Rock became lodged in vibrating feeder, shut down equipment and locked out. Employee went in feeder to dislodge rock. When doing so employee's foot was hit by metal skirt board bouncing off steel toe boot and broke little toe.
JONESVILLE Metal/Non-Metal
Gerken Materials Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
Brent Gerken; Michael J Gerken
Jonesville,
Hillsdale County,
MI
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2002932
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2000–2016
- Latest incident
- May 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
54
citations
19
significant & substantial
$11,217
proposed penalties
$11,217
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 | 3,616 | 1 | 0 | 276.5 |
| 2025 Q3 | 5,930 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 5,361 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,676 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 5,184 | 2 | 0 | 385.8 |
| 2024 Q3 | 6,125 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 5,916 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,029 | 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
5 on file2016 · 1 incident
Glacial Sand & Gravel LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
2003 · 1 incident
Glacial Sand & Gravel · No Value Found
WHILE PUTTING PATCH ON PIPE FINE, USING CUMALONG TO SQUEASE PATCH AROUND PIPE CHARM BROKE AND HIT IN LEFT KNEE. THERE IS SWELLING AND BRUISE.
2000 · 3 incidents
July 17, 2000
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Glacial Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
ALLEGED ACCIDENT OCCURRED THROUGHT CONTINUOUS MOTION OF RIGHT ELBOW. ELBOW GETS TIGHT.
March 27, 2000
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
MACHINERY
Glacial Sand & Gravel · Flash burns (welding)
WELDER BURN IN EYES.
Glacial Sand & Gravel · Struck against stationary object
WORKING ON SAND SCREEN AT MINE HIT LEFT KNUCKLE ON A BOLT AND PAIN FROM HEAT FROM EXCESSIVE CLOTHES CAUSED HIM TO LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS FOR AWHILE.