Mining Incidents

PW-8 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.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
12
inspections on record
127
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: 127 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.
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
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
2024 Q2 877 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 34 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
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.

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