Kalamazoo Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects
EMPLOYEE BENT OVER TO PICK UP A ROCK WEIGHING APPROX 20 LBS. UPON ATTEMPT TO LIFT THE ROCK TO MOVE IT, HIS BACK WENT OUT.
Silver Bell Metal/Non-Metal
Silver Bell has $78K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2002
- Latest incident
- Jan 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
191
citations
70
significant & substantial
$77,922
proposed penalties
$72,376
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,546 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
82
inspections on record
1,006
inspection hours
19.0
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.191 citations across 1,006 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Silver Bell has $78K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$78K
proposed penalties
$72K
current assessed
$72K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
189 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-23.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 3,639 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,768 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,497 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,119 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,668 | 8 | 1 | 2998.5 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,346 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,457 | 5 | 1 | 2035.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,238 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 2,391 | 8 | 2 | 3345.9 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,255 | 3 | 0 | 1330.4 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,788 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,713 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 2,945 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,925 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,098 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 2,519 | 4 | 2 | 1587.9 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,141 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,042 | 4 | 0 | 1958.9 |
| 2021 Q2 | 2,417 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 2,678 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 2,969 | 5 | 1 | 1684.1 |
| 2020 Q3 | 2,358 | 3 | 2 | 1272.3 |
| 2020 Q2 | 2,715 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 2,614 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 3,431 | 2 | 0 | 582.9 |
| 2019 Q3 | 2,690 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 2,423 | 2 | 2 | 825.4 |
| 2019 Q1 | 2,465 | 1 | 1 | 405.7 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,606 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 3,019 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 3,663 | 4 | 0 | 1092.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 2,394 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 1,999 | 6 | 0 | 3001.5 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,389 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 2,724 | 5 | 2 | 1835.5 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,366 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 1,791 | 2 | 1 | 1116.7 |
| 2016 Q3 | 1,929 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 1,985 | 1 | 1 | 503.8 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,908 | 4 | 1 | 2096.4 |
| 2015 Q4 | 1,815 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 1,877 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,937 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 1,874 | 2 | 2 | 1067.2 |
| 2014 Q4 | 1,743 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,929 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 1,995 | 3 | 1 | 1503.8 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,559 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 1,713 | 5 | 4 | 2918.9 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,840 | 1 | 0 | 543.5 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,751 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 1,911 | 4 | 2 | 2093.1 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,736 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,791 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,717 | 4 | 3 | 2329.6 |
| 2012 Q1 | 1,910 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 1,732 | 4 | 1 | 2309.5 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2,299 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q2 | 2,998 | 1 | 1 | 333.6 |
| 2011 Q1 | 2,025 | 4 | 1 | 1975.3 |
| 2010 Q4 | 2,199 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 2,978 | 6 | 5 | 2014.8 |
| 2010 Q2 | 2,140 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 1,403 | 8 | 7 | 5702.1 |
| 2009 Q4 | 1,924 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 2,866 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 2,614 | 2 | 0 | 765.1 |
| 2009 Q1 | 2,879 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 3,755 | 2 | 0 | 532.6 |
| 2008 Q3 | 3,449 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q2 | 3,291 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q1 | 3,261 | 8 | 3 | 2453.2 |
| 2007 Q4 | 3,097 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 2,883 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 2,463 | 2 | 0 | 812.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 2,943 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q4 | 2,950 | 6 | 1 | 2033.9 |
| 2006 Q3 | 2,709 | 3 | 2 | 1107.4 |
| 2006 Q2 | 2,564 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q1 | 3,164 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q4 | 3,077 | 2 | 1 | 650.0 |
| 2005 Q3 | 3,604 | 16 | 8 | 4439.5 |
| 2005 Q2 | 3,335 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2005 Q1 | 4,032 | 6 | 2 | 1488.1 |
| 2004 Q4 | 3,160 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q3 | 3,670 | 2 | 0 | 545.0 |
| 2004 Q2 | 4,064 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 Q1 | 3,617 | 7 | 2 | 1935.3 |
| 2003 Q4 | 3,607 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q3 | 4,770 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q2 | 3,320 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003 Q1 | 3,381 | 4 | 0 | 1183.1 |
| 2002 Q4 | 3,058 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q3 | 4,606 | 2 | 0 | 434.2 |
| 2002 Q2 | 5,294 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2002 Q1 | 5,926 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q4 | 8,048 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 6,254 | 2 | 0 | 319.8 |
| 2001 Q2 | 6,428 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q1 | 6,569 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q4 | 6,306 | 14 | 5 | 2220.1 |
| 2000 Q3 | 6,571 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 5,863 | 3 | 2 | 511.7 |
| 2000 Q1 | 5,583 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
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