Mining Incidents

Portable PLANT #103 Metal/Non-Metal

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 file

2020 · 1 incident

January 29, 2020 MI · Metal/Non-Metal master mechanic, foreman, supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggregate Resources, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

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.

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.