Mining Incidents

Bark River Pits Metal/Non-Metal

Bark River, Delta County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2002581

Bark River Pits has $8K 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
1
Years on record
2002
Latest incident
Nov 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
64
citations
9
significant & substantial
$8,124
proposed penalties
$8,124
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
399
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: 399 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bark River Pits has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-01.
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
2024 Q4 173 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 227 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 331 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 76 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 190 9 0 47368.4
2023 Q3 385 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 439 15 5 34168.6
2023 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
Show 87 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 616 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 99 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 503 1 0 1988.1
2021 Q1 293 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 383 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 523 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 143 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 343 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 858 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 632 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 193 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 667 1 0 1499.3
2018 Q2 703 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 237 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 509 1 0 1964.6
2017 Q2 569 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 149 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 559 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 567 1 0 1763.7
2016 Q2 559 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 559 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 559 2 0 3577.8
2015 Q2 261 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 508 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,151 4 0 3475.2
2014 Q2 982 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 522 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,054 1 0 948.8
2013 Q2 1,217 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,475 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,186 2 0 914.9
2012 Q2 1,591 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 845 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,429 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,180 2 1 917.4
2011 Q2 2,044 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,706 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,207 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,263 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 65 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,748 4 0 2288.3
2009 Q3 2,593 2 1 771.3
2009 Q2 1,516 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 630 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,233 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,255 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,395 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 868 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,695 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,579 3 0 838.2
2007 Q2 2,616 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 772 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,073 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 329 1 0 3039.5
2006 Q2 2,082 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 960 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,617 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,010 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,205 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 2,226 3 0 1347.7
2004 Q3 2,769 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,044 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 2,081 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,940 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,402 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 2,155 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,741 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,527 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 2,029 1 0 492.9
2001 Q3 3,144 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,399 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 2,586 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,751 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,107 4 1 1287.4
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2002 · 1 incident

November 13, 2002 MI · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bark River Concrete Products · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS SHOVELING UNDER A SMALL FEED BELT WHEN TWISTED HE FELT PAIN SHOT THREW HIS LEFT HIP AND LOWER BACK. LEFT HIP AND LOWER BACK MUSCLE WAS STRAINED A POSSIBLE PINCHED NERVES FROM TWISTING / DOCTOR SAID.

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