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PLANT #2: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by M10 Inc
Brownsville, Dodge County, WI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 4702789

PLANT #2 has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1993–2015
Latest incident
Sep 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
30
citations
6
significant & substantial
$42,752
proposed penalties
$26,602
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,150 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See MICHELS ROAD & STONE, INC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
35
inspections on record
716
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: 716 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 #2 has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$27K
current assessed
$27K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $41K in penalties contested before the Commission, $25K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-25.
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.
20.7%
significant & substantial
6.9%
high negligence or reckless
20.7%
reasonably likely or greater
34.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.2% low, 75.9% moderate, 6.9% 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.
16 citations taken to the federal commission · 53% of citations on record
  • Settled 12 · 75%
  • Stood as issued 4 · 25%
100%
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 10 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
43%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$44K proposed, $25K 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 2020-10-26.
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 2006-25M Settlement Barbour 2006 $40K → $24K
LAKE 2006-20M Settlement Barbour 2006 $1K → $1K
LAKE 2010-993M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $200 → $200
LAKE 2021-0007 Settlement Bulluck 2021 $123 → $123
LAKE 2013-242M Settlement Zielinski 2013 $100 → $100
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: 2025-08-07
8
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-08-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-09-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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 1985 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 3
2025 2
2024 3
2023 2
2022 1
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 1
2016 3
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 3
2011 4
2010 4
2009 4
2008 3
2007 4
2006 4
2005 4
2004 4
2003 5
2002 6
2001 5
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PLANT #2 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 795 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 664 1 0 1506.0
2025 Q4 1,455 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 938 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 610 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 304 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 702 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,716 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 888 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 673 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 933 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,158 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 833 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 559 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 88 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 298 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,019 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,062 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,057 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 1,075 1 0 930.2
2020 Q2 625 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 655 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 651 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,767 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,455 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 49 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 703 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 688 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,286 1 0 777.6
2018 Q1 186 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 511 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 189 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 531 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,449 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,526 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 405 3 0 7407.4
2015 Q4 1,851 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,213 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,957 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 838 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,682 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,492 1 0 670.2
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,403 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,636 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,357 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 1,645 1 0 607.9
2012 Q3 2,331 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,584 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 244 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,218 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,765 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,995 4 0 1335.6
2011 Q1 228 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,910 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,642 3 0 1135.5
2010 Q2 3,115 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 678 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,909 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,162 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,119 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 635 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,562 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,531 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,572 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 2,135 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,376 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,835 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,634 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,837 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,918 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,420 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,431 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,443 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,445 4 2 1636.0
2005 Q2 2,251 4 3 1777.0
2005 Q1 833 1 0 1200.5
2004 Q4 1,888 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,497 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,083 1 0 480.1
2004 Q1 647 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,176 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,768 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,204 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,853 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,478 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,907 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,599 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,017 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 937 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,702 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,138 5 1 1593.4
2001 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,131 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,891 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,934 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,091 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
May 23, 2005 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Michels Pipeline Construction Inc · Struck by falling object

(MSHA Report of Investigation: Loading a steel plate (5' wide x 10' long x 3/4" thick; approx. 1,500 lbs.) onto flatbed truck using chain attached to front-end loader. The victim was on bed of the truck steadying & guiding plate onto the truck when the hook (no safety latch) became detached from the plate, and the victim & plate fell to the ground. Plate crushed victim.)

Reportable incidents

4 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2015 · 1 incident

September 11, 2015 WI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
MICHELS CORPORATION · Contact with hot objects or substances

hand touched torch-- causing burn to right hand (thumb, palm and pinky)

2001 · 1 incident

2000 · 1 incident

March 21, 2000 WI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Michels Pipeline Construction Inc · Fall down stairs

EE WALKED OUT OF TOOL TRAILER. HE GOT HIS SLEEVE CAUGHT ON RAILINGS. THIS CAUSED HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE AND SLIP DOWN THE STEPS. HIS SLEEVE WAS STILL CAUGHT ON THE RAIL TEARING HIS ROTATOR C UFF.

1993 · 1 incident