Mining Incidents

Kyser Pit: 8 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Risner Sand & Gravel L.L.C. · Surface
Controlled by Christopher C Risner
Saranac, Ionia County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003319

Kyser Pit has $909 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
8
citations
0
significant & substantial
$909
proposed penalties
$909
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
25
inspections on record
210
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: 210 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kyser Pit has $909 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.
$909
proposed penalties
$909
current assessed
$909
paid to date
$0
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-10-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.5% low, 87.5% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2023-10-19
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.98 0.31 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Risner Sand & Gravel L.L.C. 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2025 1
2024 1
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2020 1
2019 1
2018 1
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 1
2011 1
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Kyser Pit sits in Ionia County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Ionia County, Michigan · Population 66,706
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$73,436
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2 10 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 0 0 0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
Show 70 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 420 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 300 1 0 3333.3
2023 Q3 310 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 840 2 0 2381.0
2022 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 330 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 280 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 340 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 390 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 320 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 560 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 160 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 840 1 0 1190.5
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 440 1 0 2272.7
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 480 1 0 2083.3
2014 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 180 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 140 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 320 1 0 3125.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 540 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 110 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 300 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 100 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 80 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 477 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 945 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 700 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.