Mining Incidents

Screener RM 22: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Daniel Groenke
Kent City, Kent County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003322

Screener RM 22 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
17
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,644
proposed penalties
$2,080
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $564 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
31
inspections on record
217
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: 217 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Screener RM 22 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $443 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-11-09.
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.
35.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
35.3%
reasonably likely or greater
41.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.8% low, 88.2% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 18% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
56%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $443 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2010-01-08.
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
LAKE 2010-327M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $1K → $443
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2026-08-26
4
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-08-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2024-06-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Screen/Scalper Operator
2017-05-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-22 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. Kinnee Trucking Inc. 2005 to 2006
  2. Montcalm Aggregates 2006 to 2016
  3. Barber Creek Sand & Gravel, Inc. 2016 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 3
2023 3
2022 2
2021 2
2020 3
2019 3
2018 2
2017 3
2016 3
2015 1
2014 1
2013 2
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Screener RM 22 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 41 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 17 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 257 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 217 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 201 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 261 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 189 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 278 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 210 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 228 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 231 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 219 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 102 1 1 9803.9
2022 Q3 117 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 259 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 47 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 59 1 0 16949.2
2021 Q3 372 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 210 1 1 4761.9
2021 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 205 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 252 1 0 3968.3
2020 Q1 93 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 416 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 355 2 0 5633.8
2019 Q1 129 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 108 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 319 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 74 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 271 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 543 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 399 4 2 10025.1
2017 Q1 292 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 282 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 207 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 63 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 310 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 0 0 0
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 0 0 0
2014 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 551 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 263 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q2 321 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 157 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 139 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 267 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 205 1 0 4878.0
2011 Q3 285 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 68 2 0 29411.8
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 93 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 334 1 0 2994.0
2010 Q2 95 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 26 3 2 115384.6
2009 Q3 378 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 253 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 59 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 217 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 264 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 35 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 52 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 67 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 46 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 37 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 123 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q3 70 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 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.