Mining Incidents

The 120 Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Gary J Hoppa
Fremont, Newaygo County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003623

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2022
Latest incident
May 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
11
citations
2
significant & substantial
$714
proposed penalties
$714
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 262 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 386 1 0 2590.7
2025 Q2 345 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 268 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 356 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 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

2022 · 1 incident

May 26, 2022 MI · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Oakridge Excavating, LLC · Accident type, without injuries

Worker was using the loader to move material to fill the screen and smelt smoke. After investigation, EE noticed a small fire under the hood and used the fire extinguisher to put it out. The fire department was called to make sure it was extinguished completely and found a small birds nest. There was $12,000 worth of mostly electrical damage.