Mining Incidents

Kalamazoo Metal/Non-Metal

Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2000696

Kalamazoo has $20K 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
3
Years on record
1986–1991
Latest incident
Feb 1991
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
147
citations
28
significant & substantial
$20,492
proposed penalties
$20,492
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
53
inspections on record
728
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: 728 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kalamazoo has $20K 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
147 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-03.
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
2025 Q4 1,716 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,570 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,284 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,119 3 0 2681.0
2024 Q4 1,396 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,450 4 2 2758.6
2024 Q2 1,530 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,401 1 1 713.8
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,635 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,033 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,870 2 0 516.8
2023 Q1 2,751 1 0 363.5
2022 Q4 2,294 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,816 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,212 13 4 4047.3
2022 Q1 4,175 5 2 1197.6
2021 Q4 2,581 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,552 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,568 3 2 840.8
2021 Q1 1,747 1 0 572.4
2020 Q4 2,990 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,768 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,801 4 0 1428.1
2020 Q1 3,154 3 0 951.2
2019 Q4 2,624 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,824 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,175 3 2 944.9
2019 Q1 3,024 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,654 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,611 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,612 6 0 1661.1
2018 Q1 4,012 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,422 9 3 2035.3
2017 Q3 4,681 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,715 8 0 2153.4
2017 Q1 3,639 7 1 1923.6
2016 Q4 3,634 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,105 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,311 3 0 1298.1
2016 Q1 1,126 1 0 888.1
2015 Q4 2,218 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,358 2 0 848.2
2015 Q2 1,325 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,333 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,059 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,936 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,175 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,501 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,718 4 0 2328.3
2013 Q3 3,383 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,949 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 999 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,078 10 0 4812.3
2012 Q3 2,789 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,216 3 0 1353.8
2012 Q1 1,402 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,757 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,813 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,178 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,108 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,371 5 1 3647.0
2010 Q3 2,454 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,551 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,859 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,877 5 2 1737.9
2009 Q3 3,978 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,231 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,286 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,499 6 0 1714.8
2008 Q3 4,040 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,735 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,622 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,710 4 1 1078.2
2007 Q3 5,752 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,129 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,535 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,016 9 4 2984.1
2006 Q3 6,099 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,158 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,093 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,960 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,741 6 0 1045.1
2005 Q2 5,142 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,600 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,057 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,424 3 1 553.1
2004 Q2 5,963 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,627 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,717 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,137 7 0 1362.7
2003 Q2 5,506 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,262 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,943 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,991 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,927 1 1 168.7
2002 Q1 4,436 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,485 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,662 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,294 3 1 698.6
2001 Q1 5,196 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,245 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,635 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,630 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,111 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1991 · 1 incident

February 13, 1991 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Consumers Concrete Corp. · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING IN THE SHOP WHEN SPARKS FROM THE WELDING CAUGHT HIS PANT LEG AND BOOT STRAP ON FIRE. RESULTING IN A SECOND DEGREE BURN ON HIS LOWER LEFT LEG.

1990 · 1 incident

March 9, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Consumers Concrete Corp. · Struck by falling object

WHILE POSITIONING DISCHARGE CHUTE WITH AID OF FRONT END LOADER.CHUTE SLIPPED STRIKING EMPL ON TOP OF HEAD CAUSING PAIN IN HIS BACK.

1986 · 1 incident

March 31, 1986 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Consumers Concrete Corp. · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE HAD WE5DED A LIFTING HOOK IN A LOADER BUCKET HE WAS REPAIRING WHEN H E WAS LIFTING THE BUKET WITH A OVERHEAD HOIST THE WELD BROKE LOOSE CAUSING THE BUCKET TO DROP ON EMPLOYEE S FEET B REAKING SIX BON9S IN LEFT FOOT AND BRUISING RIGHT FOOT.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.