Mining Incidents

Winkelman: 13 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Winkelman Excavating · Surface
Controlled by Chris Winkelman
Lewiston, Montmorency County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2003038

Winkelman has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $228 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 2009
13
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,774
proposed penalties
$1,546
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $228 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
23
inspections on record
218
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: 218 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Winkelman has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $228 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$228
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-11-14.
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.
30.8%
significant & substantial
30.8%
high negligence or reckless
30.8%
reasonably likely or greater
23.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.7% low, 61.5% moderate, 30.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Winkelman Excavating 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 1
2012 0
2011 0
2010 0
2009 0
2008 0
2007 0
2006 2
2002 0
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Winkelman sits in Montmorency County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Montmorency County, Michigan · Population 9,372
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$47,803
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
2014 Q2 40 2 1 50000.0
2012 Q2 0 0 0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 0 0 0
2011 Q2 0 0 0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 2 1
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 3 1
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 0 0 0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 25 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 29 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 23 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 77 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1 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.