Amrize Kalamazoo West Plant has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1993–2023
Latest incident
Mar 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
42
citations
8
significant & substantial
$5,408
proposed penalties
$4,610
paid to date
85% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $798 gap.
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: 530 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 Kalamazoo West Plant has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $400 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-05-17.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 10% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
67%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $400 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-02-12.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2025-09-24
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (14)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-09-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-09-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2023-05-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2019-10-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2019-10-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.57
0.37
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2014-05-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.63
0.21
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.54
0.48
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.55
0.31
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-11-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
1.72
0.28
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.57
0.47
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.46
0.59
Cleanup Man
2001-04-03
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
0.62
0.35
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-04-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
4
2025
4
2024
3
2023
6
2022
6
2021
5
2020
3
2019
3
2018
3
2017
3
2016
10
2015
6
2014
4
2013
5
2012
5
2011
3
2010
5
2009
4
2008
3
2007
3
2006
5
2005
5
2004
6
2003
6
2002
6
2001
7
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Amrize Kalamazoo West Plant sits in Kalamazoo 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.
Kalamazoo County, Michigan · Population 261,437
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$70,525
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
Miner was hurrying across work area with items in both hands. EE had to duck under a conveyor. When EE did so, EE's feet got tangled under EE and EE stumbled without falling.
2021 · 1 incident
August 28, 2021MI · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerMACHINERY
Crew was on-site changing screen cloth for a mode change. Injured employee was using a power tool to remove hard, built up material from screen deck rails prior to re-installing screen cloth. While shifting EE's weight the tool caught the rail, causing it to kick back and pinch the employee's thumb between the power tool and the cross tube on the screen deck.
2019 · 1 incident
December 5, 2019MI · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was using a blade to cut and remove electrical tape from a cord. As EE removed glove to peel back the tape EE made one final cut on the tape and accidently cut thumb.
2010 · 1 incident
October 25, 2010MI · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While cleaning out material from the tail section of a de-energized stacking conveyor the employee suffered a strain to the right arm.
2001 · 1 incident
June 1, 2001MI · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unknown operator · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CHANGING BELT ON VIBRATOR FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND SHIVE AFTER LETTING GO OF THE SHIVE. THE SHIVE HAS A COUNTER WEIGHT THAT BRINGS IT TO THE STARTING POSITION. THE MINER BROKE HIS FINGER AND RECEIVED 12 STITCHES.
WHILE ADJUSTING A TAIL PULLEY, THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF THE NUT, & INTO THE PULLEY. AT THE SAME TIME, HIS HAND WENT INTO THE PULLEY, & THE WRENCH SLAPPED HIS HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS PITCHED OFF A CONVEYOR AND CUT BOTH HANDS WHILE TRYING TO CATCH HIS FALL. HE LANDED ON HIS BACK, CAUSING A STIFF LEFT SHOULDER, NECK AND BACK. HIS BACK WAS ALSO BADLE BRUISED.
CHIPPING ICE OUT OF INSIDE OF THE BIN OF THE A/C #2 PLANT. EE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO CHIP THE ICE. AT ONE POINT, THE SLEDGE HAMMER HIT THE WALL AND REBOUNDED INTO INJURED'S LEG.