Mining Incidents

BURNS #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kenneth M Burns
Litchfield, Hillsdale County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003016

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
42
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,298
proposed penalties
$4,298
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 9 1 1 111111.1
2025 Q3 91 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 132 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 79 1 0 12658.2
2024 Q3 29 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 189 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1 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

1 on file

2025 · 1 incident

November 14, 2025 MI · Metal/Non-Metal trespasser POWERED HAULAGE
M W Burns Excavating & Gravel · Struck against a moving object

On 11/14/2025 at approximately 9:24 am a person drove off the roadway into our pond. They were not an employee. No employees/owner were present when this accident occurred. It is being investigated by the Hillsdale County Sheriff Dept.