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Chelsea Plant: 55 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
KALAMAZOO, Jackson County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2000767

Chelsea Plant has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1989–2008
Latest incident
Mar 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
55
citations
17
significant & substantial
$16,447
proposed penalties
$13,739
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,708 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Meyer Material CO, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
48
inspections on record
670
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: 670 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Chelsea Plant has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-03-14.
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.
31.5%
significant & substantial
3.7%
high negligence or reckless
31.5%
reasonably likely or greater
53.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.4% low, 75.9% moderate, 3.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 100%
33%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
39%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $4K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2011-01-19.
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
LAKE 2011-299 Settlement Zielinski 2012 $7K → $4K
LAKE 2011-69M Settlement Barbour 2011 $162 → $100
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: 2023-09-06
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-09-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-03-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-09-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2014-09-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Front-end Loader 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.

Chelsea Plant recorded 7.81 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.

Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
7.81
total case rate
7.81
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Michigan, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 6.43 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Klumpp Brothers Gravel Company 1950 to 1985
  2. Chelsea Aggregate Corp 1985 to 1999
  3. Bill Smith Sand & Gravel 1999 to 2011
  4. Meyer Material CO, LLC 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 1
2023 2
2022 5
2021 6
2020 5
2019 6
2018 6
2017 7
2016 12
2015 6
2014 5
2013 4
2012 3
2011 3
2010 3
2009 5
2008 5
2007 5
2006 6
2005 7
2004 8
2003 8
2002 7
2001 9
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Chelsea Plant sits in Jackson 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.
Jackson County, Michigan · Population 160,187
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$65,004
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
2024 Q3 1,027 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 566 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 885 1 0 1129.9
2023 Q4 1,350 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,708 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,401 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,691 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,801 0 0 0.0
Show 91 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q3 2,673 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,710 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,590 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,224 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,654 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,799 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,626 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,579 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,988 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,633 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,187 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,117 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,167 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,606 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,103 1 0 475.5
2018 Q4 3,063 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,097 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,707 1 0 212.4
2018 Q1 2,360 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,083 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,171 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,365 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,667 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,158 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,287 1 0 233.3
2016 Q2 4,290 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,784 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,902 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,277 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,601 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,818 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,293 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,628 1 0 380.5
2014 Q2 2,639 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,086 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,816 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,600 5 0 1923.1
2013 Q2 2,521 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,076 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,460 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,900 6 0 3157.9
2012 Q2 1,702 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 834 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,135 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,578 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,865 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,281 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,573 5 1 3178.6
2010 Q3 2,073 2 1 964.8
2010 Q2 1,885 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 910 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,819 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,924 11 4 3762.0
2009 Q2 2,658 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,177 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,265 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,956 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,383 3 2 557.3
2008 Q1 2,471 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,218 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,395 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,055 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,643 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,459 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,591 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,200 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,054 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,918 3 0 610.0
2005 Q3 5,658 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,174 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,909 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,197 1 0 192.4
2004 Q3 5,800 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,354 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,824 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,377 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,919 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,507 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,391 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,362 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,434 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,222 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,383 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,979 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 8,934 2 2 223.9
2001 Q2 7,670 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,027 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,613 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,588 10 6 1789.5
2000 Q2 5,739 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2008 · 1 incident

March 21, 2008 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was removing a guard on the field conveyor, the guard was heavy, the guard slid out of his hand. He did have work gloves on but did receive lacerations. Next time when removing a guard, ask for assistance.

2004 · 1 incident

July 27, 2004 MI · Metal/Non-Metal pumper DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SORTING OVERSIZE STONE FROM CONVEYOR AND DEVELOPED TENDONITIS IN WRIST.

2001 · 1 incident

August 15, 2001 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Unknown operator · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBED OFF LADDER ONTO UNEVEN GRD & SPRAINED ANKLE (MINER WENT TO DR ON THE 16TH)

1999 · 1 incident

February 19, 1999 MI · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS HAND GRINDING WHEN SOMETHING GOT BEHIND HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO HIS EYE.

1993 · 1 incident

November 22, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Chelsea Aggregate Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN CHUTE AND FRONT OF WASH PLANT SCREEN.

1992 · 1 incident

1991 · 1 incident

July 8, 1991 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Chelsea Aggregate Corp · Struck by flying object

WALKED UNDER WASH PLANT HOOKED UP AND GOT SOMETHING IN LEFT EYE. WENT TO GARAGE AND TRIED TO WASH IT OUT WITH EYE WASH. DIDNT GET IT OUT SO EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TOCHESLSED HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROO M. THEY WASH EYE OUT AND EYE FELT BETTER. NO LOST TIME FROM WORK.

1989 · 1 incident

July 21, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chelsea Aggregate Corp · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

CLEANING THE INSIDE OF THE DRUM ON THE CONCRETE TRUCK NOT A PIT RELATED INJURY