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Patterson Road: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Wavland, Allegan County, MI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2002995

Patterson Road has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2005–2025
Latest incident
Jul 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
35
citations
10
significant & substantial
$7,742
proposed penalties
$7,742
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Michigan Paving and Materials Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
715
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: 715 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Patterson Road has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-16.
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.
29.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
29.4%
reasonably likely or greater
35.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.6% low, 79.4% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 67%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 33%
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%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $4K 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 2020-09-13.
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 2020-0267 Settlement Rae 2021 $4K → $4K
LAKE 2019-0003 Dismissal Miller 2019 $118 → $118
LAKE 2010-969M 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: 2023-05-24, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-05-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2023-05-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.65 0.26 Utility Man
2019-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2019-09-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-11-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-11-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.19 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-11-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-11-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2007-06-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.77 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-06-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 1.03 0.17 Dragline Operator
2007-06-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 1.11 0.34 Cleanup Man
2003-04-29 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 Dragline Operator
2003-04-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 0.78 0.32 Cleanup Man
2003-04-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.85 0.34 Washer Operator
2001-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.66 0.32 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.

Patterson Road recorded 15.36 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.
15.36
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 * 15.36 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 6.92 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 8.14 8.14 8.137
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. South Kent Gravel Inc 1997 to 1999
  2. South Kent Sand & Gravel Inc. 1999 to 2007
  3. Michigan Paving and Materials Company 2007 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 11
2025 11
2024 11
2023 12
2022 10
2021 12
2020 12
2019 10
2018 11
2017 11
2016 11
2015 8
2014 5
2013 3
2012 4
2011 3
2010 5
2009 3
2008 7
2007 7
2006 9
2005 11
2004 10
2003 9
2002 11
2001 10
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Patterson Road 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
2026 Q2 7,259 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,951 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 6,435 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,918 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,861 1 0 127.2
2025 Q1 3,821 1 0 261.7
2024 Q4 6,452 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,293 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,735 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,549 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 7,487 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 8,853 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 8,682 2 0 230.4
2023 Q1 3,870 1 0 258.4
2022 Q4 7,750 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,444 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,700 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,413 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,814 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,687 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,842 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,700 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 6,939 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,162 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,469 1 1 154.6
2020 Q1 4,008 2 0 499.0
2019 Q4 3,504 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 7,022 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,528 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,396 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,253 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,191 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,702 2 1 259.7
2018 Q1 4,419 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,162 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 6,252 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,864 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,859 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,747 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 7,438 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,392 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,652 1 0 377.1
2015 Q4 3,691 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,271 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,966 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,234 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,142 1 0 466.9
2014 Q3 3,120 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,432 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 932 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,448 1 0 690.6
2013 Q3 1,999 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,744 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 873 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,828 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,268 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,166 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,193 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,154 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,057 1 0 486.1
2011 Q2 1,943 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 263 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 913 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,952 1 0 253.0
2010 Q2 3,740 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 342 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,059 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,606 2 0 1245.3
2009 Q2 1,631 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 887 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,929 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,978 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,441 1 0 225.2
2008 Q1 1,600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,294 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,579 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,996 4 0 800.6
2007 Q1 2,109 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,421 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,467 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,587 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,221 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,385 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,525 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,087 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,980 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,124 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,779 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,674 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,072 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,034 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,058 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,940 2 0 680.3
2003 Q1 2,144 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,913 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,343 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,312 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,568 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,027 5 4 829.6
2001 Q3 5,684 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,428 5 4 921.1
2001 Q1 1,715 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 4,808 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,300 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,034 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,685 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
February 27, 2020 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Michigan Paving and Materials Company · Struck by falling object

Four employees were installing a steel plate. The plate was 20' wide x 8' high x 1" thick. A small loader put the forks against the plate 5 feet up. The operator re-position the forks 3 feet lower so employee 1 could stand on forks and get a better reach. The plate became unstable and fell on top of employee 1, pinning the employee.

Reportable incidents

5 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2025 · 2 incidents

July 23, 2025 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Michigan Paving and Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing roller frame and as they were trying to lower it to the ground, the frame twisted and caused a laceration to the employee's arm

May 29, 2025 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Michigan Paving and Materials Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was cleaning a belt roller when it popped off and smashed EE's finger between the roller and angle iron

2023 · 1 incident

August 7, 2023 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Michigan Paving and Materials Company · Struck by flying object

miner was struck with impact wrench on lip and received 4 stiches

2015 · 1 incident

September 17, 2015 MI · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Michigan Paving and Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator was removing a fuel feed tube from a portable fuel tank when the feed tube swung and bounced off the portable tank and struck the employee on the left inner bicep. The feed tube was sharp on the end causing a laceration needing sutures.

2005 · 1 incident

September 15, 2005 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
South Kent Sand & Gravel Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was removing material that was lodged in the jaw crusher. A rock struck his finger causing a laceration.