Mining Incidents

PIONEER #6 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rick Massuch
Livingston County, MI  ·  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
3
citations
1
significant & substantial
$283
proposed penalties
$283
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
3
inspections on record
15
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: 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
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$283
proposed penalties
$283
current assessed
$283
paid to date
$0
outstanding
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.
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
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
Waterland Trucking Service Inc · Fall from machine

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

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