark Poquette
PETOSKEY, Emmet County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2002747

Bawlin Plant has $3K 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 2001
33
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,926
proposed penalties
$2,926
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
41
inspections on record
301
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: 301 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bawlin Plant has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-26.
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.
9.1%
significant & substantial
6.1%
high negligence or reckless
9.1%
reasonably likely or greater
42.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.2% low, 78.8% moderate, 6.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. M & W Poquette Excavating Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 0
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 2
2021 2
2020 0
2019 0
2018 0
2017 3
2016 2
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 2
2011 1
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bawlin Plant sits in Emmet County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Emmet County, Michigan · Population 34,159
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$73,724
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 1 0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 352 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 64 0 0 0.0
Show 86 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 448 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 56 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 144 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 340 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 120 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q2 216 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 225 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 380 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 168 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q3 168 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 288 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 2 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 5 1
2013 Q3 264 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 384 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 90 5 0 55555.6
2012 Q2 136 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 144 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 96 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 48 2 0 41666.7
2010 Q3 64 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 128 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 112 2 1 17857.1
2009 Q2 140 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 96 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 111 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 48 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 144 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 226 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 341 5 0 14662.8
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 112 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 54 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 144 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 288 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 241 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 24 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 80 1 0 12500.0
2001 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 40 7 1 175000.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 160 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.