Mining Incidents

Paquin Pit and Mill: 5 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Paquin & Sons Inc · Surface
Controlled by James G Paquin
Gladstone, Delta County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2000815

Paquin Pit and Mill has $354 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
1
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Jul 1989
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
5
citations
1
significant & substantial
$354
proposed penalties
$354
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
15
inspections on record
81
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: 81 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Paquin Pit and Mill has $354 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.
$354
proposed penalties
$354
current assessed
$354
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-08-29.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
80.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Paquin & Sons Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2009 2
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 2
2003 3
2002 4
2001 3
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Paquin Pit and Mill sits in Delta County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Delta County, Michigan · Population 36,829
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$54,829
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
2009 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 851 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,238 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 763 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,127 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,209 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 747 0 0 0.0
Show 24 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q1 110 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,039 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,399 2 0 1429.6
2006 Q2 1,271 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,146 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,534 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,161 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 100 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,271 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,495 1 1 668.9
2004 Q2 1,188 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 774 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 691 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,440 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,600 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,240 2 0 1612.9
2001 Q3 2,080 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,280 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1989 · 1 incident

July 19, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Paquin & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS OPERATING A DISC GRINDER IT SLIPPED AND CUT HIS LEFT FOREARM REQUIRING 9 STITCHES.