Mining Incidents

Sandvik Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Michael Lloyd Rusche
Lowell, Kent County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003303

Sandvik has $12K 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 2004
79
citations
12
significant & substantial
$12,335
proposed penalties
$12,335
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
44
inspections on record
505
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: 505 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Sandvik has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 546 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 728 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 585 5 2 8547.0
2025 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 270 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 700 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 715 2 0 2797.2
2024 Q1 716 0 0 0.0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 716 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 45 4 2 88888.9
2022 Q4 900 4 0 4444.4
2022 Q3 1,330 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,140 2 1 1754.4
2022 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 765 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 880 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 700 1 0 1428.6
2021 Q1 1,105 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 880 4 1 4545.5
2020 Q3 875 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,140 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 570 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 600 3 1 5000.0
2019 Q3 780 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,365 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 900 4 0 4444.4
2018 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 588 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 400 5 1 12500.0
2017 Q3 716 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 650 3 1 4615.4
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 540 3 0 5555.6
2016 Q3 710 1 0 1408.5
2016 Q2 1,250 1 0 800.0
2016 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 565 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 550 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,320 3 0 2272.7
2015 Q1 240 1 0 4166.7
2014 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 586 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 455 5 0 10989.0
2013 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 585 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 440 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 650 4 0 6153.8
2012 Q1 455 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 480 2 0 4166.7
2011 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 630 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 230 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 560 3 1 5357.1
2010 Q3 590 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 495 2 1 4040.4
2010 Q1 300 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 450 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 360 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 585 2 0 3418.8
2008 Q3 675 1 0 1481.5
2008 Q2 590 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 546 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 650 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 585 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 650 1 0 1538.5
2006 Q2 0 0 0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 192 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 700 2 0 2857.1
2005 Q2 650 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 585 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 416 8 0 19230.8

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.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.