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Moscow: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Belleville, Hillsdale County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003090

Moscow has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
12
Years on record
1998–2026
Latest incident
Apr 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
49
citations
9
significant & substantial
$51,881
proposed penalties
$31,881
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $20,000 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Michigan Paving and Materials Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
46
inspections on record
765
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: 765 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Moscow has $52K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$52K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $45K in penalties contested before the Commission, $25K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-07.
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.
18.4%
significant & substantial
8.2%
high negligence or reckless
18.4%
reasonably likely or greater
38.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 4.1% none, 18.4% low, 69.4% moderate, 8.2% 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 · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 2010-09-09.
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
LAKE20010032M Settlement Barbour 2001 $45K → $25K
LAKE 2010-970M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $100 → $100
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: 2024-12-10
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz9
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-12-10 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.19 Utility Man
2024-12-10 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.32 Dragline Operator
2020-11-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.71 0.30 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2020-11-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2015-09-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-09-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.76 0.26 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-09-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.91 0.38 Sampler, Dust
2015-09-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.94 0.22 Cleanup Man
2010-07-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.63 0.18 Cleanup Man
2007-04-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.1 0.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-04-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 0.97 0.44 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-04-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.28 0.23 Bobcat Operator
2002-04-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.04 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 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.

Moscow recorded 4.85 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
4.85
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Michigan, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.06 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 4.85 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 4.93 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 5.46 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. T M Development Llc 1998 to 1999
  2. Stoneco of Michigan 1999 to 2008
  3. Michigan Paving and Materials Company 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 13
2025 17
2024 15
2023 17
2022 15
2021 15
2020 17
2019 16
2018 14
2017 12
2016 10
2015 9
2014 8
2013 9
2012 7
2011 6
2010 7
2009 5
2008 2
2007 8
2006 9
2005 8
2004 9
2003 11
2002 11
2001 10
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Moscow sits in Hillsdale County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Hillsdale County, Michigan · Population 45,658
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$60,869
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 14,516 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,231 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 10,582 2 0 189.0
2025 Q3 14,209 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 12,520 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,923 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 10,179 1 0 98.2
2024 Q3 12,918 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 13,771 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,279 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 10,997 1 1 90.9
2023 Q3 14,283 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 11,805 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,480 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 10,481 1 0 95.4
2022 Q3 13,468 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 11,896 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,399 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 7,617 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 12,358 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 12,807 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,879 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 8,592 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 13,020 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 13,325 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,044 1 0 198.3
2019 Q4 8,993 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 12,140 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 12,347 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,647 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 7,061 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 10,145 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 10,458 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,596 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 7,496 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 8,560 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,879 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,295 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,955 2 0 505.7
2016 Q3 6,396 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,370 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,156 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,396 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,791 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,649 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,272 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,182 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,910 1 0 169.2
2014 Q2 4,865 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 899 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,201 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,009 1 0 199.6
2013 Q2 6,935 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,213 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,840 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,414 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,928 3 0 506.1
2012 Q1 1,066 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,567 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,470 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,025 2 1 661.2
2011 Q1 694 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,201 1 0 454.3
2010 Q3 3,161 5 0 1581.8
2010 Q2 2,022 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,244 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,019 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,774 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,928 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 973 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,361 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,126 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 68 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,952 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,250 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,418 1 0 226.3
2006 Q4 2,801 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,191 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,970 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,481 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,122 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,531 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,630 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,368 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,099 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,085 1 0 141.1
2004 Q2 6,924 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,856 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,703 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,811 4 1 512.1
2003 Q2 6,521 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,431 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,154 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,328 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,685 6 1 897.5
2002 Q1 1,780 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,725 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,905 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,343 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,660 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,976 2 0 401.9
2000 Q3 6,218 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,059 1 0 165.0
2000 Q1 1,539 4 1 2599.1

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
July 22, 1999 MI · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Stoneco of Michigan · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING ON A PRY BAR. THE BAR SLIPPED AND HE OFF OF THE WALKWAY ONTO THE TRACK AND THEN HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

Reportable incidents

11 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2026 · 1 incident

April 25, 2026 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Michigan Paving and Materials Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was removing spray bar clamps from an old wash screen. After removing the hardware, the U-bolt was stuck in position around the bar, Employee used a 10" pry bar to free the clamp. While pulling downward the pry bar slipped and pinched the palm side tip of EE's left ring finger, causing a laceration requiring two stitches.

2025 · 1 incident

2023 · 1 incident

March 17, 2023 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Michigan Paving and Materials Company · Flash burns (welding)

Employee was helping a co-worker that was welding when employee received welding flash to eyes. Employee was not wearing a welding helmet. The employee went to the ER on 3/18/23. The employee didn't report the incident and the superintendent was made aware that the employee went to the emergency room when we received an inquiry from our workmen's comp agent on 4/5/23

2021 · 1 incident

October 14, 2021 MI · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Michigan Paving and Materials Company · Struck against stationary object

Miner was inspecting primary crusher when EE's left hand made contact with a jagged edge on a lift leg. Miner cut left palm and received stitches.

2019 · 1 incident

November 18, 2019 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Michigan Paving and Materials Company · Struck against stationary object

While trying to remove a bolt with a wrench from a dragline crane engine, hand slipped with the wrench. Employee hit pinky knuckle on right hand and caused an avulsion fracture.

2002 · 1 incident

May 29, 2002 MI · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Stoneco of Michigan · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND SLID DOWN A FIVE FOOT LADDER. CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENT TO THE INVOLVED MOTORUNITS.

2001 · 1 incident

August 3, 2001 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stoneco of Michigan · Struck by falling object

EE WAS LIFTING A MANTEL FOR A CONE CRUSHER INTO PLACE WHEN THE DEVICE SLIPPED, HITTING THE INSIDE OF HIS LEFT ANKLE.

2000 · 2 incidents

May 24, 2000 MI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stoneco of Michigan · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS REACHING OUT WITH RIGHT ARM ABOUT HEAD HIGH TO PULL ON A PIECE OF METAL WAS PULLING ON OBJECT WHEN HE FELT AND HEARD A POP IN HIS SHOULDER.

March 2, 2000 MI · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Stoneco of Michigan · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING INTO A TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED UP ON BUMPER AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

1998 · 2 incidents

October 21, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T M Development Llc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANING TOOLS WHEN HE DROPPED AIR GUN ON TOP OF FOOT.

October 10, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
T M Development Llc · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE MISSED A STEP ON LADDER ON STONE PLANT HE SLID DOWN 3 STEPS HITTING HIS KNEE ON STEP.