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BELLS BAY SHALE PIT: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Charlevoix County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002769

MSHA record for BELLS BAY SHALE PIT (mine ID 2002769). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Nov 1987
Ownership history
  1. Poquette Leasing Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BELLS BAY SHALE PIT sits in Charlevoix 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.
Charlevoix County, Michigan · Population 26,143
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$76,495
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
2000 Q1 171 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1987 · 1 incident

November 2, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Poquette Leasing Company Inc · Fall from machine

AT APPROXIMATEL2 9:30AM A TRUCK OWNED AND OPERATED BY A MATERIAL HAULER BACKED UP TO THE EDGE AT MEDUSA CEMENT'S SHALE STORAGE AREA.THE EDGE WHICH THE TRUCK BACKED TO APPEARED TO HAVE GIVEN WA Y UNDER THE WEI1HT OF THE VEHICLE-SUBSEQUENTLY PULLED THE MACHINE OVER.THESE ARE ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON OBSERVATIONS AFTER THE FACT SINCE THE ACTUAL ACCIDENT WAS NOT OBSERVED.THE OPERATOR OF TH