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Caledonia: 3 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Red Metal Explorations, Inc. · Underground
Controlled by Richard C Whiteman
Mass City, Ontonagon County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002731

Caledonia has $180 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 2004
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$180
proposed penalties
$180
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
18
inspections on record
295
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: 295 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Caledonia has $180 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.
$180
proposed penalties
$180
current assessed
$180
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-03-27.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
33.3%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 66.7% moderate, 33.3% 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: 2004-07-14, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon.3
  • Total Carbon,TC3
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-07-14 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 0 400 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-14 Total Carbon,TC 0 400 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-08 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 4.92 400 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-08 Total Carbon,TC 0 400 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-08 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 11.03 400 0.03 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-07-08 Total Carbon,TC 51.06 400 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
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. Red Metal Explorations, Inc. 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 1
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Caledonia sits in Ontonagon County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Ontonagon County, Michigan · Population 5,870
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$51,844
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
2006 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 10 1 0 100000.0
2005 Q4 74 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 640 1 0 1562.5
2005 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 74 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 210 1 0 4761.9
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2 94 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 106 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 468 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 106 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 114 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 346 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 90 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 74 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 138 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 46 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 85 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 202 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 20 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.