Mining Incidents

Portable Gravel Plant #2: 18 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by James W Fisher
Harrison, Clare County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003401

Portable Gravel Plant #2 has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
18
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,964
proposed penalties
$1,964
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
24
inspections on record
232
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: 232 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Portable Gravel Plant #2 has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-06.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
44.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 38.9% low, 61.1% 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: 2026-08-03
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-11-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Building Repair/Maint.
2018-11-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Building Repair/Maint.
2010-05-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.76 0.28 Dry Screen Plant 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.
Ownership history
  1. Fisher Sand & Gravel Company 2007 to 2015
  2. Fisher Construction Aggregates 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 5
2024 3
2023 4
2022 4
2021 4
2020 4
2019 1
2018 3
2017 2
2016 1
2015 2
2014 3
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 1
2009 0
2008 1
2007 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Portable Gravel Plant #2 sits in Clare County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Clare County, Michigan · Population 31,109
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$49,805
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 1,914 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 7 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,101 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,950 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,552 1 0 281.5
2025 Q1 143 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 467 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,315 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,907 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 85 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,368 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,662 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,965 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 324 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,263 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,933 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 51 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 1,015 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 795 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 823 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,588 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,136 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,102 1 0 907.4
2020 Q1 163 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 477 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 795 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,212 5 0 4125.4
2018 Q2 342 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 255 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 807 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 90 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 108 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 332 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 437 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 515 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 324 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 88 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 852 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 934 4 0 4282.7
2014 Q1 38 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 871 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,012 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 848 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 922 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,014 3 0 2958.6
2012 Q2 715 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 24 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 303 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 330 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 305 1 0 3278.7
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 187 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 26 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 308 2 0 6493.5
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 0 0 0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 1 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 541 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 480 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.