Mining Incidents

M57 PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Rydahl Industries · Surface
Controlled by Jeffrey M Rydahl
Vicksburg, Montcalm County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2003121

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2001–2004
Latest incident
Oct 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
28
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,204
proposed penalties
$4,084
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
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 8,400 4 0 476.2
2006 Q3 5,841 4 0 684.8
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

2004 · 2 incidents

October 12, 2004 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rydahl Industries · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Slipped on oil spill and fell to ground on his back.

September 21, 2004 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Rydahl Industries · Struck by flying object

PLANT OPERATOR WAS CLEANING DEBRIS FROM WALKWAYS WHEN A HARD STONE WAS THROWN FROM THE CRUSHING CHAMBER STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST AND HEAD.

2002 · 1 incident

July 15, 2002 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rydahl Industries · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE MIGHT NOT OF APPLIED PARKING BRAKE ALLOWING HIS LOADER TO ROLL PINCHING HIS BODY BETWEEN TWO LOADERS. REMOVING A CABLE FROM LOADER. A POSSIBILITY EXISTS WITH THIS MODEL LOADER WHERE THE EL ECTRIC TOGGLE SWITCH CAN BE PUSHED, HOWEVER LANDING BETWEEN ON AND OFF YET ALLOW OPERATOR TO FEEL CONFIDENT THE SWITCH BUT WON'T SWEAR TO THE FACT HE MAY HAVE FAILED TO USE IT.

2001 · 1 incident

July 11, 2001 MI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rydahl Industries · Struck by falling object

APROX 5" STONE WOULD NOT CLIMB BELT, INSTEAD THE STONE KEPT ROLLING AGAINST HOPPER BACKSTOP, EE GRABBED THE STONE THEN DROPPED IT, THE STONE BOUNCED ONTO HIS FINGER DAMAGING HIS OUTER SKIN.