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PLANT #13: 37 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by M10 Inc
Brownsville, Dodge County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4703156

PLANT #13 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1999–2020
Latest incident
Oct 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
37
citations
5
significant & substantial
$4,143
proposed penalties
$3,453
paid to date
83% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $690 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See MICHELS ROAD & STONE, INC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
33
inspections on record
367
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: 367 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 #13 has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $944 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-03.
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.
13.5%
significant & substantial
8.1%
high negligence or reckless
8.1%
reasonably likely or greater
32.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 5.4% none, 27.0% low, 59.5% moderate, 8.1% 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.
13 citations taken to the federal commission · 35% of citations on record
  • Settled 9 · 69%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 15%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 8%
  • Still open 1 · 8%
75%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
40%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $944 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 2026-06-01.
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 2018-0281 Settlement Rae 2018 $481 → $236
LAKE 2013-244M Settlement Lewis 2013 $300 → $300
LAKE 2025-0037 Dismissal Simonton 2025 $294 → $0
LAKE 2013-53M Settlement Lewis 2013 $200 → $200
LAKE 2011-722M Settlement Zielinski 2012 $200 → $100
LAKE 2011-857M Settlement Harner 2012 $108 → $108
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: 2025-08-05
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-08-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.03 1 1.03 Supervisor, Co. Official
2025-08-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.66 0.26 Supervisor, Co. Official
2020-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Utility Man
2020-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.98 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-08-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-07-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 2.14 0.23 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. Michels Pipeline Construction Inc 1998 to 2005
  2. MICHELS CORPORATION 2005 to 2021
  3. MICHELS ROAD & STONE, INC 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 4
2021 5
2020 4
2019 4
2018 4
2017 3
2016 3
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 4
2011 4
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 2
2006 2
2005 3
2004 6
2003 5
2002 5
2001 4
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PLANT #13 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 2,923 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,907 1 0 524.4
2025 Q4 1,976 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,169 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,116 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 703 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,230 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,687 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,250 2 2 888.9
2024 Q1 1,881 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 986 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,115 2 0 945.6
2023 Q2 2,024 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 798 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,979 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,065 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,547 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,110 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,682 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,848 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,026 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 922 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,280 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,821 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,094 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,253 1 0 443.9
2019 Q3 2,832 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,464 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 645 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,316 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,856 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,546 2 1 785.5
2018 Q1 313 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,388 2 0 1440.9
2017 Q3 1,726 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,016 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 1,289 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,705 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,061 1 0 485.2
2016 Q1 550 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,211 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,803 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,098 2 0 645.6
2015 Q1 274 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,194 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,566 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,194 3 0 1367.4
2014 Q1 1,004 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,456 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,166 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,489 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 166 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,666 4 0 2401.0
2012 Q3 2,730 4 0 1465.2
2012 Q2 2,241 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 922 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,193 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,646 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,498 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 453 1 0 2207.5
2010 Q4 1,999 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,092 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,018 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 225 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,260 2 1 885.0
2009 Q3 2,832 3 0 1059.3
2009 Q2 860 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 2,560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,520 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,928 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 385 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,393 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 731 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 348 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 428 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 619 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 1 0
2005 Q4 605 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 937 2 0 2134.5
2005 Q2 2,489 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,402 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,331 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,634 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,140 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,196 1 1 455.4
2003 Q4 2,793 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,504 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,746 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,124 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,434 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,772 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,164 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,523 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,052 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,560 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 2,315 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,584 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,503 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,073 1 0 932.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2020 · 1 incident

October 14, 2020 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MICHELS CORPORATION · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Tailbone contusion, did not seek medical care prior to 10/28/20.

2019 · 2 incidents

August 2, 2019 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MICHELS CORPORATION · Fall from ladders

Changing a screen, went to come down ladder, miss stepped missing rung, lost grip and fell.

July 12, 2019 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
MICHELS CORPORATION · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Was working on jaw and tool spun heading hand causing fracture to hand

2010 · 1 incident

October 4, 2010 WI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
MICHELS CORPORATION · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE stepped out of equipment and twisted right ankle.

2008 · 1 incident

June 23, 2008 WI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman FIRE
MICHELS CORPORATION · Contact with hot objects or substances

burn to arm

1999 · 1 incident

October 13, 1999 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Michels Pipeline Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE REMOVED GUARDS TO CLEAN OUT AROUND PULLEY. EE DID NOT LOCK OUT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND GOT ARM CAUGHT BY PULLEY. EE BROKE LEFT ARM.