Mining Incidents

BILL BURTON PIT: 37 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Precision Excavation, Inc. · Surface
Gould City, MI, Mackinac County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003169

BILL BURTON PIT has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6 outstanding across 1 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
37
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,845
proposed penalties
$3,839
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
46
inspections on record
357
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: 357 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BILL BURTON PIT has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6 outstanding across 1 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$6
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $133 in penalties contested before the Commission, $133 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-27.
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.
18.9%
significant & substantial
5.4%
high negligence or reckless
18.9%
reasonably likely or greater
21.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.2% low, 78.4% moderate, 5.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$133 proposed, $133 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2022-08-02.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2022-0240 Default 2022 $133 → $133
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2019-08-06, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-08-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.31 0.11 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. Newberry Redi-Mix Inc 2000 to 2014
  2. Precision Redi-Mix Inc. 2014 to 2022
  3. Precision Excavation, Inc. 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 0
2011 1
2010 1
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 3
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BILL BURTON PIT sits in Mackinac County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Mackinac County, Michigan · Population 10,865
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$58,598
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 480 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 536 2 0 3731.3
2025 Q2 272 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 310 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 430 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 4 0
2022 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 211 1 0 4739.3
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 87 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 128 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 418 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 216 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 119 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5 3 3 600000.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 85 4 1 47058.8
2016 Q2 65 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 160 1 0 6250.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 175 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 360 3 0 8333.3
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 2 0
2011 Q4 727 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 980 3 2 3061.2
2011 Q2 529 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 163 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 304 5 0 16447.4
2010 Q2 319 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 395 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 411 1 0 2433.1
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 249 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 470 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 228 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 295 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 597 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 405 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 409 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 709 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 558 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 403 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 851 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 718 1 0 1392.8
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 798 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,042 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 795 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 465 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 992 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 842 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 736 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,021 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 807 2 0 2478.3
2002 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 660 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 861 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 756 5 1 6613.8
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 355 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 583 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.