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Otsego Repair Shop: 19 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bill Smith S&G · Surface
Controlled by Amrize Ltd
PLAINWELL, Allegan County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2001315

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

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
30
Years on record
1987–2006
Latest incident
Jan 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
19
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,801
proposed penalties
$1,658
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $143 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Bill Smith S&G's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
35
inspections on record
352
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: 352 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Otsego Repair Shop has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $343 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-01-04.
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.
15.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
15.8%
reasonably likely or greater
15.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 36.8% low, 63.2% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
42%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$343 proposed, $200 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 2010-10-07.
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 2010-501M Settlement Melick 2011 $243 → $100
LAKE 2011-4M Settlement Zielinski 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: 2015-01-07, 11 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Arsenic fumes4
  • Beryllium fumes4
  • Cadmium oxide fumes4
  • Chromium, insoluble4
Show the individual readings (58)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-01-07 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Copper fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Iron oxide fumes 0.03 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Lead fumes 4.56 150 0.03 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.62 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2015-01-07 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Beryllium fumes 0.37 6 0.06 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Cadmium oxide fumes 10.29 100 0.10 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Copper fumes 5.51 300 0.02 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Iron oxide fumes 1.12 20 0.06 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Lead fumes 136.76 450 0.30 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.05 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Manganese fumes 0.24 5 0.05 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Zinc oxide fumes 0.04 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Beryllium fumes 0.37 6 0.06 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Iron oxide fumes 0.22 20 0.01 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Manganese fumes 0.04 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2015-01-07 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-18 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-18 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-18 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-18 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-18 Copper fumes 66.27 300 0.22 Welder, etc.
2010-02-18 Iron oxide fumes 7.83 20 0.39 Welder, etc.
2010-02-18 Lead fumes 16.47 450 0.04 Welder, etc.
2010-02-18 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-18 Manganese fumes 0.74 5 0.15 Welder, etc.
2010-02-18 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-18 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-18 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-18 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-02-18 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
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 1950 to 1999
  2. Bill Smith Sand & Gravel 1999 to 2011
  3. Bill Smith S&G 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 3
2016 5
2015 7
2014 6
2013 6
2012 7
2011 6
2010 6
2009 6
2008 6
2007 5
2006 6
2005 7
2004 7
2003 5
2002 5
2001 8
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Otsego Repair Shop sits in Allegan 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.
Allegan County, Michigan · Population 120,913
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$80,255
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
2017 Q1 1,516 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,905 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,902 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,107 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,888 1 0 529.7
2015 Q4 2,585 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,423 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,383 0 0 0.0
Show 59 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q1 2,643 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,679 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,692 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,887 2 0 514.5
2014 Q1 2,568 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,735 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,399 2 0 588.4
2013 Q2 3,037 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,153 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,433 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,092 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,383 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,878 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,602 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,106 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,266 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,956 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,463 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,851 1 0 259.7
2010 Q2 3,045 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,422 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,714 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,419 4 1 1169.9
2009 Q2 3,412 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,023 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,041 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,271 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,159 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,534 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,030 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,401 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,447 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,387 2 0 837.9
2006 Q3 4,100 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,076 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,126 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,670 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,799 1 0 208.4
2005 Q2 3,869 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,658 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,661 2 0 1204.1
2004 Q2 1,574 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,438 1 0 695.4
2003 Q4 1,458 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,666 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,510 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,656 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,656 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,563 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,674 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,096 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,332 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,413 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,883 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,624 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,217 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,830 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,918 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,584 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

30 on file

2006 · 1 incident

January 30, 2006 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Loading maganese onto back of truck employee was holding 4x4 so the forklift operater could push the pallet w/facks. When forks came in contact w/4x4 pinched employees finger between 4x4 and truck.

2001 · 1 incident

March 13, 2001 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Unknown operator · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRINDING W/9" HAND GRINDER. WELDING HELMET, SAFETY GLASSES AND PARTICULATE MASK WAS BEING USED. SLAG GOT INTO RIGHT EYE. EE WENT TO MEDICAL CENTER, HAD EYE FLUSHED. OINTMENT AND TYL3NOL 3 WERE PRESCRIBED. NO IMPAIRMENT WAS DONE TO VISION.

1998 · 4 incidents

February 27, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

PULLED TENDONS WHILE SLEDGE HAMMERING ON CRANE. DRAG DRUM ASSEMBLY. IN SHOP WITH NORTH CENTRAL CRANE MECHANIC.

January 9, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

DRAINING ANTI-FREEZE FROM GEN SET WITH NO VALVE TO SWITCH OVER TO LONG LIFE ANTI-FREEZE. HAD TO PUT NIPPLE IN RADIATOR TO DRAIN IN 55 GALLON DRUM AS DOING SPRAYED INTO FACE.

1997 · 2 incidents

August 21, 1997 MI · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER GRINDING WENT TO SET GRINDER ON FLOOR AND CAUGHT MIDDLE RIGHT FINGER.

1996 · 3 incidents

April 16, 1996 MI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHEN HE BENT DOWN TO PICK UP WOOD BLOCKING HE COULDN'T GET BACK UP.

1995 · 1 incident

December 26, 1995 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER WELDING, EE TRIED TO TAKE A CARBON FILL NOSE AND MOUTH MASK OFF. HE LOST HIS GRIP ONT EH MASK AND IT SNAPPED HIM IN HIS RIGHT EYE.

1994 · 2 incidents

July 29, 1994 MI · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WELDING ON THE SCREENING PLANT A PIECE OF STEEL GOT INTO HIS LEFT EYE

1993 · 3 incidents

May 25, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE WELDING A BUCKET, THE CHAIN CAME LOOSE, FLEW UP AND STRUCK HIS LEFT ARM.

April 7, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CUTTING STEEL, HE SLICED HIS RIGHT THUMB OPEN.

April 5, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING AND MOVING STEEL, EMPLOYEE PINCHED A NERVE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

1992 · 1 incident

May 15, 1992 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

WORKING IN SHOP REPAIRING EQUIPMENT. HAD PARTICLES BLOW INTO RIGHT EYE.

1991 · 2 incidents

October 10, 1991 MI · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WELDING IN SHOP BURNT EYES WITH WELDING FLASH.

July 18, 1991 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING IN THE SHOP UNDER A LOADER DOING REPAIRS.

1990 · 2 incidents

September 1, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WELDING.

1989 · 4 incidents

August 28, 1989 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 a moving and a stationary object

CONNECTING STEEL PIPE TO WATER PUMP. FINGER PICHED BETWEEN HEAD NUT AND PUMP CASING.

August 22, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING EXACTO KNIFE TO OPEN CARDBOARD BOX AND UT LEFT OPEN.

June 21, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

ROCK ABNORMALLY BOUNCED FROM VIBRATING SCREEN.

February 22, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME HIT IN MOUTH WITH CLAMP WHILE MOVING STEEL.

1988 · 3 incidents

December 29, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

WAS UNDER A STEEL STRUCTURE AND STOOD UP NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE ANGLE IRON THAT WAS ABOVE HIS HEAD

September 16, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON EQUIPMENT & CUT HAND & HAD 5 STITCHEDS

June 18, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor OTHER
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

REPAIRING AGGREGATE PLANT AND SAMLL PIECES OF STEEL WERE BLOWN INTO EYE BY VERY HIGH WINDS.

1987 · 1 incident