Mining Incidents

Telsmith Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Olan Cole
Battle Creek, Calhoun County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002663

Telsmith Plant #1 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1994–2001
Latest incident
Nov 2001
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
36
citations
7
significant & substantial
$2,994
proposed penalties
$2,900
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $94 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
22
inspections on record
304
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: 304 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Telsmith Plant #1 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-07-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 1,222 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 408 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 189 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,042 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 271 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 772 0 0 0.0
Show 34 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 96 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,955 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,540 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,381 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,077 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,302 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,786 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,130 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,468 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,808 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 822 1 0 1216.5
2005 Q2 2,711 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 0 0 0
2004 Q3 2,914 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,017 1 0 495.8
2004 Q1 0 1 0
2003 Q4 2,784 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,420 3 0 877.2
2003 Q2 3,057 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 552 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,099 3 1 1429.3
2002 Q3 3,103 2 0 644.5
2002 Q2 3,232 2 0 618.8
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 2,484 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,281 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,888 2 1 692.5
2001 Q1 439 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,211 9 4 2802.9
2000 Q3 2,161 11 1 5090.2
2000 Q2 4,347 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 392 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2001 · 1 incident

November 27, 2001 MI · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Battle Creek Gravel Co Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS HOOKING UP THE PUP TRAILER BRAKES RELEASED CAUSING TRAILER TO ROLL BACKWARDS CATCHING SMALLFINGER ON HAND TO BE BECOME PINCHED BETWEEN TRAILER & SAFETY CHAIN

2000 · 2 incidents

November 1, 2000 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Battle Creek Gravel Co Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING EUCLID TRUCK TURNED TO LOOK AT CONE BECAUSE IT WAS FILLING UP. SLIPPED & FELL DOWN THREE(3) STEPS ON LEFT SIDE.

July 11, 2000 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Battle Creek Gravel Co Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING A GRAVEL PILE ON THE BELTUNDER THE SCREEN WHEN HE JAMMED HIS HAND ON THE STEEL BEAM. HE WAS WEARING GLOVES.

1999 · 1 incident

October 11, 1999 MI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Battle Creek Gravel Co Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE EUCLID TRUCK, SLIPPED ON THE STEPS AND FELL ON HIS KNEE. THE STEPS WERE WET AND MUDDY WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE INJURY. THE RIGHT KNEE WAS BADLY BRUISED AND SWOLLEN.

1994 · 2 incidents

November 3, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Battle Creek Gravel Co Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SLIPPED WHILE CLEANING ROCKS OFF WALKWAY OF HYDRAULIC GRIZZLY, PUTTING HANDS OUT TO CATCH HIS BALANCE IN TURN PLACING HIS HAND UNDER GRIZZLY.

October 7, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Battle Creek Gravel Co Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SQUATTING DOWN TO PICK UP A BLOCK, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO GET UP FROM A DEEP SQUAT POSITION HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LEFT KNEE. EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO TAKE CARE OF INJURY HIMSELF TO NO AVAIL. AFTER A WEEK OR SO PAIN AND SWELLING CONTINUED, HE CONSULTED, HE CONSULTED WITH A DR.10-18-94 AND WAS SEEN AGAIN A WEEK LATER, AT WHICH TIME SURGERY WAS SCHEDULED.

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The full compliance file on Telsmith Plant #1

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.