Mining Incidents

Doans: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

D&L GEMBEL & SONS INC · Surface
Controlled by Dave L Gembel
Garden, MI, Delta County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003290

Doans has $2K 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 2012
17
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,427
proposed penalties
$2,427
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
16
inspections on record
110
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: 110 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Doans has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-20.
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.
5.9%
significant & substantial
5.9%
high negligence or reckless
5.9%
reasonably likely or greater
58.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.8% low, 82.4% moderate, 5.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. D&L GEMBEL & SONS INC 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 1
2024 2
2023 2
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 0
2013 0
2012 2
2011 3
2004 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Doans sits in Delta County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Delta County, Michigan · Population 36,829
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$54,829
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 90 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 24 2 0 83333.3
2025 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 28 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 20 8 1 400000.0
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 16 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 63 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 42 2 0 47619.0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 136 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 860 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 272 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 82 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 274 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 42 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 170 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 52 2 0 38461.5
2016 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 106 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 0 0 0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 0 3 0
2012 Q2 179 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 89 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 377 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 214 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 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.