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Gene Brow & Sons, Inc.: 135 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dean Brow
Sault Ste. Marie, MI, Chippewa County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002797

Gene Brow & Sons, Inc. has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1988–2013
Latest incident
Sep 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
135
citations
42
significant & substantial
$25,283
proposed penalties
$24,212
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,071 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Gene Brow & Sons, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
36
inspections on record
430
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: 430 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gene Brow & Sons, Inc. has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
135 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-05-12.
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.
31.1%
significant & substantial
6.7%
high negligence or reckless
31.9%
reasonably likely or greater
43.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.7% low, 92.6% moderate, 6.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
LAKE20020029M Settlement Barbour 2002 $4K → $4K
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: 2019-07-31, 7 years ago
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-08-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 0.39 1.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 0.72 0.81 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-08-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-08-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.44 0.30 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. Gene Brow Construction Company 1987 to 1997
  2. Gene Brow & Sons Inc 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2022 0
2021 3
2020 5
2019 5
2018 5
2017 4
2016 4
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 5
2011 1
2010 4
2009 1
2008 2
2007 3
2006 5
2003 2
2002 3
2001 4
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Gene Brow & Sons, Inc. sits in Chippewa 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.
Chippewa County, Michigan · Population 36,448
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$60,631
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
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 526 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,643 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,000 17 4 17000.0
2021 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,072 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 702 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 987 0 0 0.0
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3 2,698 1 0 370.6
2019 Q2 1,748 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,408 3 0 2130.7
2018 Q3 2,965 1 0 337.3
2018 Q2 2,405 1 1 415.8
2018 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,574 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,704 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,247 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,650 5 0 3030.3
2016 Q3 2,686 5 0 1861.5
2016 Q2 2,595 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,200 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,498 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,313 6 1 2594.0
2015 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,271 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,759 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,433 15 3 10467.6
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,359 2 2 1471.7
2013 Q3 1,716 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,508 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,069 7 3 6548.2
2012 Q3 1,932 7 3 3623.2
2012 Q2 1,882 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,280 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,920 6 2 3125.0
2009 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,200 10 4 8333.3
2007 Q3 1,620 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,440 6 4 4166.7
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,921 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,920 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,920 4 0 2083.3
2002 Q3 1,860 6 2 3225.8
2002 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,560 3 0 1171.9
2001 Q3 2,160 2 2 925.9
2001 Q2 1,920 15 8 7812.5
2000 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2013 · 1 incident

September 7, 2013 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gene Brow & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Repair cone crusher and putting toggle plate in place, employee removed safety chain causing plate to slide down, hitting jack and pinching employee arm causing a compound fracture of right forearm. Both bones in forearm fractured

1988 · 1 incident

October 20, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Gene Brow Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO CLEAN A TAIL PULLEY WHILE THE CONVEYOR WAS OPERATING. EMPLOYEE STUCK A TWELVE INCH CRESCENT WRENCH INTO A FIVE INCH OPERNING TO CLEAN SAND OFF OF THE END OF THE DISCHAR E CONVEYOR TAIL PULLEY.