MINE DETAILS
Michel Mine
MSHA MINE ID4100055
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Michel Mine30.57278, -98.28417Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-13. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
0reported short tons
Hours worked
198,728reported employee hours
Tons per hour
0.00production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 33,338 | 0.00 | 58 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 34,923 | 0.00 | 59 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 34,220 | 0.00 | 56 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 31,088 | 0.00 | 55 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 32,266 | 0.00 | 55 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 32,893 | 0.00 | 55 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
5310 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
90 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
26,170.0051 of 53 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
352.758 inspections · 8 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 8 | 2 | 2,698.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38.8 |
| 2025-Q2 | 8 | 0 | 1,324.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 40.0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 6 | 0 | 1,022.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38.8 |
| 2025-Q4 | 16 | 6 | 13,317.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 64.3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 8 | 2 | 7,028.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 47.0 |
| 2026-Q2 | 5 | 0 | 781.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 83.5 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 40.5 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
57.14100(b)
57.4201(a)(2)
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 40.5 on-site hours
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
While walking to their truck in the gravel parking lot, the truck driver's left foot slipped and they fell landing on their right ankle breaking it.
NONPOWERED HAULAGE · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
While moving a diesel fan, the trailer disconnected from the truck. In the process of reattaching the trailer, the trailer shifted and started to roll. The miner rolled out of the way of the trailer and dislocated their shoulder.
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Laboratory technician was working with a box cutter knife when they went to preform a task in the lab. The knife slipped from their hand resulting in them instinctually catching the knife and causing the knife to cut their thumb.
57.14211(c) · $151.00 proposed
57.20003(a) · $151.00 proposed
57.14112(b) · $177.00 proposed
57.12030 · $151.00 proposed
57.14207 · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 63.0 on-site hours
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 20.5 on-site hours
MACHINERY · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
After using plasma cutter, maintenance personnel lifted their face shield dislodging metal dust onto their face. Some of the dust went behind their safety glasses and into their left eye. Metal debris was removed from eye and antibiotic drops prescribed.
57.12028 · $165.00 proposed
57.15007 · S&S · $4,749.00 proposed
57.14112(a) · S&S · $959.00 proposed
57.12008 · $193.00 proposed
57.14112(b) · $288.00 proposed
57.14206(b) · $193.00 proposed
57.14112(a)(1) · $288.00 proposed
57.13012 · $193.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 47.0 on-site hours
57.14107(a) · S&S · $1,431.00 proposed
57.11001 · $193.00 proposed
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-13.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
OWNERSHIP
Operator and controller history
Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.
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J M Huber CorpcontrolsHuber Carbonates, LLCoperatesMichel Mine
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4100055—
J M Huber CorpcontrolsHuber Carbonates, LLCoperatesMichel Mine
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 4100055Other historical summaries · source-specific periods
RECORD SUMMARY
Production, safety and enforcement
These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.
01 / SAFETYwatch
Accidents and injuries
45 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,320 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD22 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
572 violation rows across the full record; 88 carry an S&S flag and $179,797 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY258 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
144 personal; 2 area. 4 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE146 samples
personal-health-samplesarea-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
33K employee hours and 55 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
48 contested-violation rows, 48 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 48 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE144 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions06 / CONTRACTORScontext
Contractors
Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT8 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
146 inspection events and 5K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE32 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 16 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Personal silica samples · concentration / limit
Quarterly mean · published C/E ratio
— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.
Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.
| Date / sample | Dataset / analyte | Occupation / area | Measurement | Sample status | Published action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000000202601658500 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Complete Load-Haul-Dump | 0× published limitConcentration: 0000.35 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F037A10 |
| 000000202601658700 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Bagging Operator | 0× published limitConcentration: 0000.17 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F037A10 |
| 000000202601658800 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Building Repair/Maint. | 0.25× published limitConcentration: 0000.34 · limit: 0001.35Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F037A10 |
Sources and interpretation
- Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
- Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
- Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
- Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
- Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.
Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗
EIA + TITLE 30
EIA production and cited regulations
EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.
Not present in the 2024 EIA coal workbook.
This can mean the operation is non-coal, inactive for the annual period, or outside the EIA-7A reporting population.
30 CFR 57.14100Safety defects; examination, correction and records.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 57.4201Inspection.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 57.14211Blocking equipment in a raised position.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 57.20003Housekeeping.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 57.14112Construction and maintenance of guards.3 recent rows ↗30 CFR 57.12030Correction of dangerous conditions.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 57.14207Parking procedures for unattended equipment.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 57.12028Testing grounding systems.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
517829357.14100(b)Citation
517491057.4201(a)(2)Citation
517687457.14211(c)Citation
979839057.20003(a)Citation
517687357.14112(b)Citation
500871357.12030Citation
500871257.14207Citation
500865657.12028Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Respirable dust, <.1mgCrusher Oper/Worker
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
TC @ 160Scaling (mechanical)
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0160.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, total, <1% QtzScaling (mechanical)
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, total, <1% QtzBlaster, Powder Gang
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, total, <1% QtzBlaster, Powder Gang
C/E: 00.01Concentration: 0000.13 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzPackaging Operations Worker
C/E: 00.02Concentration: 0000.16 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
16 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors45Jun 16, 2000—Aug 17, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Nov 13, 1973—Nov 13, 1973mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal570Aug 15, 2000—Apr 21, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal48Sep 16, 2013—May 1, 2025mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal48May 6, 2006—Jun 23, 2026mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal48Feb 5, 2013—Aug 23, 2023mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety1,365Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety325Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance2Jan 1, 1977—Jan 1, 2015mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance369Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance95Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance146Feb 29, 2000—Sep 14, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety2Aug 3, 2023—Aug 3, 2023mine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety144Jan 9, 2003—Apr 21, 2026mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal572Aug 15, 2000—Sep 15, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
NOTES
Limitations
- Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
- Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.