Mining Incidents

CLARK FARM: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Specialty Sands Inc · Surface
Controlled by Cheyenne Corp
Ottawa County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2000695

MSHA record for CLARK FARM (mine ID 2000695). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1989
Latest incident
Oct 1989
Ownership history
  1. Specialty Sands Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

CLARK FARM sits in Ottawa County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Ottawa County, Michigan · Population 298,614
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$87,144
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 2 incidents

October 27, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Specialty Sands Inc · Fall down stairs

EMPLOYEE TRIPPED WHILE WALKING UP STEPS OF OFFICE TRAILER FELL & HIT SHOULDER DISLOCATED SHOUDLER

May 12, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Specialty Sands Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPL REACHED TO PICK UP HEAVY PLATE METAL & FELT PAIN IN BACK. RETURNED TO WORK FOR FEW HOURS OF WORK ON SAT & REPORTED TO WORK ON MONDAY BUT HAD TO LEAVE AFTER APPROX 3 HOURS DUE TO PAIN IN B ACK. WENT TO DR SAME DAY & WAS REFERRED TO SPECIALIST APPOINTMENT FOR 5/29/89.