Garfield Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Westgate Construction
· Surface
Controlled by
Jean L Westgate
MSHA Mine ID: 2003296
Garfield Pit has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
2
inspections on record
14
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: 14 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
- Westgate Construction 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2004 | 3 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Garfield Pit sits in Ottawa County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Ottawa County, Michigan · Population 298,614
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$87,144
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 Q3 | 345 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q2 | 705 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 206 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q4 | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 1,025 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 840 | 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.