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UNIVERSAL: 44 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Rodney Wells
Gladstone, Delta County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2003077

UNIVERSAL has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $400 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2004–2010
Latest incident
Nov 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
44
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,065
proposed penalties
$3,665
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $400 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See R. Wells Contracting Corp's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
32
inspections on record
298
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: 298 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

UNIVERSAL has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $400 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$400
outstanding
44 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-05-28.
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.
20.5%
significant & substantial
2.3%
high negligence or reckless
20.5%
reasonably likely or greater
52.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.1% low, 88.6% moderate, 2.3% 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: 2002-07-24, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-07-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 1.11 0.38 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-07-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.27 0.24 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Wells Contracting Llc 1998 to 2007
  2. R. Wells Contracting Corp 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2013 3
2012 4
2011 3
2010 3
2009 3
2008 4
2007 2
2006 3
2005 5
2004 5
2003 2
2002 3
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

UNIVERSAL sits in Delta 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.
Delta County, Michigan · Population 36,829
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$54,829
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
2013 Q2 438 3 0 6849.3
2013 Q1 440 3 1 6818.2
2012 Q4 1,655 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,389 4 1 1674.3
2012 Q2 2,405 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,223 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,754 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,737 3 2 802.8
Show 41 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2011 Q2 852 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 1,149 2 2 1740.6
2010 Q3 2,552 5 0 1959.2
2010 Q2 1,140 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1,953 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,308 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 928 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,957 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,172 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,271 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 703 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,400 2 0 1428.6
2007 Q3 1,697 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 40 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,040 2 1 1923.1
2006 Q3 2,620 1 0 381.7
2006 Q2 1,240 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 410 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,025 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,296 5 1 1517.0
2005 Q2 2,640 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,884 4 0 1387.0
2004 Q1 389 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,555 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,697 1 0 589.3
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,540 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,660 2 0 1204.8
2002 Q2 1,112 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 975 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 928 6 1 6465.5
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 535 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,110 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,052 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 741 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2010 · 1 incident

November 15, 2010 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
R. Wells Contracting Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Conditions were clear pickup truck engine running (diesel). EE was taking shoring blocks off of jaw crusher. Both men on ground and man on jaw made eye contact and what man on jaw thought verbal also. Man tossed off block and struck other man on the ground in the head, knocking him unconscious. Man on ground had to get stitches and staples in his head.

2004 · 1 incident

June 15, 2004 MI · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wells Contracting Llc · Fall from machine

Slip/Fall from machine while taking tinware off engine compartment.