EE was cleaning tracks on the excavator, when EE finished EE put the shovel back in the turret, lit a cigerette, turned around and believed to have a heart attack. EE was found at approximately 5:10PM, another employee called 911 and started performing CPR until first responders showed up to relieve the other employee.
Homer Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Trojan Sand & Gravel
· Surface
Controlled by
David C Shafer
Homer,
Calhoun County,
MI
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003535
Homer Pit 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
- 1
- Years on record
- 2023
- Latest incident
- Feb 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
31
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,695
proposed penalties
$4,695
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
16
inspections on record
219
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: 219 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Homer Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-21.
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 | 1,763 | 4 | 3 | 2268.9 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,248 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,598 | 2 | 1 | 1251.6 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,156 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,226 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,698 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 1,431 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,054 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,136 | 3 | 1 | 2640.8 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,016 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,216 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,646 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,688 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,928 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,640 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 555 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,260 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,288 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,387 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 580 | 3 | 0 | 5172.4 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,850 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,900 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,500 | 2 | 1 | 1333.3 |
| 2020 Q1 | 921 | 8 | 2 | 8686.2 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,100 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,401 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,399 | 6 | 2 | 4288.8 |
| 2019 Q1 | 931 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,239 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,022 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 835 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 520 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,078 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 1,738 | 3 | 0 | 1726.1 |
| 2017 Q2 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2023 · 1 incident
February 21, 2023
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
OTHER
Trojan Sand & Gravel · (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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