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NB #1: 47 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bill Smith S&G · Surface
Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002928

NB #1 has $4K 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
4
Years on record
1997–2004
Latest incident
Dec 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
47
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,996
proposed penalties
$3,996
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Bill Smith S&G's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
31
inspections on record
351
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: 351 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

NB #1 has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-05-06.
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.
13.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
17.4%
reasonably likely or greater
47.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.7% low, 91.3% 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: 2012-03-20, 14 years ago
9%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz111 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-05-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.83 0.51 1.63 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-03-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.69 0.38 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2012-03-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.57 0.32 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2007-07-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.27 0.14 Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-07-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 0.68 0.49 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-07-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.67 0.46 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.47 0.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.53 0.68 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-05-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.68 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-04-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 2.32 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-04-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.62 0.39 Laborer, Bullgang
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. Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc 1994 to 1999
  2. Aggregate Industries Northeast Regi 1999 to 2004
  3. Bill Smith Sand & Gravel 2004 to 2011
  4. Bill Smith S&G 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 0
2018 0
2017 0
2016 0
2015 1
2014 3
2013 3
2012 4
2011 3
2010 1
2009 4
2008 5
2007 4
2006 4
2005 5
2004 6
2003 6
2002 6
2001 7
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

NB #1 sits in Kalamazoo 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.
Kalamazoo County, Michigan · Population 261,437
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$70,525
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 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 50 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 198 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 494 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 546 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 188 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 0 0 0
2013 Q1 134 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 855 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 316 1 0 3164.6
2011 Q4 0 0 0
2011 Q3 1,896 1 0 527.4
2011 Q2 810 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q2 653 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 335 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,015 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,754 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,128 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 856 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,698 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,841 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,683 4 0 1086.1
2008 Q1 2,574 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 943 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,223 4 0 1241.1
2007 Q2 3,685 1 0 271.4
2007 Q1 671 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,960 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,294 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,312 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 792 1 0 1262.6
2005 Q4 2,960 3 0 1013.5
2005 Q3 3,897 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,039 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 915 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,734 3 0 803.4
2004 Q3 3,592 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,223 4 1 1241.1
2004 Q1 811 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,416 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,003 1 1 249.8
2003 Q2 3,300 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 651 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,071 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,700 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,408 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 840 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,096 6 0 2862.6
2001 Q3 3,596 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,594 12 3 2612.1
2001 Q1 576 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,653 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,959 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,769 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 744 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2004 · 2 incidents

February 12, 2004 MI · Metal/Non-Metal
Aggregate Industries Northeast Regi · -

EE WAS TAKING ROOF OFF A PORTABLE PLANT WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL. THE FALL CAUSED A MINOR BRUISE AND CUT. THE INCIDENT WENT UNREPORTED UNTIL THE CUT GOT INFECTED. THE EE WAS TREATED WITH AN TIBIOTIC FOR INFECTION.

1998 · 1 incident

April 16, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPING DOWN TO THE FRAM OF THE I-BEAM AND FELL THROUGH THE GAP BETWEEN IT AND THE BELT. ME HEAD STRUCK AND PEELED THE SKIN OFF MY LEFT EAR.

1997 · 1 incident

October 15, 1997 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS TRYING TO GET MATERIAL OUT OF JAW. THE JAW ROLLED BACK WHEN MATERIAL CAME LOOSE, AND HE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN GUARD AND WHEEL. PLANT WAS DOWN AT THE TIME.