Mining Incidents

Homer Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David C Shafer
Homer, Calhoun County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003535

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Feb 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
31
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,695
proposed penalties
$4,695
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 1,763 4 3 2268.9
2025 Q3 2,248 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,598 2 1 1251.6
2025 Q1 1,156 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,226 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,698 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,431 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,054 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

2023 · 1 incident

February 21, 2023 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Trojan Sand & Gravel · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was cleaning tracks on the excavator, when EE finished EE put the shovel back in the turret, lit a cigerette, turned around and believed to have a heart attack. EE was found at approximately 5:10PM, another employee called 911 and started performing CPR until first responders showed up to relieve the other employee.