Mining Incidents

Kiefer Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Chad L Listerman
Ionia, Ionia County, MI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2003439

Kiefer Pit has $4K 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 2010
33
citations
2
significant & substantial
$3,984
proposed penalties
$3,984
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
29
inspections on record
304
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: 304 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kiefer Pit has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-03-07.
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 2,203 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,160 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,785 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 779 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,811 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,410 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,863 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,587 0 0 0.0
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,008 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,021 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,791 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,760 2 0 1136.4
2022 Q4 1,704 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,969 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,289 1 0 436.9
2022 Q1 542 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,508 2 0 1326.3
2021 Q3 2,110 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,799 3 1 1071.8
2021 Q1 1,413 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,421 2 0 826.1
2020 Q3 2,916 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,822 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,589 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,195 2 0 911.2
2019 Q3 2,230 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,378 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 509 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,623 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,795 1 0 557.1
2018 Q2 1,982 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 324 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,165 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,700 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,962 5 1 2548.4
2017 Q1 378 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,674 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,940 3 0 1546.4
2016 Q2 2,770 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 205 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 641 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,188 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,266 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 226 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,010 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,067 4 0 1935.2
2014 Q2 1,984 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 115 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 835 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,355 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 903 2 0 2214.8
2013 Q1 60 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 435 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 746 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 907 4 0 4410.1
2012 Q1 180 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 253 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 629 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 474 1 0 2109.7
2011 Q1 54 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 208 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 476 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 724 1 0 1381.2
2010 Q1 70 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.

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