Mining Incidents

Kiell Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Niles, Berrien County, MI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2000764

Kiell Pit has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2006–2012
Latest incident
Dec 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
136
citations
36
significant & substantial
$27,361
proposed penalties
$24,329
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,032 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
48
inspections on record
854
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: 854 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kiell Pit has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
136 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-25.
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 1,838 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,770 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,693 2 1 1181.3
2025 Q1 1,499 1 1 667.1
2024 Q4 1,734 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,696 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,738 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,543 3 1 1944.3
Show 84 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,725 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,723 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,739 2 0 1150.1
2023 Q1 1,832 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,958 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,488 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,884 1 1 530.8
2022 Q1 1,491 2 1 1341.4
2021 Q4 1,897 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,458 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,413 11 4 4558.6
2021 Q1 1,424 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,972 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,633 2 0 759.6
2020 Q2 1,777 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,946 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,200 5 1 2272.7
2019 Q3 2,441 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,659 4 2 1504.3
2019 Q1 1,586 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,448 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,762 5 1 1810.3
2018 Q2 3,121 1 0 320.4
2018 Q1 1,791 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,324 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,182 2 0 628.5
2017 Q2 3,299 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,029 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,998 4 1 1334.2
2016 Q3 3,564 2 0 561.2
2016 Q2 3,424 2 0 584.1
2016 Q1 1,954 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,522 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,443 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,918 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,234 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,818 1 0 261.9
2014 Q3 3,864 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,867 2 0 517.2
2014 Q1 1,876 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,687 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,891 7 2 1799.0
2013 Q2 3,943 1 1 253.6
2013 Q1 1,614 2 2 1239.2
2012 Q4 3,519 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,820 9 2 2356.0
2012 Q2 4,480 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,774 3 0 794.9
2011 Q4 3,469 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,568 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,473 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,097 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,116 7 1 1700.7
2010 Q3 4,078 10 1 2452.2
2010 Q2 3,607 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,119 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,518 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,806 7 2 2494.7
2009 Q2 3,365 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,958 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,406 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,895 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,953 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,442 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,638 2 1 431.2
2007 Q3 5,294 6 3 1133.4
2007 Q2 5,599 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,780 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,767 1 1 209.8
2006 Q3 4,632 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,679 1 1 213.7
2006 Q1 2,104 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,140 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,232 10 2 1911.3
2005 Q2 3,800 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,172 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,327 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,301 8 0 1860.0
2004 Q2 3,660 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,920 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,200 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,049 10 3 1980.6
2003 Q2 4,694 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,575 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 1 incident

December 11, 2012 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Aggregate, Inc. · Fall from machine

Cold icy morning, conveyor was started to empty remaining dirt in feed hopper. EE positioned his truck approx 15 ft away from conveyor to investigate slippage occurring at head pulley. He stepped up on truck to get a better view and slipped off falling approx 5 1/2 ft. He dislocated elbow and cut his head on window shell during fall. Sling for arm & approx 6 sutures

2006 · 1 incident

November 20, 2006 MI · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management POWERED HAULAGE
American Aggregate, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Volvo L-150D Wheel Loader was traveling south on surface that was not the road. Road was located to the east. The operator stopped & backed up per supervisor. Instead of continuing to back up & take the road, he then drove forward onto the working face of the "pipline pit area". Upon doing so, the loader tipped & fell approx 10-12'. He incurred cut to forehead & rec'd 13 stitches.

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