Mining Incidents

Finlay 312: 42 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Rusche Trucking, Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Michael Lloyd Rusche
Sparta, Kent County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003330

Finlay 312 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
42
citations
12
significant & substantial
$5,070
proposed penalties
$5,070
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
21
inspections on record
163
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: 163 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Finlay 312 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
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-14.
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.
28.6%
significant & substantial
2.4%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
61.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.1% low, 90.5% moderate, 2.4% 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: 2025-05-13
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-05-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2021-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2016-05-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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. Rusche Trucking, Inc. 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 1
2020 2
2019 1
2018 2
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2008 0
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Finlay 312 sits in Kent 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.
Kent County, Michigan · Population 658,844
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$80,390
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 585 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 540 2 0 3703.7
2025 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 585 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 715 0 0 0.0
Show 45 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 780 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 455 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 500 5 2 10000.0
2022 Q4 675 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 550 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 300 2 1 6666.7
2022 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 325 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 40 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 450 2 1 4444.4
2020 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 408 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 55 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 270 13 3 48148.1
2018 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 135 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 340 8 3 23529.4
2017 Q2 390 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 360 4 2 11111.1
2016 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 630 3 0 4761.9
2016 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 540 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 400 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 65 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 45 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 45 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 1 0
2005 Q4 0 0 0
2005 Q3 210 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.