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PW-8: 2 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Payne & Dolan, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Kurt Bechthold
Iron River, MI, Iron County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003376

PW-8 has $294 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2023
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$294
proposed penalties
$294
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Payne & Dolan, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
13
inspections on record
135
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: 135 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PW-8 has $294 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.
$294
proposed penalties
$294
current assessed
$294
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-05.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
100.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2018-07-11, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
1
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2018-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.72 0.32 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. Payne & Dolan, Inc. 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 2
2024 2
2023 3
2022 1
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 3
2010 0
2009 1
2008 0
2007 1
2006 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PW-8 sits in Iron County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Iron County, Michigan · Population 11,650
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$53,614
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 1,008 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 1,132 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,603 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,798 1 0 556.2
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 1,105 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 936 0 0 0.0
Show 36 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 877 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 798 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,715 1 0 583.1
2023 Q2 1,950 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 83 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 354 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 624 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 564 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 909 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 567 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 170 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 753 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 765 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 856 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 585 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 811 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 606 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 670 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,715 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 455 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 823 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 59 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 172 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 63 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 62 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 53 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.