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Amrize Battle Creek Plant: 50 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
KALAMAZOO, Calhoun County, MI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2002780

Amrize Battle Creek Plant has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
1987–2022
Latest incident
Apr 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
50
citations
8
significant & substantial
$6,437
proposed penalties
$6,437
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See AMRIZE GREAT LAKES INC.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
52
inspections on record
648
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 648 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Amrize Battle Creek Plant has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
47 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-08.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
16.0%
significant & substantial
2.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.0%
reasonably likely or greater
54.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.0% low, 92.0% moderate, 2.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2023-04-11, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-04-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2019-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2019-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2011-06-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.04 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-09-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.13 0.25 Washer Operator
2004-09-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.61 0.23 Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-09-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2002-08-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.51 0.25 Utility Man
2002-08-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 0.67 0.67 Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc 1987 to 1999
  2. Bill Smith Sand & Gravel 1999 to 2011
  3. Meyer Material CO, LLC 2011 to 2025
  4. Amrize Great Lakes Inc. 2025 to 2026
  5. Amrize Midwest Inc. 2026 to 2026
  6. AMRIZE GREAT LAKES INC. 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 4
2024 4
2023 5
2022 6
2021 6
2020 6
2019 5
2018 5
2017 6
2016 15
2015 8
2014 7
2013 8
2012 6
2011 5
2010 11
2009 6
2008 5
2007 6
2006 7
2005 8
2004 9
2003 8
2002 8
2001 10
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Amrize Battle Creek Plant sits in Calhoun County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Calhoun County, Michigan · Population 133,846
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,385
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 4,090 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,131 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,345 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,177 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,188 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,917 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,455 1 0 289.4
2024 Q3 3,488 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,231 2 0 619.0
2024 Q1 1,869 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,614 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,654 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,235 2 0 618.2
2023 Q1 1,870 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,160 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,043 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,058 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,838 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,459 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,075 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,208 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,610 1 0 621.1
2020 Q4 3,411 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,825 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,913 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,886 1 0 530.2
2019 Q4 2,697 2 1 741.6
2019 Q3 3,853 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,631 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,073 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,511 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,569 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,782 2 0 528.8
2018 Q1 1,819 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,343 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,622 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,804 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,369 1 0 422.1
2016 Q4 2,403 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,646 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,471 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,188 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,740 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,400 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,165 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,819 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,464 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,923 1 0 203.1
2014 Q2 4,154 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 873 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,513 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,630 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,728 3 0 634.5
2013 Q1 1,128 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,676 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,571 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,759 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,088 1 1 478.9
2011 Q4 1,806 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,081 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,668 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,310 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,319 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,626 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,049 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 506 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,044 5 1 1642.6
2009 Q3 3,841 8 3 2082.8
2009 Q2 4,056 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,355 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,416 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,276 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,385 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,266 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,118 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,096 2 0 488.3
2007 Q2 5,207 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,306 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,239 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,741 1 0 174.2
2006 Q2 5,875 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,825 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,696 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,758 3 0 521.0
2005 Q2 6,241 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,876 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,725 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,545 2 2 360.7
2004 Q2 6,527 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,578 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,589 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,087 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,696 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,404 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,240 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,515 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,864 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,952 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,459 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,583 1 0 179.1
2001 Q2 6,435 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,543 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,943 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,115 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,336 5 0 937.0
2000 Q1 1,819 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2022 · 1 incident

April 18, 2022 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meyer Material CO, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a 3-lb hammer to hit a wrench in order to loosen a nut on a threaded rod on the motor mount of the slurry pump. The hammer deflected off a guard onto the back of left hand, resulting in injury. X-ray diagnostics showed a fractured bone.

2021 · 1 incident

January 13, 2021 MI · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meyer Material CO, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE received laceration on Left Middle FInger while setting feeder floor on the primary crusher springs. One spring got caught up on feeder table, EE tried to line feeder table up with spring, in doing so the EE's hand got stuck between the spring and the feeder table causing a laceration on finger.

2017 · 1 incident

July 21, 2017 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Meyer Material CO, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was manually spinning the sand pump shaft by using hands to rotate the v-belts on the pump to check impeller clearance. EE finger got caught between the v-belts and motor sheave as ee was turning the belts

2014 · 1 incident

November 13, 2014 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meyer Material CO, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was assisting in maintenance activities within the shop to loosen a housing on a water pump. The employees finger was struck by the hammer being used causing laceration and fracture to the left ring finger.

2005 · 1 incident

2002 · 1 incident

August 2, 2002 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Unknown operator · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE SLIPPED AND FELL AT TOP OF STAIRS, EE FELL 10 FEET HIS HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN STAIRS & HANDRAIL, THE EE'S HAND WAS AMPUTATED IN THE PROCESS.

1998 · 1 incident

1997 · 3 incidents

December 5, 1997 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED ON ICE BY OFFICE AND WENT DOWN ON BOTH SHOULDERS.

March 11, 1997 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

GRINDING ON SMALL BUSHING WHILE WEARING CLEAR SHIELD, PIECE OF STEEL LODGED IN EYE.

March 4, 1997 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BREAKING LACINGS OFF,HE INJURED HIS RIGHT ELBOW.

1996 · 3 incidents

August 30, 1996 MI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE GRINDING LACING ON BELT A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE.

June 10, 1996 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE RUNNING THE SCRAPER, A FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO HIS EYE. CAUSING IT TO RUN, AND OBSTRUCT HIS SIGHT.

May 20, 1996 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GETTING INTO THE SCRAPER, THE WIND BLEW THE DOOR SHUT, AND IT SLAMMED ON HIS RIGHT HAND. HE BROKE HIS RIGHT HAND.

1995 · 1 incident

September 22, 1995 MI · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor MACHINERY
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GRINDING A PIECE OF STEEL HE HIT HIS LEFT HAND WITH THE GRINDER AND CUT IT.

1994 · 2 incidents

September 16, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CHECKING THE CRUSHER, A ROCK FELL OUT AND HIT HIS KNUCKLE CAUSING SWELLING AND BRUISING TO HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

1993 · 1 incident

February 13, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Unclassified, insufficient data

TENDONITITS IN RIGHT ELBOW AND LEFT WRIST.

1987 · 1 incident

July 24, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from ladders

MISSED STEP ON 8CREEN DECK, LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON PLANT USING LEFT HAND AND ARM TO BREAK FALL. CHANGING SCREENS ON THE DECK. MOVING TO NEXT DECK LADDER STEP AND FELL ON PLANT DECK USING LEFT ARM TO BREAK FALL.