Mining Incidents

B & M Seed Metal/Non-Metal

B & M Seed · Surface
Controlled by Mark E Feichtenbiner
Crystal, Gratiot County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003554

B & M Seed has $2K 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 2017
17
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,345
proposed penalties
$2,345
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
17
inspections on record
185
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: 185 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

B & M Seed has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 195 1 0 5128.2
2025 Q3 195 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 195 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 1 0
2024 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
Show 20 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 480 1 0 2083.3
2022 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 480 1 1 2083.3
2022 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 480 1 0 2083.3
2021 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 610 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 570 5 0 8771.9
2020 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,440 2 0 1388.9
2018 Q1 165 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 550 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 967 4 2 4136.5

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.

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