Mining Incidents

SCREEN PLANT: 23 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

VERN HUYCK TRUCKING, INC. · Surface
Pickford, MI, Chippewa County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2003117

SCREEN PLANT has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 1 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 2001
23
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,397
proposed penalties
$398
paid to date
9% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,999 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
25
inspections on record
176
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: 176 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2015-05-19.
On record since 2015.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

SCREEN PLANT has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 1 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
$398
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-08-30.
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.
13.6%
significant & substantial
18.2%
high negligence or reckless
13.6%
reasonably likely or greater
36.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.6% low, 68.2% moderate, 18.2% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2015-10-14.
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 2016-0027 Default Lesnick 2016 $2K → $2K
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Vern Huyck Trucking Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 1
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 1
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SCREEN PLANT sits in Chippewa County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Chippewa County, Michigan · Population 36,448
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$60,631
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
2018 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 25 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 40 4 0 100000.0
2016 Q2 39 0 0 0.0
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 0 0 0
2015 Q3 72 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 18 7 2 388888.9
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 21 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1 5 0 5000000.0
2014 Q2 7 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 4 0
2012 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 72 2 1 27777.8
2009 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 55 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 86 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 0 0 0
2006 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 75 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 95 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 102 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 49 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 0 0 0
2003 Q3 80 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 22 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 390 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 15 1 0 66666.7
2001 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 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.