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: 97 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Romeo Plant has $678 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.
$678
proposed penalties
$678
current assessed
$678
paid to date
$0
outstanding
4 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-09-22.
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.
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: 2001-05-24, 25 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2001-05-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
1.61
0.12
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
0.76
0.36
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.37
1.18
0.31
Mechanic
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.
Romeo Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
ⓘ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 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Michigan, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.96 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
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
8.28
0.00
0.000
2000 *
25.10
8.37
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2004
10
2003
14
2002
9
2001
11
2000
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Romeo Plant sits in Macomb 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.
Macomb County, Michigan · Population 877,624
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$76,399
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
2004 Q4
1,452
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
3,722
1
0
268.7
2004 Q2
4,948
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
3,071
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
5,333
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,042
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
6,887
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
4,714
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2002 Q4
5,381
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
6,846
1
0
146.1
2002 Q2
6,647
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
3,997
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
5,802
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
7,062
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
5,839
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5,452
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
6,105
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,331
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
5,630
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,837
0
0
0.0
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
April 6, 1991MI · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
VICTIM & 3 OTHERS WERE PULLING ON NEW BELTING USING CABLE SNATCH BLOCK AND END LOADERS. VICTIM WAS IN THE V AREA OF THE PULL, WHEN THE CABLE HOLDING THE SNATCH BROKE HE WAS IN DIRECT LINE OF THE PULLING CABLE WHICH HIT HIM IN THE HEAD KILLING HIM INSTANTLY.
Reportable incidents
16 on file (excluding fatalities above)
2004 · 1 incident
November 2, 2004MI · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While exiting front end loader, employee was climbing down ladder and he fell backwards hitting his head on the ground. Employee had multiple objects in his hands which caused him to loose his grip.
2001 · 1 incident
October 12, 2001MI · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
LOADING CATWALK SECTION INTO SKIDSTEER'S BUCKET. BENT OVER, PICKED THE PIECE UP 2". FELT PAIN IN BACK.
1999 · 1 incident
January 19, 1999MI · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE BELT WAS STOPPED, EE CHECKED FOR PROBLEMS AND HIS GLOVE GOT CAUGHT & PULLED HAND IN. LEFT THUMB WAS PINCHED
March 24, 1998MI · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS GRINDING A SHAFT, HIT HIS HEAD, SAFETY GLASSES WERE KNOCKED OFF & A PIECE OF GRINDING MATERIAL GOT INTO EYE
1995 · 1 incident
March 20, 1995MI · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HAND HELD PROPANE TORCH. SPARKS IGNITED CLOTHING WHILE THAWING OUT DROP BOX.
1991 · 1 incident
September 11, 1991MI · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorIGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
EE WAS TAKING GAUGE OFF TANK, HE PURGED THE LINE AND STATRTED TO LOOSEN NUT ON GUAGE WHEN IT IGNITIED. VALUE ON TANK HAND TO BE LEAKING-WHEN GAS IGNITED, IT BURNT HIS FOREARMS. IT LOOKED LIKE A BD SUN BURN.
1989 · 2 incidents
September 19, 1989MI · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CHECKED OIL LEVEL FOR 3' CRUSHER ON RESEVOIR PLATFORM.WHEN CLIMBING DOWN,RING CAUGHT SIDE OF PLATFORM.I THEN LOST BALANCE AND RING HELD ME THERE.
August 22, 1989MI · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
I WAS HOLDING A FLASH LIGHT FO THE PLANT OPERATOR. WHEN WE FINISHED THE JOB WE WERE DOING, I WALKED AROUND TO THE FRONT OF THE SCRUBBER, I SLIPPED ON SOME MUD THAT WAS THROWN OUT OF THE SCRUB BER AND BOTH OF MY FEET WENT OUT FROM UNDER ME AT THE SAME TIME AND I LANDED ON MY BACK.
1988 · 1 incident
July 29, 1988MI · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
NEW RUBBERS WERE INSTALLED IN FEEDER SIDE PLATE BUT WAS STILL LEAKING MATERIAL I PUT MY FINGER UP UNDER SIDE PLATE TO FEEL IF RUBBER WAS TIGHT FEEDER WAS RUNNING I THOUGHT MY FINGER WAS AHEAD FAR ENOUGH SO THAT FEEDER FLOOR WOULD NOT REACH MY HAND I WAS WRONG AND THE FEEDER PLATE CUT MY FINGER
1986 · 1 incident
July 15, 1986MI · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
MAN WENT INTO A3SCFREEN TO CHANG SCREEN CLOTH WHILE HE WAS REMOVING THE CLAMPING BARS HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A SHARP PIECE OF ANGLE IRON & HE CUT HIS UPPER ARM HE REQUIRED SOME STITCHES TO CL OSE THE CUT 3
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