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Cheney Limestone: 43 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by William S Cheney
Bellevue, Eaton County, MI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2000016

Cheney Limestone has $5K 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
17
Years on record
1987–2006
Latest incident
Sep 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
43
citations
2
significant & substantial
$4,805
proposed penalties
$4,805
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
50
inspections on record
609
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: 609 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Cheney Limestone has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
42 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-06.
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.
4.7%
significant & substantial
2.3%
high negligence or reckless
4.7%
reasonably likely or greater
14.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.6% low, 79.1% moderate, 2.3% 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: 2025-09-03
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Arsenic fumes3
  • Beryllium fumes3
  • Cadmium oxide fumes3
Show the individual readings (57)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Truck Driver
2025-09-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2025-09-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2022-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-10-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-07-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2011-07-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2008-10-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 2.16 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-10-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2007-08-23 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Zinc oxide fumes 0.07 10 0.01 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Iron oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Zinc oxide fumes 0.1 10 0.01 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Iron oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Iron oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Mechanic
2007-08-23 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2004-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Mechanic
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.

Cheney Limestone recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.

Injury rate, 2015
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.26 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In Michigan, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.32 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.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
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. F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 8
2024 8
2023 9
2022 8
2021 8
2020 8
2019 8
2018 8
2017 8
2016 8
2015 11
2014 12
2013 12
2012 14
2011 13
2010 13
2009 13
2008 13
2007 15
2006 13
2005 14
2004 14
2003 8
2002 8
2001 9
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Cheney Limestone sits in Eaton 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.
Eaton County, Michigan · Population 109,000
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$78,025
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 4,440 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,911 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,640 2 0 549.5
2025 Q3 4,236 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,150 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,049 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,412 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,880 1 0 257.7
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,139 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,058 2 0 971.8
2023 Q4 3,396 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,550 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,927 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,385 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,996 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,763 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,448 3 0 674.5
2022 Q1 2,435 2 2 821.4
2021 Q4 3,811 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,337 2 0 461.1
2021 Q2 4,489 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,964 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,676 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,028 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,011 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,643 1 0 378.4
2019 Q4 3,678 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,369 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,572 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,276 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,907 3 0 767.9
2018 Q3 4,442 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,607 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,331 1 0 429.0
2017 Q4 3,929 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,388 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,169 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,944 1 0 514.4
2016 Q4 3,509 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,460 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,817 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,347 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,067 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,524 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 7,291 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,646 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,701 1 0 149.2
2014 Q3 6,246 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 6,525 4 0 613.0
2014 Q1 2,347 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 6,605 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,319 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,629 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,359 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,815 2 0 293.5
2012 Q3 6,906 3 0 434.4
2012 Q2 8,462 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,018 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,619 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,140 2 0 280.1
2011 Q2 8,659 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,228 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,913 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,298 1 0 158.8
2010 Q2 7,085 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,695 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,586 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,932 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 8,026 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,811 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,654 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,090 3 0 423.1
2008 Q2 8,400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,440 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,490 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,029 2 0 284.5
2007 Q2 7,408 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,176 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,965 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,910 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,908 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,249 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,826 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,722 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,934 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,036 1 0 247.8
2004 Q4 9,218 2 0 217.0
2004 Q3 7,166 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,517 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,056 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,881 2 0 515.3
2003 Q3 4,485 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,944 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,742 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,475 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,333 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,852 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,383 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,032 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,864 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,787 1 0 208.9
2001 Q1 2,159 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,000 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,811 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,730 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,121 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

17 on file

2006 · 2 incidents

September 19, 2006 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Conveyor roller caught hammer, pulling hand into a roller.

February 20, 2006 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Lower back injury lifting trailer tires.

2004 · 1 incident

July 16, 2004 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKER CLAIMED HE SLIPPED OFF CHAIR WHILE OPERATING BREAKER.

1998 · 1 incident

September 25, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc · Fall from machine

EE LOST CONTROL FOOTING CLIMBING INTO THE HAUL TRUCK HE DRIVES.

1996 · 1 incident

February 6, 1996 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE USING BACKHOE TO BREAK LARGE PORTIONS OF LIMSTONE WHEN MACHINE BROKE THRU STONE; LURCHED FORWARD CAUSING OPERATOR TO BE PULLED TO UN-NATURAL POSITION CAUSING STRAIN ON BACK.

1992 · 4 incidents

October 23, 1992 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc · Struck by falling object

FALLING ROCK HIT EMPLOYEE IN BACK.

September 21, 1992 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING RADIATOR ALONG WITH OTHER EMPLOYEE DURING MAINTENANCE COMPANY VEHICLES.

May 13, 1992 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING A REDUCTION WRENCH; HOLDING HANDLE WHICH SLIPPED AND PINCHED THUMB.

1991 · 1 incident

April 23, 1991 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc · Struck by falling object

CLEARING AREA PICKED UP STEEL IT ROLLED BACK HITON L FOOT

1990 · 2 incidents

June 26, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc · Struck against a moving object

WHIP LASH DRIVING END LOADER.

April 26, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HAMMER BIT CAUGHT EMPL LOST FOOTING FELL INTO LIMESTONE ADJACENT TO WORK AREA.

1989 · 4 incidents

October 2, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc · Struck against stationary object

STRUCK CABLE WITH HAND WHILE DISMOUNTING CRANE DOING MAINTENANCE.

August 24, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PULLED ON PIPE WITH WRENCH PULLED MUSCLE IN ARM.

August 21, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

RUBBER SEAL ON RADIATOR CAP WORN ALLOWED CAP TO COME OFF BEFORE PRESSURE HAD SUBSIDED.

July 17, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc · Struck by flying object

SMALL PEICE OF LIMESTONE FLEW OUT OF CRUSHER AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON SIDE OF HEAD WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING BACKHOE TO CRUSHER TO USE IN BREAKING STONE IN CRUSHER OPENING.

1987 · 1 incident

November 13, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
F G Cheney Limestone Co Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE DOING 9OUTINE CLEANING OF BINS DID NOT TURN OFF SCREEN BEFORE ENTERING BINS THRUST OUT LEFT HAND WHICH BELT DREW INTO PULLEY SEVERED MANGLED 3 FINGERS ANDCUT 4 TH FINGER LEFT HAND.