Mining Incidents

CORUNNA PLANT: 51 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Wienerberger AG
Corunna, Shiawassee County, MI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2000237

CORUNNA PLANT 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
10
Years on record
1987–2005
Latest incident
Aug 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
51
citations
3
significant & substantial
$4,915
proposed penalties
$4,915
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
62
inspections on record
715
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: 715 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CORUNNA PLANT 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
51 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-12-15.
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.
5.9%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
5.9%
reasonably likely or greater
31.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 27.5% low, 72.5% 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: 2021-01-07, 5 years ago
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz31 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-01-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.69 0.95 1.78 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2021-01-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2021-01-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-01-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2013-01-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-01-23 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Mechanic
2013-01-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-07-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.72 0.81 0.89 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2003-03-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-03-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.88 1.25 0.70 Ball Mill 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. U S Brick 1950 to 1999
  2. Michigan Brick-Hanson 1999 to 2006
  3. Forterra Brick, LLC 2006 to 2017
  4. Meridian Brick LLC 2017 to 2022
  5. General Shale Brick, Inc. 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 4
2024 4
2023 4
2022 4
2021 4
2020 5
2019 5
2018 5
2017 4
2016 4
2015 4
2014 4
2013 4
2012 5
2011 4
2010 4
2009 4
2008 13
2007 4
2006 6
2005 8
2004 5
2003 5
2002 5
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CORUNNA PLANT sits in Shiawassee 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.
Shiawassee County, Michigan · Population 68,061
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,464
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 156 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 562 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 583 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 571 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 615 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 665 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 509 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 569 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 586 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 527 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 760 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 604 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 634 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 702 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 606 1 0 1650.2
2022 Q3 628 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 624 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 694 1 0 1440.9
2021 Q4 538 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 516 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 533 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 629 1 0 1589.8
2020 Q4 569 1 0 1757.5
2020 Q3 1,528 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,884 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,587 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,524 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,592 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,672 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,625 1 0 615.4
2018 Q3 1,427 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 793 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,686 3 0 1779.4
2017 Q4 1,557 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,091 2 0 1833.2
2017 Q2 1,293 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,210 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,313 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,316 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,217 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 949 3 0 3161.2
2015 Q4 1,149 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,201 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,153 1 0 867.3
2015 Q1 1,014 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,031 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,140 4 0 3508.8
2014 Q2 1,233 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,307 2 0 1530.2
2013 Q4 979 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 979 1 0 1021.5
2013 Q2 1,032 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,423 3 1 2108.2
2012 Q4 1,484 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,526 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,518 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,444 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,016 1 0 984.3
2011 Q3 533 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 521 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,550 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,014 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 469 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 751 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,317 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 647 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 175 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 616 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,555 4 0 1565.6
2008 Q4 546 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 752 2 0 2659.6
2008 Q2 1,987 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,044 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 191 2 0 10471.2
2007 Q3 649 1 0 1540.8
2007 Q2 2,062 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,156 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,273 4 0 1759.8
2006 Q3 3,236 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,778 2 1 529.4
2006 Q1 3,398 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,455 5 0 1447.2
2005 Q3 3,722 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,187 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,716 4 1 699.8
2004 Q4 3,734 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,026 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,945 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,089 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,063 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,610 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,197 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,838 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,303 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,092 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,469 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,261 1 0 306.7
2001 Q4 4,559 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,409 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,502 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 4,308 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,916 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,729 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,361 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,415 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2005 · 1 incident

August 1, 2005 MI · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Michigan Brick-Hanson · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN THE SIDE BANK OF THE PIT AND STEPPED ON LOOSE MATERIAL AND TWISTED HIS KNEE. HE WAS GOING TO WORK ON A PIT PUMP. EMPLOYEE THOUGHT HIS KNEE WOULD GET BETTER ON IT'S OWN. ON 8/16/05 HE REQUESTED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR AND HE RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE INFLAMATION.

2004 · 2 incidents

July 1, 2004 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Michigan Brick-Hanson · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE CLAIMS HIS FOOR CAUGHT WHILE GOING UP THE LADDER ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THE TRUCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACKWARDS.

2000 · 1 incident

August 30, 2000 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Michigan Brick-Hanson · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EE TRIED TO GREASE BEARINGS W/ SCREEN RUNNING, GLOVE CAUGHT IN V-BELT AND PULLED RIGHT HAND INTO BELT. HAD TO HAVE SKIN GRAFT ON MIDDLE FINGER.

1994 · 1 incident

1993 · 1 incident

January 28, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
U S Brick · Fall to the walkway or working surface

FELL ON BACK IN COMPANY PARKING LOT

1988 · 1 incident

September 21, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal MACHINERY
U S Brick · Struck against stationary object

RUNNING AN AIR HAMMER BREAKING LARGE STONES IN CRAMED AREA.

1987 · 3 incidents

November 2, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
U S Brick · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING A GREASE BARREL WITH SCREWDRIVER. SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED AND HIT HIM IN EYE.

June 24, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
U S Brick · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE GOING 8OWN A LADDER,HE STEPPED ON TORCH HOSE AND PULLED THE TORCH OUT OF ANOTHER EMPLOYEES HAND,TORCH HIT EMPLOYEE ON HEAD.

January 24, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
U S Brick · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMP COMING DOWN3FROM SPLITTING TOWER FEET WERE SLIPPERY AND CAT WALK LAYED IN W RONG DIRECTION