PIONEER #6: 1 recorded fatality
Metal/Non-Metal
Livingston County,
MI
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Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002869
PIONEER #6 has $283 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 7
- Years on record
- 1992–2000
- Latest incident
- Apr 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 15 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
PIONEER #6 has $283 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-08-09.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
33.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
66.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 66.7% low, 33.3% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2001 |
4 |
| 2000 |
5 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
PIONEER #6 sits in Livingston County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Livingston County, Michigan · Population 195,143
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$101,315
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
| 2001 Q4 |
20 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 |
1,537 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 |
3,362 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 |
1,316 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 |
3,344 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 |
3,942 |
3 |
1 |
761.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
3,951 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q1 |
2,257 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
April 29, 1998
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
Fatality · MACHINERY
Waterland Trucking Service Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE WAS OPERATING A DOZER TO FREE A DISABLED TRUCK. THE EE BACKED THE DOZER TO THE REAR OF THE TRUCK AND UTILIZED A CHAIN TO TOW THE DIABLE TRUCK. THE CHAIN WAS PROPERLY ATTACHED TO THE PROVIDE D TOW HOOKS ON THE TRUCK/TRAILER AND THE DRAW BAR WAS UTILIZED ON THE DOZER THE CHAIN FAILED AND THE EE WAS STRUCK ON THE HEAD. THE SEVERITY OF THE INJURY WAS NOT FULLY KNOWN UNTIL LATER.
Reportable incidents
6 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2000 · 1 incident
April 18, 2000
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Waterland Trucking Service Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
REACHING OVER SCREEN DOCK TO CLEAN IT OFF, STRAINED BACK.
1996 · 1 incident
August 19, 1996
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Waterland Trucking Service Inc · Struck against stationary object
WHILE CLIMBING ONTO A DOZER, EE HIT HIS HEAD ON THE ROPS.
1994 · 3 incidents
November 12, 1994
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Waterland Trucking Service Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EE'S WERE DOING MAINTENANCE WORK ON CONVEYOR'S ROLLER FRAMES. EE'S WERE USING LOADER BUCKET AS WORK PLATFORM. WHEN BUCKET WAS LOWERED EE STEPPED OUT OF BUCKET ONTO GROUND -MUD COVERED - EE ST EPPED INTO RUT AND TWISTED ANKLE.
October 18, 1994
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING READY TO DO MAINTENANCE WORK ON LOADER. EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON TIRE OF LOADER REMOVING BOLTS ON HOOD SO HE COULD OPEN HOOD WHEN EMPLOYEE WENT TO OPEN HAND STRUCK LOADERS COUNTER WEIGHT CAUSING INJURY.
May 10, 1994
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Waterland Trucking Service Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
TRYING TO HOOK HITCH, WITH 5TH WHEEL PLATE ATTACHED, TO PIECE OF EQUIPMENT SO THAT THEY COULD MOVE EQUIPMENT! HITCH AND PLATE FELL ON EE'S RIGHT FOOT SMASHING IT.
1992 · 1 incident
Waterland Trucking Service Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HELPING DO REPAIR WORK DRIVING BOLTS HIT THUMB I WITH SLEDGE BOLT POPPED OUT FOREARM AND HIT L THUMB WITH SLEDGE