Mining Incidents

Nordine Portable: 58 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Nordine Contracting Co. · Surface
Controlled by John Marlo Nordine
Bergland, MI, Ontonagon County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003433

Nordine Portable 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
58
citations
15
significant & substantial
$8,985
proposed penalties
$8,985
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
38
inspections on record
292
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: 292 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Nordine Portable 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
57 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-20.
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.
25.9%
significant & substantial
8.6%
high negligence or reckless
25.9%
reasonably likely or greater
34.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.9% low, 84.5% moderate, 8.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Nordine Contracting Co. 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 2
2024 2
2023 1
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Nordine Portable sits in Ontonagon County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.
Ontonagon County, Michigan · Population 5,870
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$51,844
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 188 1 0 5319.1
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 284 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 248 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 270 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 496 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,320 0 0 0.0
Show 60 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 830 13 4 15662.7
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 284 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 272 1 0 3676.5
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 228 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 284 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 134 5 0 37313.4
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 294 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 328 3 0 9146.3
2021 Q2 314 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 272 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 330 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 184 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 268 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 428 2 2 4672.9
2019 Q2 87 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 32 1 0 31250.0
2018 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 426 5 1 11737.1
2018 Q2 164 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 420 2 0 4761.9
2017 Q2 264 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 274 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 330 4 1 12121.2
2016 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 280 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 410 8 2 19512.2
2015 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 290 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 144 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 248 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 170 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 480 3 2 6250.0
2012 Q2 162 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 288 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 384 8 3 20833.3
2011 Q2 340 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 46 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 162 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 212 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 128 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 320 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.