Mining Incidents

BARBER CREEK SCREENER II: 27 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Daniel Groenke
Kent City, Kent County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2003050

BARBER CREEK SCREENER II has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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 2000
27
citations
8
significant & substantial
$9,889
proposed penalties
$6,289
paid to date
64% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,600 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
26
inspections on record
241
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: 241 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BARBER CREEK SCREENER II has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-11-30.
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.
32.0%
significant & substantial
8.7%
high negligence or reckless
34.8%
reasonably likely or greater
52.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.7% low, 82.6% moderate, 8.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE20010043M Settlement Schroeder 2001 $3K → $2K
LAKE20010145M Settlement Barbour 2001 $2K → $1K
LAKE20010014M Settlement Barbour 2001 $2K → $900
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2016-11-30, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-11-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2009-05-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.52 0.31 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2003-04-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.59 0.22 Dry Screen Plant 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. Barber Creek Sand & Gravel Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BARBER CREEK SCREENER II sits in Kent County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Kent County, Michigan · Population 658,844
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$80,390
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
2017 Q3 236 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 364 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 38 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 145 2 0 13793.1
2016 Q3 363 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 241 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 70 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 173 1 0 5780.3
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q3 381 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 129 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 219 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 161 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 77 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 384 2 0 5208.3
2013 Q3 655 5 2 7633.6
2013 Q2 541 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 54 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 694 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 217 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 51 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 109 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 435 1 1 2298.9
2010 Q2 81 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 41 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 258 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 154 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 204 2 0 9803.9
2009 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 154 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 499 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 621 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 201 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 251 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 181 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 321 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 494 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 101 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 31 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 51 1 0 19607.8
2005 Q3 438 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 249 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 221 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 361 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 449 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 230 2 0 8695.7
2003 Q3 276 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 321 1 0 3115.3
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 122 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 108 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 529 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 646 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 662 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 585 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 173 4 3 23121.4
2000 Q3 651 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 481 6 2 12474.0
2000 Q1 46 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.