Mining Incidents

ROPES MILL: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Tom Quigley; David Brown
Champion, Marquette County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002985

MSHA record for ROPES MILL (mine ID 2002985). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1997
Latest incident
Jul 1997
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
4
inspections on record
17
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: 17 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Minerals Processing Corp 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 0
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

ROPES MILL sits in Marquette County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 2.7% 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.
Marquette County, Michigan · Population 66,430
2.7%
Mining share of county employment
$64,675
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
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 96 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,440 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,672 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1997 · 1 incident

July 17, 1997 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Minerals Processing Corp · Fall onto or against objects

SUPER SACK SLIPPED OFF SCALE KNOCKING EE DOWN ON HIS BACK AND CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE THE BACK OF HIS NECK ON MACHINE BEHIND HIM CAUSING SORE BACK & NECK.