CHERRY VALLEY PIT: 1 recorded fatality
Metal/Non-Metal
CHERRY VALLEY PIT has had 1 fatality among 3 reportable incidents since 1997. MSHA has proposed $440 in penalties since 2000.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1997–2000
- Latest incident
- Sep 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
0
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 32 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
CHERRY VALLEY PIT has $440 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-08-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
12.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
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Heritage Resources Inc
1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2001 |
10 |
| 2000 |
9 |
| 1999 |
8 |
| 1998 |
9 |
| 1997 |
8 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
CHERRY VALLEY PIT sits in Kent County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Kent County, Michigan · Population 658,844
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$80,390
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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 |
| 2001 Q4 |
3,952 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 |
3,668 |
3 |
0 |
817.9 |
| 2001 Q2 |
4,071 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 |
3,870 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 |
3,531 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 |
4,264 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
3,607 |
5 |
0 |
1386.2 |
| 2000 Q1 |
2,854 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
May 2, 1997
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Heritage Resources Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
RIGHT HAND CAME IN CONTACT WITH PINCH POINT ON RETURN IDLER ROLLER ON SAND CONVEYOR UNDER PRIMARY SCREEN. FOUND VICTIM WEDGED BETWEEN CONVEYOR AND A RETURN IDLER UNDERNEATH BELT.
Reportable incidents
2 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2000 · 1 incident
September 4, 2000
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heritage Resources Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
WHILE PULLING MAIN PULLIES FROM GEAR BOX ON NEW STACKING CONVEYOR IN ORDER TO CHANGE MOUNTING BRACKETS ON TAKE UP SCREW, OPERATOR LIFTED W/OUT ASSISTANCE (EITHER MECHANICAL OR PERSONNELL) AND NOTIFIED STRAINED MUSCLES LATER. NOT REPORTED TO OFFICE UNTIL 9/25/00.
1997 · 1 incident
September 5, 1997
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Heritage Resources Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
WHILE CLEANING ROCKS FROM GRIZLY, SLIPPED ON WET SURFACE CAUSING A TWIST AND BUMP TO LEFT KNEE. SURFACE WAS WET FROM RAIN EARLIER IN THE DAY.