Mining Incidents

Sandvik: 79 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Rusche's Trucking, Inc. · Surface
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.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
15.2%
significant & substantial
8.9%
high negligence or reckless
15.2%
reasonably likely or greater
43.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.1% low, 81.0% moderate, 8.9% 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: 2026-04-15
7
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2026-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2024-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-11-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2012-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2012-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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. Rusche's Trucking, Inc. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 3
2020 3
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 2
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sandvik 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
2026 Q2 650 1 1 1538.5
2026 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
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
Show 77 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 715 2 0 2797.2
2024 Q1 716 0 0 0.0
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.