Mining Incidents

BELLS BAY SHALE PIT 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
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

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