Mining Incidents

MOOSE LAKE AGGREGATES LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ken Smith
Niles, Cass County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003081

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2013–2016
Latest incident
May 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
183
citations
47
significant & substantial
$214,969
proposed penalties
$114,559
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 3,381 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,000 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,637 5 2 1078.3
2025 Q1 2,615 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,521 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,257 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,334 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,282 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

4 on file

2016 · 2 incidents

May 26, 2016 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Moose Lake Aggregates, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Putting drive belt on pulleys and drive belt caught glove and smashed finger between pulley and belt.

April 13, 2016 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Moose Lake Aggregates, LLC · Struck against stationary object

EE was fueling and greasing loader. EE stepped on a 1 1/2" rock and tore tendons in foot.

2015 · 1 incident

September 11, 2015 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Moose Lake Aggregates, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was tightening a chain come along when doing repair work on the dredge. The chain on the come along broke and struck his right forearm.

2013 · 1 incident

August 29, 2013 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Moose Lake Aggregates, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was holding a bar to hold a wheel in place working on the dredge. Wheel rolled out of position and onto his fingers.