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: 150 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Island has $344 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.
$344
proposed penalties
$344
current assessed
$344
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-10-15.
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: 2024-09-18
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-09-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-09-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
0.78
0.46
Screen/Scalper Operator
2015-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
2
2025
2
2024
3
2023
2
2022
1
2021
1
2020
1
2019
2
2018
1
2017
1
2016
2
2015
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Island sits in Clinton County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Clinton County, Michigan · Population 79,419
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$85,928
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
445
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
368
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
488
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
451
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
1,993
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
1,118
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
1,325
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
1,339
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
735
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
938
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
798
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
722
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
760
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
779
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
541
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
160
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
368
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
369
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
308
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
649
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
688
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
39
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
356
1
0
2809.0
2020 Q3
365
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
189
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
180
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,600
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,166
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
759
1
0
1317.5
2019 Q1
694
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
534
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
346
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
711
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
55
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
94
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
889
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
902
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
601
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
752
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
700
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
694
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
82
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
604
1
0
1655.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2025 · 1 incident
June 20, 2025MI · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE twisted knee while performing maintenance work on a screen (no report filed at this time. A couple days later, EE felt it "pop" again and was unable to get out of the loader due to the pain. Incident was reported at this time and ee sought medical treatment. Was informed on 7/11 that EE had been put on work restrictions.