Mining Incidents

ENSLEY SAND & GRAVEL, INC. Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ray Oppenhuizen
Newaygo, Newaygo County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002709

ENSLEY SAND & GRAVEL, INC. has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1990–2002
Latest incident
May 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
18
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,699
proposed penalties
$2,701
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $998 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
8
inspections on record
138
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: 138 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ENSLEY SAND & GRAVEL, INC. has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-08-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2004 Q2 0 0 0
2004 Q1 684 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,961 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,198 5 0 1563.5
2003 Q2 2,298 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 768 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,893 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,709 2 2 539.2
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2 3,260 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 706 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,780 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,053 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,166 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 264 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,850 5 0 1754.4
2000 Q3 4,097 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,347 6 2 1380.3
2000 Q1 821 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2002 · 1 incident

May 14, 2002 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ensley Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE & CO-WORKER WERE ATTEMPTING TO PLACE AN UPPERTOGGLE PLATE SEAT (250 LBS.) IN THE CRUSHER BY PLACING A PIPE THRU THE HOLES IN THE CONVEYOR FRAMING USING A COME-A-LONG. THE PIPE THAT WAS HOL DING THE WEIGHT SLIPPED OUT OF ONE OF THE HOLES FALLING DOWN 6" STRIKING EE ACROSS THE SHOULDERS& PINNING HER WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE SEAT. SHE WAS PINNED NOT MORE THAN 2 MIN. TAKEN TO HOSP.

2000 · 1 incident

July 30, 2000 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ensley Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STANDING ON BUMPER OF 1-TON TRUCK WHILE TRYING TO RETRIEVE TOOLS FROM BACK OF TRUCK. EE STEPPED OFF VEHICLE ONTO THE GROUND. GROUND HAD "SLUSH" BUILDUP, LARGE ROCK WAS HIDDEN IN SLUSH.

1990 · 1 incident

July 23, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ensley Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

AMPUTATION OF RIGHT ARM AT ELBOW WHILE CLEANING PULLEY AND WHILE CONVEYOR BELT WAS RUNNING.

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