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Crushing Plant #1: 71 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Hancock, MI, Houghton County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003057

Crushing Plant #1 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Sep 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
71
citations
9
significant & substantial
$7,577
proposed penalties
$7,577
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Superior Sand & Gravel, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
39
inspections on record
457
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: 457 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Crushing Plant #1 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $112 in penalties contested before the Commission, $112 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-28.
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.
12.7%
significant & substantial
4.2%
high negligence or reckless
12.7%
reasonably likely or greater
42.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.6% low, 90.1% moderate, 4.2% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
100%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$112 proposed, $112 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 2009-08-04.
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 2009-613M Dismissal Lesnick 2010 $112 → $112
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: 2025-11-03
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2025-11-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-09-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Scraper Operator
2019-09-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.38 10 0.04 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-09-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-08-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Laborer, Bullgang
2008-07-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.84 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
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. Superior Sand & Gravel Inc 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 3
2024 4
2023 3
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 2
2016 3
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 2
2011 3
2010 2
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 2
2004 2
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Crushing Plant #1 sits in Houghton 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.
Houghton County, Michigan · Population 37,428
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,573
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 475 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 1,154 1 0 866.6
2025 Q3 1,428 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,019 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 12 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,116 1 0 896.1
2024 Q3 1,261 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,479 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 250 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 893 2 1 2239.6
2023 Q3 2,064 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 656 2 0 3048.8
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 860 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 993 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 691 2 0 2894.4
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,172 2 0 1706.5
2021 Q2 593 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 442 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 786 10 0 12722.6
2020 Q2 653 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 208 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 978 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 785 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 849 1 0 1177.9
2019 Q1 115 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 660 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 610 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 304 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 311 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 563 1 0 1776.2
2017 Q3 777 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 868 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 549 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 554 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,099 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 717 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 524 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,034 4 0 3868.5
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 698 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,675 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 699 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 780 5 0 6410.3
2013 Q3 1,659 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 971 1 0 1029.9
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 449 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,390 5 0 3597.1
2012 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 775 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,396 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 882 4 0 4535.1
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 423 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 849 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,297 2 1 1542.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 474 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,949 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,280 2 0 1562.5
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 1,083 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,080 7 2 3365.4
2008 Q2 2,400 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 856 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,080 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,920 2 1 1041.7
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 1,444 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,345 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,800 2 0 1111.1
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 1,440 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,560 5 1 3205.1
2005 Q2 1,368 2 1 1462.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,080 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,560 3 1 1923.1
2004 Q2 1,555 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,400 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,065 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,408 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 1,310 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,116 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,680 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 1,193 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,936 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,865 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 1,258 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,564 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,120 4 0 1886.8
2000 Q1 1,371 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1998 · 1 incident

September 29, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Superior Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

THE LOAD OPERATOR HAD BEEN FEEDING A CRUSHER FROM A POOR ROCK PILE WHEN HE NOTICED A PIECE OF DRILL STEEL STICKING UP IN AN AREA WHERE IT COULD PUNCTURE A LOADER TIRE. HE GOT OUT OF HIS LOADER TO THROW THE IRON OFF TO THE SIDE WHEN A SMALL ROCK BOUNCHED DOWN THE PILE, ROLLED OUT TO WHERE HE WAS STANDING, BOUNCED UP AND HIT HIM IN THE BACK OF HIS RIGHT LEG.