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: 102 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
HO-2 has $395 in proposed MSHA penalties and $60 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.
$395
proposed penalties
$395
current assessed
$335
paid to date
$60
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-10-24.
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.
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: 2002-11-13, 23 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2002-11-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.55
0.08
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-11-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2002-11-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.37
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-11-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
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.
HO-2 recorded 8.35 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.
Injury rate, 2002
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
8.35
total case rate
8.35
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Michigan, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.23 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2002 *
8.35
8.35
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
7.26
7.26
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2006
7
2005
4
2004
0
2003
8
2002
10
2001
11
2000
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
HO-2 sits in Oakland County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Oakland County, Michigan · Population 1,272,294
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$95,296
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 Q4
2,571
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
3,137
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
1,592
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1,127
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
2,354
1
0
424.8
2005 Q3
1,588
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
1,057
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
1,425
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q4
0
1
0
2004 Q3
0
0
0
2004 Q2
0
0
0
2004 Q1
0
0
0
2003 Q4
5,737
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,017
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
2,862
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,452
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
5,683
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
7,132
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
6,986
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
4,139
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
6,445
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
9,092
5
0
549.9
2001 Q2
7,840
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
4,009
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
6,853
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,583
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
8,051
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,065
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
8 on file
2002 · 1 incident
July 29, 2002MI · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
THE EE WAS SERVICEING A CONVEYOR AT THE TAIL SECITON. EE WAS STANDING ON THE CONVEYOR SECTION WHICH WAS LESS THAN 6" FROM GROUND-LEVEL. EE SLIPPED AND FELL TO THE GROUND. GROUND CONDITIONS WER E WET AND SLIPPERY. EE WALKED THRU THE WET SLIPPERY AREA SURROUNDING THE CONVERYOR WHICH RESULTED IN POOR STABILITY ONCE THE EE STEPPED ONTO THE CONVEYOR PLATFORM. THE EE BACK WAS SORE THE FO
2000 · 1 incident
May 17, 2000MI · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A FRONT END LOADER. EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A PORTABLE SCREENING PLANT WHENA DISCHARGE CHUTE LOCATED UNDER THE SCREEN PLUGGEE RESULTING IN AN OVERLOADED STRUCTURE. THE EM PLOYEE CHUT THE SCREEN AND WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR THECHUTE WHEN THE STRUCTURE FAILED AS RESULT OF AN OVERLOADED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY THE CHUTE. EMPLOYEE SUFFERED A BROKEN COLLAR BON
1999 · 1 incident
September 23, 1999MI · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
FILL AREA WAS CONSTRUCTED IN A MANNER WHICH CREATED ABRUPT GRADE CHANGES. THE OPERATOR WAS TREATED & RELEASED & WILL RETURN TO WORK IN APPROX 1 WEEK. OPERATORS WERE INSTRUCTED TO EXCERCISE CAUTION CONSTRUCTING FILL AREAS SO AS NOT TO CREATE ABRUPT ELEVATION CHANGES INT HE WORK AREA
1996 · 1 incident
October 19, 1996MI · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING MAINTENANCE WORK ON CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE INADVERTENTLY PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON MOVING TAIL PULLEY ON CONVEYOR CAUSIG LEFT HAND TO BE CUT AND BRUISED.
June 4, 1993MI · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS FILLING A 300 GALLON PORTABLE DIESEL FUEL TANK FROM A LARGER STORAGE TANK. EMPLOYEE WAS ON TOP OF 300 GALLON PORTABLE TANK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON HIS LEFT WRIST.
1992 · 1 incident
August 28, 1992MI · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
FOREMAN WAS DOING MAINTENANCE WORK. FOREMAN ASKED ANOTHER EE FOR A SCREWDRIVER. THE EE TOSSED SCREWDRIVER. EE REACHED OUT TO CATCH SCREWDRIVER. SCREWDRIVER STRUCK EE ON RIGHT HAND EE DID NOT THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT BUT PROBLEM AROSE AT LATER DATE. EE REPORT THIS TO ME ON DEC 16.
1990 · 1 incident
June 23, 1990MI · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPL DRIVING ANOTHER EMPL PERSONAL PICKUP FROM BOTTOM OF PIT TO SCALE HOUSE ON TOP-PLACE OF WORK.RAN INTO PARKED WATER TRUCK PARKED OFF ROADWA.Y. OTHER EMPLOYEES REPORTED EMPL DRIVING ERRATIC ON WAY UP HILL.EMPL CANT GIVE REASON FOR ERRATIC DRIVING OR WHY RAN INTO PARKED WATER TRUCK.