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PLANT-77: 76 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dykema LP
Grand Rapids, Kent County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2003013

PLANT-77 has $11K 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
19
Years on record
1999–2017
Latest incident
Dec 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
76
citations
15
significant & substantial
$10,834
proposed penalties
$10,834
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Grand Rapids Gravel Company's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
48
inspections on record
654
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: 654 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PLANT-77 has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-12-16.
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.
19.7%
significant & substantial
3.9%
high negligence or reckless
19.7%
reasonably likely or greater
42.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.9% low, 88.2% moderate, 3.9% 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: 2019-06-06, 7 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
19
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (19)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-06-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Bobcat Operator
2015-11-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-11-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2011-10-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.29 0.15 Truck Driver
2010-10-06 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.47 0.10 Bobcat Operator
2010-10-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2010-10-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.02 0.18 Utility Man
2010-10-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2006-04-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2006-04-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2004-04-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.53 0.42 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.64 0.42 Cleanup Man
2004-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.59 0.37 Bobcat Operator
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.

PLANT-77 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2020.

Injury rate, 2020
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Michigan, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.52 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
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 9.79 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 9.06 9.06 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 9.04 9.04 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. Grand Rapids Gravel Company 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 6
2022 3
2021 8
2020 13
2019 11
2018 10
2017 9
2016 9
2015 9
2014 9
2013 7
2012 7
2011 8
2010 8
2009 8
2008 8
2007 8
2006 10
2005 10
2004 9
2003 9
2002 8
2001 9
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PLANT-77 sits in Kent 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.
Kent County, Michigan · Population 658,844
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$80,390
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
2023 Q1 2,868 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,904 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,561 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,697 1 0 589.3
2021 Q3 3,895 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,390 1 0 227.8
Show 85 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q1 4,961 2 1 403.1
2020 Q4 8,025 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 9,370 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,365 1 1 157.1
2020 Q1 6,221 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,640 1 0 150.6
2019 Q3 7,423 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,812 12 2 1761.6
2019 Q1 4,400 3 0 681.8
2018 Q4 6,299 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,488 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,384 1 0 156.6
2018 Q1 4,140 2 0 483.1
2017 Q4 5,126 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,600 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,230 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,466 2 1 447.8
2016 Q4 5,117 3 0 586.3
2016 Q3 5,095 1 0 196.3
2016 Q2 5,887 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,815 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,867 1 0 170.4
2015 Q3 5,540 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,082 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,841 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,496 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,419 3 2 467.4
2014 Q2 5,982 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,337 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,831 1 0 261.0
2013 Q3 5,194 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,837 11 2 1884.5
2013 Q1 624 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,039 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,125 2 1 390.2
2012 Q2 5,339 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 749 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,327 2 0 601.1
2011 Q3 5,604 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,817 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 792 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,123 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,782 1 1 173.0
2010 Q2 6,413 4 1 623.7
2010 Q1 843 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,009 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,873 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,741 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 392 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,587 4 1 872.0
2008 Q3 6,519 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,058 4 0 660.3
2008 Q1 1,407 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,792 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,077 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,209 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,996 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,021 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,348 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,498 3 0 400.1
2006 Q1 3,211 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,836 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,262 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,762 3 0 386.5
2005 Q1 2,683 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,013 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,386 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,183 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,541 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,828 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,041 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,686 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,095 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,475 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,849 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,940 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,319 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,706 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,289 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,986 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,418 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,495 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,804 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,787 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,309 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

2017 · 1 incident

December 29, 2017 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

While working in the maintenance garage, the employee was lifting a piece of steel and felt employee's shoulder pop.

2013 · 1 incident

September 11, 2013 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Audiometric testing on 9/11/13 indicated EE has experienced a standard threshold shift.

2012 · 1 incident

April 20, 2012 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE had carpal tunnel surgery 15 years ago, EE mentioned having symptoms again in Aug. 2011 EE took a LOA starting 9/29/11 and RTW on 4/16/12. After working four days EE informed us that he had seen a Doctor because he has carpal tunnel.

2011 · 2 incidents

September 6, 2011 MI · Metal/Non-Metal dispatcher SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee states "Tripped on door sill to garage - twisted right knee". His knee continued to bother him so he went to the doctor and now has restrictions - limit prolonged standing, no squatting, crawling or working on knees: prescription for physical therapy.

March 23, 2011 MI · Metal/Non-Metal dispatcher SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE arrived at work 45 minutes early. He was walking into the scale office when he stepped on some ice on the north side of the building. EE slipped and fell landing on his right arm.

2010 · 1 incident

September 15, 2010 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Audioligist called with audiogram results. Reported that EE has been n edge of STS for years and now has crossed the line.

2008 · 3 incidents

November 26, 2008 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE operates Cat 980G loader 8hrs/day, 5 days/week, for approx. 35 wks/year. His exposure to noise is well below the action level.

November 26, 2008 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE operates skid-steer loader and performs general clean-up and maintenance. Ee uses muff-type PPE 100% of the time. EE's exposure exceeds action level but not PEL.

November 26, 2008 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee states that while getting off loader, he missed the last step and twisted something in his back. Employee did not fall, but came down hard on the ground.

2006 · 1 incident

March 28, 2006 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · Fall onto or against objects

EE was stepping from ladder to platform. The ladder slipped and EE fell to the ground, striking his shoulder on a piece of steel.

2004 · 1 incident

October 5, 2004 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS LIFTING A BAG OF POLYMER (50 LB.) AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

2003 · 1 incident

April 17, 2003 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE WORKING AROUND GARDEN PLANT IT WAS REAL WINDY AND DUSTY SOMETHING BLEW IN HIS EYE HE WASHED IT OUT AND CONTINUED TO WORK WITH SOME DISCOMFORT. ON 4-27-03 EYE WAS INFECTED SO TREATED WITH PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION. NO LOST TIME.

2002 · 2 incidents

September 19, 2002 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHEN GETTING OUT OF THE CRUSHER HE WAS WORKING ON HE SLIPPED HITTING SHOULDER ON FRAMEWORK. HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SORE WENT TO DOCTOR BUT NOT BETTER. NO 1-14-03 FOUND TORN ROTOR CUFF

August 5, 2002 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENT OVER TO PICK COVER OFF FUEL TANK, FELT REAL SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK.

2000 · 2 incidents

December 28, 2000 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE SHOVELING OUT HIS LOADER BUCKET, SNOW, ICE FROZEN MATERIAL, EE MUST HAVE SPRAINED HIS WRIST

November 9, 2000 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPORTED BOTH WRISTS SORE, WEAK, ETC. THINKS CARPA; TUNNEL. BEEN COMING ON OVERTIME. WANTED TO SEE DOCTOR.

1999 · 3 incidents

August 3, 1999 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON A WATER PUMP PULLED BACK MUSCLE

March 18, 1999 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE LIFTING A RAILROAD TIE TO USE AS BLOCKING, EE FELT SOMETHING IN LOWER BACK ON 3/23/99. HE DECIDED TO SEE A DOCTOR WHO THEN TOOK HIM OUT OF WORK FOR TREATMENT UNTIL AT LEAST 4/8/99, NEXT APPOINTMENT.

March 4, 1999 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Grand Rapids Gravel Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SMASHED RIGHT BIG TOE GETTING OUT OF SKID STEER BETWEEN KICK PLATE AND HOIST ARM WHEN HOIST CAME DOWN. OFF WORK UNTIL DOCTOR APPOINTMENT 3-18-99.