Mining Incidents

ROLL CRUSHER PLANT: 22 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Olan Cole
Calhoun County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002803

ROLL CRUSHER PLANT has $1K 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
2
Years on record
1998
Latest incident
Sep 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
22
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,467
proposed penalties
$1,356
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $111 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
98
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: 98 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ROLL CRUSHER PLANT has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $848 in penalties contested before the Commission, $572 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-08-21.
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.
27.3%
significant & substantial
9.1%
high negligence or reckless
27.3%
reasonably likely or greater
68.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.5% low, 86.4% moderate, 9.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
LAKE20020044M Settlement Barbour 2002 $648 → $442
LAKE20020030M Settlement Barbour 2002 $200 → $130
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Battle Creek Gravel Company Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 7
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

ROLL CRUSHER PLANT sits in Calhoun 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.
Calhoun County, Michigan · Population 133,846
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,385
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
2001 Q3 1,289 6 2 4654.8
2001 Q2 1,002 15 4 14970.1
2000 Q3 0 1 0
2000 Q2 1,383 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 392 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1998 · 2 incidents

September 8, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Battle Creek Gravel Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

WITNESS STATED INJURED WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST AND LOST CONTROL, BROUGHT DUMPSTER TO A STOP BUT WAS ALREADY OFF ON LOOSE EDGE RESULTING IN DUMPSTER SLIDING OFF INTO POND TIPPING OVER. (INJURED STATES ROAD GAVE WAY.)