Mining Incidents

Austin Sand & Gravel: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Austin Sand & Gravel · Surface
Controlled by Arthur Bruce Austin
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2003337

Austin Sand & Gravel has $900 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
9
citations
0
significant & substantial
$900
proposed penalties
$900
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
22
inspections on record
154
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: 154 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Austin Sand & Gravel has $900 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.
$900
proposed penalties
$900
current assessed
$900
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-07-21.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
22.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2016-05-03, 10 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2016-05-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2009-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Austin Sand & Gravel 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 1
2020 1
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Austin Sand & Gravel 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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 506 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 504 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 548 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 320 1 0 3125.0
2019 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 366 1 0 2732.2
2018 Q2 112 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 170 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 620 1 0 1612.9
2017 Q2 156 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 89 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 884 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 506 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 118 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 786 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 22 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 536 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 706 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 26 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 574 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 674 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 222 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 96 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 584 1 0 1712.3
2012 Q3 861 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 229 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 119 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 741 1 0 1349.5
2011 Q3 614 1 0 1628.7
2011 Q2 178 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 66 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 503 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,090 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 216 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 656 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 988 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 447 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 510 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 876 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 266 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 69 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 274 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 931 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 778 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 354 2 0 5649.7
2006 Q3 730 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 626 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 62 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 296 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.