Mining Incidents

Michigan Sand & Gravel: 22 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Michigan Sand & Gravel · Surface
Brown City, Lapeer County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2003339

Michigan Sand & Gravel has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2009
22
citations
1
significant & substantial
$2,266
proposed penalties
$2,266
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
25
inspections on record
173
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: 173 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Michigan Sand & Gravel has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-11-01.
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.
4.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
4.5%
reasonably likely or greater
27.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.5% low, 95.5% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2013-07-30.
Contested penalties
A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2013-593M Withdrawal Barbour 2014 $100 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2013-05-22, 13 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Michigan Sand & Gravel 2005 to 2014
  2. Michigan Sand & Gravel 2014 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 0
2018 0
2017 1
2016 3
2015 3
2014 4
2013 6
2012 4
2011 4
2010 3
2009 4
2008 3
2007 2
2006 3
2005 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Michigan Sand & Gravel sits in Lapeer 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.
Lapeer County, Michigan · Population 88,703
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$76,228
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
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 1 0
2017 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q2 20 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 800 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 840 3 0 3571.4
2015 Q4 68 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,203 5 0 4156.3
2015 Q2 900 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 270 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,118 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 500 2 0 4000.0
2014 Q1 84 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 325 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,298 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 775 3 1 3871.0
2013 Q1 91 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 390 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 420 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,195 1 0 836.8
2012 Q1 502 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 33 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 234 1 0 4273.5
2011 Q2 540 3 0 5555.6
2011 Q1 215 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 40 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 86 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 140 1 0 7142.9
2010 Q1 85 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 448 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 640 2 0 3125.0
2009 Q2 240 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 432 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 20 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 192 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 35 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 21 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 36 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 310 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 342 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 266 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 29 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 650 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.