Mining Incidents

M57 PIT Metal/Non-Metal

Rydahl Industries · Surface
Controlled by Jeffrey M Rydahl
Vicksburg, Montcalm County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2003121

M57 PIT has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $120 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2001–2004
Latest incident
Oct 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
28
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,204
proposed penalties
$4,084
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $120 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
24
inspections on record
472
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: 472 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

M57 PIT has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $120 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
$120
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-10-26.
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
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 480 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 480 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 0 0 0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 8,400 4 0 476.2
2006 Q3 5,841 4 0 684.8
Show 26 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2 4,598 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,271 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,181 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,961 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,856 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 647 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,486 1 1 182.3
2004 Q3 10,692 4 0 374.1
2004 Q2 8,964 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 959 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 18,968 5 4 263.6
2003 Q3 9,338 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,835 6 0 765.8
2003 Q1 390 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,400 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,021 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,173 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,147 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,645 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,904 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,673 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,506 1 1 399.0
2000 Q3 5,751 3 1 521.6
2000 Q2 4,585 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2004 · 2 incidents

October 12, 2004 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rydahl Industries · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Slipped on oil spill and fell to ground on his back.

September 21, 2004 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Rydahl Industries · Struck by flying object

PLANT OPERATOR WAS CLEANING DEBRIS FROM WALKWAYS WHEN A HARD STONE WAS THROWN FROM THE CRUSHING CHAMBER STRIKING HIM IN THE CHEST AND HEAD.

2002 · 1 incident

July 15, 2002 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rydahl Industries · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE MIGHT NOT OF APPLIED PARKING BRAKE ALLOWING HIS LOADER TO ROLL PINCHING HIS BODY BETWEEN TWO LOADERS. REMOVING A CABLE FROM LOADER. A POSSIBILITY EXISTS WITH THIS MODEL LOADER WHERE THE EL ECTRIC TOGGLE SWITCH CAN BE PUSHED, HOWEVER LANDING BETWEEN ON AND OFF YET ALLOW OPERATOR TO FEEL CONFIDENT THE SWITCH BUT WON'T SWEAR TO THE FACT HE MAY HAVE FAILED TO USE IT.

2001 · 1 incident

July 11, 2001 MI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rydahl Industries · Struck by falling object

APROX 5" STONE WOULD NOT CLIMB BELT, INSTEAD THE STONE KEPT ROLLING AGAINST HOPPER BACKSTOP, EE GRABBED THE STONE THEN DROPPED IT, THE STONE BOUNCED ONTO HIS FINGER DAMAGING HIS OUTER SKIN.

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