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Plant #12: 71 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by M10 Inc
Brownsville, Dodge County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4702914

Plant #12 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1991–2021
Latest incident
Apr 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
71
citations
10
significant & substantial
$7,062
proposed penalties
$6,979
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $83 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See MICHELS ROAD & STONE, INC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
34
inspections on record
526
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: 526 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Plant #12 has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
70 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-04-30.
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.
14.1%
significant & substantial
7.0%
high negligence or reckless
14.1%
reasonably likely or greater
47.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.4% low, 67.6% moderate, 7.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
12 citations taken to the federal commission · 17% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 33%
  • Stood as issued 7 · 58%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 8%
33%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
15%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2024-11-05.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2015-0099 Dismissal Lesnick 2015 $400 → $400
LAKE 2025-0035 Settlement McCarthy 2025 $294 → $147
LAKE 2023-0176 Dismissal Moran 2023 $286 → $286
LAKE 2018-0329 Settlement McCarthy 2018 $163 → $118
LAKE 2015-0541 Settlement Barbour 2015 $138 → $100
LAKE 2022-0178 Dismissal Simonton 2022 $133 → $133
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-07-24
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-04-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.17 1.00 Bobcat Operator
2025-07-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2025-07-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-07-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-07-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-10-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.23 1.72 0.72 Utility Man
2020-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2008-06-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 0.55 0.98 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Edward E Gillen Company 1990 to 1996
  2. Michels Pipeline Construction Inc 1996 to 2005
  3. Michels Corporation 2005 to 2021
  4. MICHELS ROAD & STONE, INC 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 4
2024 4
2023 4
2022 4
2021 4
2020 5
2019 5
2018 4
2017 4
2016 4
2015 4
2014 3
2013 4
2012 5
2011 3
2010 4
2009 4
2008 3
2007 4
2006 5
2005 4
2004 7
2003 6
2002 6
2001 5
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant #12 sits in Dodge County, Wisconsin, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Dodge County, Wisconsin · Population 88,818
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$73,992
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 2,369 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 219 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,401 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,674 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,297 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 1,879 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,180 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,333 1 0 428.6
2024 Q1 149 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,860 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,320 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,628 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,077 2 0 1857.0
2022 Q4 1,585 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,108 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,462 3 1 866.6
2022 Q1 88 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,171 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,065 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,297 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 2,876 1 0 347.7
2020 Q3 4,203 1 0 237.9
2020 Q2 4,138 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 549 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,858 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,191 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,057 2 0 493.0
2019 Q1 1,087 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,804 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,335 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,231 5 0 2241.1
2018 Q1 832 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,225 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,562 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,459 1 0 406.7
2017 Q1 154 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,651 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,966 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,382 1 0 419.8
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 1,816 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,063 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,264 7 1 2144.6
2015 Q1 281 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,452 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,924 7 0 2394.0
2014 Q2 2,397 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 3,062 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,219 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,300 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 2,338 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,160 1 0 316.5
2012 Q2 2,952 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,649 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,215 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,926 2 0 683.5
2011 Q2 3,127 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 2,774 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,737 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,146 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 923 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,973 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,598 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,300 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 253 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,458 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,820 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,512 3 0 1194.3
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 2,810 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,070 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,196 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 303 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,694 1 0 270.7
2006 Q3 3,363 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,468 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,625 2 0 761.9
2005 Q4 2,291 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,157 2 0 633.5
2005 Q2 3,072 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 579 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,472 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,351 2 0 596.8
2004 Q2 3,754 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 513 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,462 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,803 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,592 3 1 835.2
2003 Q1 1,512 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,708 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,827 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,069 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 127 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,467 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,432 18 6 4061.4
2001 Q2 3,067 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 2,414 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,050 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,792 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2021 · 1 incident

2017 · 1 incident

August 29, 2017 WI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Michels Corporation · Struck against a moving object

Cheek laceration from coming in contact with a scale in cab.

2007 · 1 incident

July 27, 2007 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Michels Corporation · Struck by falling object

Material landed on hand.

2001 · 1 incident

June 29, 2001 WI · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator MACHINERY
Michels Pipeline Construction Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PINCHING IN LOWER BACK AFTER USING HYDRAULIC SPLITTER.

1992 · 1 incident

November 25, 1992 WI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Edward E Gillen Company · Struck by falling object

AT THE TIME WE WERE PLACING JAW DIE INTO. POSITION INJURED SIGNALED FOR DOWN. CRAN BEGAN TO LIFT CHAIN BROKE DIE FELL DOWN AND HIT INJURED'S LEFT ANKLE LEFT SHOULDER LEFT LUNG LEFT RIB LEFT FOOT.

1991 · 3 incidents

May 30, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Edward E Gillen Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

POUNDING APART WALLS IN T HE CONE TUBE WE HAD A TOOTH IN FOR A WEDGE I STRUCK IT ONCE A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF FROM IT & LODGED IN RT THIGH

May 11, 1991 WI · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Edward E Gillen Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PRYING ABART METAL FRAME TO GET A 4X4 INTO HOLD IT APART. EE TOOK A SECOND BIT AND THE PRY BAR CAME LOOSE & STRUCK HIM IN FACE ON LEFT SIDE.