EMPLOYEE WERE REMOVING SIDE WALL OF STEADMAN ROLL CAGE WITH ASSISTANCE OF LOADER. SIDE WALL SWAYED WHEN LIFTED AND CLOSET EMPLOYEE JUMPED TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE BRUISED TOP OF HIS HEAD AND BR UISED HIS SHOULDER. HE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL FOR X-RAYS AND FIRST AID. HE WAS IMMEDIATELY RELEASED WITH NO FRACTURES OR ABNORMALITIES FOUND.
Doster Pit Metal/Non-Metal
High Grade Materials Co
· Surface
Controlled by
Amber Hoover; Amy Watson; James Sturrus Jr
Plainwell,
Allegan County,
MI
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2002868
Doster Pit has $12K 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
- 1992
- Latest incident
- Jul 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
83
citations
17
significant & substantial
$12,338
proposed penalties
$11,844
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $494 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
53
inspections on record
647
inspection hours
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: 647 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Doster Pit has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 2,750 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 3,015 | 1 | 0 | 331.7 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,364 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,498 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 3,361 | 5 | 0 | 1487.7 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,805 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 3,329 | 7 | 2 | 2102.7 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,257 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 4,113 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 3,982 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 4,102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 3,819 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 4,308 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 4,715 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 4,116 | 3 | 0 | 728.9 |
| 2022 Q1 | 3,624 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 5,086 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 4,993 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 4,945 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 4,821 | 8 | 5 | 1659.4 |
| 2020 Q4 | 5,546 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 4,986 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 4,461 | 3 | 0 | 672.5 |
| 2020 Q1 | 4,152 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 4,924 | 1 | 0 | 203.1 |
| 2019 Q3 | 4,812 | 2 | 0 | 415.6 |
| 2019 Q2 | 4,079 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 3,428 | 1 | 0 | 291.7 |
| 2018 Q4 | 3,392 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,948 | 3 | 0 | 1017.6 |
| 2018 Q2 | 3,410 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 3,615 | 1 | 0 | 276.6 |
| 2017 Q4 | 4,061 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 4,235 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 4,469 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,935 | 3 | 0 | 1022.1 |
| 2016 Q4 | 3,772 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 4,406 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 3,598 | 2 | 0 | 555.9 |
| 2016 Q1 | 2,744 | 1 | 0 | 364.4 |
| 2015 Q4 | 3,794 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 3,502 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 3,457 | 1 | 0 | 289.3 |
| 2015 Q1 | 2,248 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 2,702 | 2 | 0 | 740.2 |
| 2014 Q3 | 2,691 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 2,905 | 11 | 3 | 3786.6 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,834 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 3,223 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q3 | 3,140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q2 | 2,565 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 565 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 2,430 | 7 | 2 | 2880.7 |
| 2012 Q3 | 2,405 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 2,544 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 245 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 1,690 | 1 | 0 | 591.7 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,412 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 2,274 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 308 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,506 | 1 | 0 | 664.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,907 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q2 | 1,886 | 3 | 1 | 1590.7 |
| 2010 Q1 | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 1,419 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 2,132 | 2 | 0 | 938.1 |
| 2009 Q2 | 1,815 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 1,423 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 2,011 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 1,888 | 1 | 0 | 529.7 |
| 2008 Q1 | 274 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 2,251 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 1,840 | 7 | 4 | 3804.3 |
| 2007 Q2 | 1,326 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 634 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 1,386 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,629 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,120 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 730 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 1,264 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 1,148 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 1,479 | 3 | 0 | 2028.4 |
| 2004 Q3 | 1,821 | 1 | 0 | 549.1 |
| 2004 Q2 | 1,719 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 480 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q4 | 1,933 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 2,150 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 1,565 | 1 | 0 | 639.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 333 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q4 | 1,366 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 2,248 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q2 | 1,384 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 420 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 1,858 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 1,895 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q2 | 1,998 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 1,289 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 1,741 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 2,178 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file1992 · 1 incident
July 22, 1992
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Doster Sand & Gravel Lp · Fall from machine
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