Ludington Pit & Mill has $9K 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
4
Years on record
2013–2018
Latest incident
Jan 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
64
citations
10
significant & substantial
$8,783
proposed penalties
$8,783
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 741 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ludington Pit & Mill has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-05-25.
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: 2024-06-26
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2018-03-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.82
0.76
1.08
Warehouse Man
2024-06-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2024-06-26
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
10
0.02
Laborer, Bullgang
2018-03-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.6
0.58
Laborer, Bullgang
2015-04-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Kiln/Dryer Operator
2015-04-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
1.19
0.14
Truck Loader
2012-06-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.84
0.35
Washer Operator
2012-06-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
1.08
0.41
Mechanic
2011-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer 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.
Ludington Pit & Mill recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2018.
Injury rate, 2018
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.95 and the all-US-mining average was 2.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Michigan, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.64 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
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2014 *
3.06
0.00
0.000
2013 *
5.53
0.00
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
2026
2
2025
2
2024
2
2023
2
2022
3
2021
3
2020
3
2019
8
2018
25
2017
18
2016
9
2015
21
2014
26
2013
14
2012
5
2011
2
2010
2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Ludington Pit & Mill sits in Mason County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 1.0% 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.
Mason County, Michigan · Population 29,177
1.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,296
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
Loader operator noticed smoke coming from under feed hopper. Contacted plant operator. Plant operator called 911. Attempted to extinguish fire with fire extinguisher. Unsuccessful. Loader operator saw fire going up incline. Went to top of tower to extinguish with extinguisher. Unsuccessful and retreated to safe location.
2016 · 1 incident
December 20, 2016MI · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The crew was unrolling cable from a spool. The employee was still holding on to the cable when the spool moved backwards. The employee did not report any issue until 8/2/2013 when he claimed the cable jerked him and complained of a strain in his lower back. Employee was sent to the doctor on 8/2/2013 and the doctor recommened physical therapy, which was completed on 10/10/2013.