Mining Incidents

Kapplinger Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Bouchey & Sons Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Elizabeth Bouchey
Farwell, Clare County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003611

Kapplinger Pit has $750 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 2021
6
citations
1
significant & substantial
$750
proposed penalties
$750
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
7
inspections on record
96
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: 96 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kapplinger Pit has $750 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.
$750
proposed penalties
$750
current assessed
$750
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-10-14.
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 210 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 768 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 909 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 623 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 742 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 822 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 781 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 178 0 0 0.0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 651 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 789 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 697 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 423 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 732 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 695 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 467 3 1 6424.0
2021 Q3 1,326 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,351 3 0 2220.6

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.

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