Mining Incidents

Otsego Repair Shop 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.
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.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-01-04.
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
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 1 0 494.3
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 4 2 1675.7
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

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