Top Grade Aggregates, LLC · Struck by falling object
Installing new motor on feeder hopper. While lifting motor into place with chain hoist, chain hoist came unhooked and motor fell, striking employee's shin and upper right ankle area.
Ionia Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Top Grade Aggregates, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Thomas Brink; Ross Veltema
Ionia,
Ionia County,
MI
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Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2003496
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2014–2024
- Latest incident
- May 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
64
citations
10
significant & substantial
$14,070
proposed penalties
$14,070
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 | 1,867 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,397 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,649 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,947 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,545 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,985 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,867 | 1 | 0 | 535.6 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,015 | 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
3 on file2024 · 1 incident
2022 · 1 incident
July 26, 2022
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Top Grade Aggregates, LLC · Fall onto or against objects
Employee was standing on the water pump structure waiting to hook a chain from the Pettibone (telescopic tractor) to the fresh water pump pipe. Employee stepped over handrail to hook and stepped onto the pontoon, it shifted and EE lost EE's balance. As EE reached to regain EE's balance EE's forearm slid across angle iron of catwalk steel structure cutting EE's forearm.
2014 · 1 incident
April 24, 2014
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker
MACHINERY
Top Grade Site Management, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
A Grizzly Rock Separator was being repaired, but it was not properly blocked against hazardous motion. It shifted forward and stuck a miner. The miner received a broken shoulder, arm, finger and head injuries.