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Kiell Pit Metal/Non-Metal

American Aggregate, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Christine Hecht; Jerrad Grinstead

Niles, Berrien County, MI · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 2000764

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2006–2012
Latest incident: Dec 2012

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2003

136

citations

significant & substantial

$27,361

proposed penalties

$24,329

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	1,838	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	1,770	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	1,693	2	1	1181.3
2025 Q1	1,499	1	1	667.1
2024 Q4	1,734	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	1,696	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	1,738	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	1,543	3	1	1944.3

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 1 incident

December 11, 2012 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

American Aggregate, Inc. · Fall from machine

Cold icy morning, conveyor was started to empty remaining dirt in feed hopper. EE positioned his truck approx 15 ft away from conveyor to investigate slippage occurring at head pulley. He stepped up on truck to get a better view and slipped off falling approx 5 1/2 ft. He dislocated elbow and cut his head on window shell during fall. Sling for arm & approx 6 sutures

2006 · 1 incident

November 20, 2006 MI · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management POWERED HAULAGE

American Aggregate, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Volvo L-150D Wheel Loader was traveling south on surface that was not the road. Road was located to the east. The operator stopped & backed up per supervisor. Instead of continuing to back up & take the road, he then drove forward onto the working face of the "pipline pit area". Upon doing so, the loader tipped & fell approx 10-12'. He incurred cut to forehead & rec'd 13 stitches.