Mining Incidents

NIETHAMMER TRANSPORT: 35 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Niethammer Transport, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Robert Niethammer
Saline, Washtenaw County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003124

NIETHAMMER TRANSPORT has $4K 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 2001
35
citations
12
significant & substantial
$4,479
proposed penalties
$4,479
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
34
inspections on record
393
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: 393 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

NIETHAMMER TRANSPORT has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-17.
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.
34.3%
significant & substantial
2.9%
high negligence or reckless
34.3%
reasonably likely or greater
51.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.4% low, 85.7% moderate, 2.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2025-11-18
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-11-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-11-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.52 0.69 Truck Driver
2023-05-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2016-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-04-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Niethammer Transport, Inc. 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 3
2014 3
2013 2
2012 3
2011 3
2010 2
2009 4
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

NIETHAMMER TRANSPORT sits in Washtenaw 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.
Washtenaw County, Michigan · Population 368,394
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$87,156
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 331 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 184 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 599 1 0 1669.4
2025 Q3 757 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 558 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 184 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 797 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 654 3 0 4587.2
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 442 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 590 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 664 3 2 4518.1
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 802 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 865 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 660 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 438 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 586 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 630 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 117 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 433 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 759 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 510 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 481 1 0 2079.0
2019 Q3 912 2 0 2193.0
2019 Q2 662 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 37 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 403 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 806 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 812 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 28 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 615 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 914 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 984 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 270 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 456 1 0 2193.0
2016 Q3 886 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 889 2 0 2249.7
2016 Q1 109 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 670 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 697 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 847 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 573 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 771 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 871 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 394 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 587 1 0 1703.6
2013 Q2 595 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 41 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 236 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 646 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 749 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 181 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 515 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 636 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 530 1 0 1886.8
2011 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 376 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 623 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 807 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 83 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 408 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 903 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 931 1 1 1074.1
2009 Q1 165 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 343 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 497 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 617 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 142 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 512 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 533 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 946 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 328 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 708 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,402 2 1 1426.5
2006 Q2 1,123 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 125 2 2 16000.0
2005 Q4 476 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 943 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 392 7 4 17857.1
2005 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 464 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,354 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,247 2 0 1603.8
2004 Q1 170 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 578 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,023 1 0 977.5
2003 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 654 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 944 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 904 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 256 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 546 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 744 5 2 6720.4
2001 Q2 775 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 234 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,031 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 364 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 215 0 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.