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Caris Plant: 14 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Montcalm Aggregates · Surface
Controlled by Neil Zalud
Vestaberg, Montcalm County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003377

Caris Plant 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
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
May 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
14
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,516
proposed penalties
$1,516
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Montcalm Aggregates's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
28
inspections on record
283
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: 283 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Caris Plant 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
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-02-08.
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.
7.1%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
7.1%
reasonably likely or greater
35.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 21.4% low, 78.6% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2024-05-21
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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. Montcalm Aggregates 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 2
2019 2
2018 3
2017 3
2016 1
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 3
2008 3
2007 1
2006 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Caris Plant sits in Montcalm County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Montcalm County, Michigan · Population 67,174
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,892
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
2026 Q2 405 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 340 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 340 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 170 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 350 0 0 0.0
Show 71 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 405 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 365 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 380 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 200 1 0 5000.0
2022 Q4 365 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 610 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 570 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 266 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 445 1 1 2247.2
2021 Q3 470 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 419 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 280 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 390 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 439 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 370 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 475 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 390 1 0 2564.1
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 360 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 585 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 272 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 315 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 201 1 0 4975.1
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q2 253 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 83 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 233 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 489 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 316 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 276 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 0 0 0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 90 3 0 33333.3
2013 Q2 194 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 177 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 178 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 494 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 253 2 0 7905.1
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 223 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 238 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 135 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 447 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 246 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 468 2 0 4273.5
2009 Q3 435 1 0 2298.9
2009 Q2 133 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 393 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,353 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 815 1 0 1227.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 380 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 198 1 0 5050.5
2007 Q2 392 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 350 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

May 21, 2007 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Montcalm Aggregates · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee put finger in hole while lifting conveyor with chain. ***Employee had to have surgery to take off the end of the bone and close the skin over it.*** (additional narrative from amended RTW)