Mining Incidents

Lyon Portable Wash Plant: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Edward C Levy Jr
Fostoria, Tuscola County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2003429

Lyon Portable Wash Plant has $1K 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
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
May 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
11
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,177
proposed penalties
$1,177
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
27
inspections on record
289
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: 289 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lyon Portable Wash Plant has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-10-05.
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
18.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.2% low, 81.8% 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: 2020-10-06, 5 years ago
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-10-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2016-04-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer 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. Lyon Sand & Gravel Co. 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 1
2023 1
2022 2
2021 3
2020 3
2019 4
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 2
2012 3
2011 4
2010 4
2009 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lyon Portable Wash Plant sits in Tuscola County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Tuscola County, Michigan · Population 53,071
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,847
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
2024 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 210 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 101 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 161 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 286 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 291 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 76 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 616 0 0 0.0
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q3 2,072 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,780 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 381 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,158 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,434 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,353 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 920 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,423 1 0 702.7
2020 Q3 2,382 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,505 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,342 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,819 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,859 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,962 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 619 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 983 1 0 1017.3
2018 Q3 2,465 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,980 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 939 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,913 1 0 522.7
2017 Q3 2,822 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,029 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 475 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,902 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,421 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,966 1 0 508.6
2016 Q1 1,340 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,407 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,975 1 0 336.1
2015 Q2 2,465 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,505 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,103 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,035 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,999 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,537 1 0 650.6
2013 Q4 1,297 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,955 1 0 511.5
2013 Q2 1,398 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 74 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 687 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 672 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 816 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 313 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 984 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,177 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 278 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 712 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 870 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,223 1 0 817.7
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 130 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 525 2 0 3809.5
2009 Q2 554 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

May 31, 2019 MI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lyon Sand & Gravel Co. · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Employee was taking apart the take up on the 6A Cross conveyor when the new pulley that was just behind the employee started to roll, so employee put a hand out on the shaft of the pulley to stop it. The key hole on the shaft of the pulley was touching employee's pinky finger when it rolled with employee's hand, which is when employee believes it cut the left pinky.