A rock was caught in tail pulley. Employee turned conveyor off, locked it out, and loosened belt to remove rock. Employee tried to turn the belt to roll the rock out. When the rock came out, the belt shifted, and the pulley grabbed employee's glove, pinching left index finger, causing a fracture.
Portable PLANT #103 Metal/Non-Metal
Aggregate Resources, Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Daniel R Balkema; Ralph T Balkema
Kalamazoo,
Kalamazoo County,
MI
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2001191
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2001–2020
- Latest incident
- Jan 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
26
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,901
proposed penalties
$2,629
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 | 182 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 483 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,137 | 1 | 0 | 879.5 |
| 2023 Q4 | 924 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file2020 · 1 incident
Aggregate Resources, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
2014 · 1 incident
September 8, 2014
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Aggregate Resources, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EE was adjusting jaw crusher. He put a pipe over the wrench, for leverage, & pushed on pipe. When he did, he said something in rt shoulder snapped. He said he told his supv about it, but didn't seek treatment thru employer. Employer found out several wks later that EE was being treated by his personal dr. Inj was determined to be work-related: torn rotator cuff, requiring surgery
2001 · 1 incident
June 11, 2001
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cole Brothers Contractors Inc · Fall from machine
EE WAS UNLOADING BLOCKS ON FLATBED TRAILER & STEPPED ON A CHAIN BINDER. IT SLID OUT FROM UNDER HIM CAUSING HIS LEGS TO SPLIT & HE THEN FELL OFF THE TRUCK.