Mining Incidents

Hewitt Robins Plant #1: 25 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James W Fisher
Clare, Clare County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2001171

Hewitt Robins Plant #1 has $2K 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
2
Years on record
1995–2019
Latest incident
Jul 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
25
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,239
proposed penalties
$2,239
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
41
inspections on record
415
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: 415 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hewitt Robins Plant #1 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-10-20.
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.
16.0%
significant & substantial
4.0%
high negligence or reckless
16.0%
reasonably likely or greater
24.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.0% low, 80.0% moderate, 4.0% 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: 2020-10-21, 5 years ago
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz61 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-08-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.78 0.61 1.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2005-12-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.91 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-12-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.83 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-12-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 0.91 0.56 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2002-08-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.5 0.62 Truck Driver
2002-08-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.26 0.65 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Fisher Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1950 to 2015
  2. Fisher Construction Aggregates 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 3
2023 3
2022 3
2021 5
2020 4
2019 3
2018 4
2017 4
2016 3
2015 4
2014 3
2013 2
2012 2
2011 1
2010 2
2009 3
2008 8
2007 7
2006 7
2005 6
2004 10
2003 12
2002 8
2001 7
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hewitt Robins Plant #1 sits in Clare County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Clare County, Michigan · Population 31,109
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$49,805
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 0 0 0
2026 Q1 149 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 178 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,043 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 1,753 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,113 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 852 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 333 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,054 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 49 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 796 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,834 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,198 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 984 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,488 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,130 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 424 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 937 1 0 1067.2
2020 Q3 2,271 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 937 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 127 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,544 1 0 647.7
2019 Q3 2,946 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,070 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 508 2 1 3937.0
2018 Q3 855 1 0 1169.6
2018 Q2 1,194 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 107 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,114 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,089 1 0 478.7
2017 Q2 2,138 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,188 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,333 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,928 1 0 518.7
2016 Q1 42 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 998 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,575 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 321 1 0 3115.3
2015 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 730 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 479 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 321 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 1,070 3 0 2803.7
2013 Q3 1,225 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 314 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 555 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 130 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 163 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 178 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 302 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 156 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 215 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 474 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,002 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 252 2 0 7936.5
2009 Q3 770 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 928 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,424 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,594 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,260 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,064 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,744 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,927 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,817 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,647 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,083 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,823 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,675 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 870 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,040 1 0 328.9
2005 Q3 3,061 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,565 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 392 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,204 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,158 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,326 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,415 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,142 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,137 1 0 241.7
2003 Q2 3,520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,594 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,082 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,548 4 1 1569.9
2002 Q2 2,371 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 855 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,531 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,931 6 2 1526.3
2001 Q2 3,459 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,296 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,504 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,834 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,010 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,590 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2019 · 1 incident

July 17, 2019 MI · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Fisher Construction Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Removing a cheek plate with a bar and chain. The weld broke on the cheek plate. Blunt force to the face, forehead, and nose.

1995 · 1 incident