SMITH PIT
Metal/Non-Metal
St. Johns,
Clinton County,
MI
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2001694
SMITH PIT has $133 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 1987–1998
- Latest incident
- Jun 1998
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2022
0
significant & substantial
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
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: 30 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
SMITH PIT has $133 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-08-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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 Q3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2025 Q2 |
210 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 |
492 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 |
828 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 |
35 |
1 |
0 |
28571.4 |
| 2000 Q1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fatalities at this mine
1 recorded
May 10, 1993
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor
Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Carl Schlegel Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BESIDE EQUIPMENT WHICH COLLAPSED, CRUSHING HIM; WHICH RESULTED IN HIS DEATH.
Reportable incidents
3 on file (excluding fatalities above)
1998 · 1 incident
June 19, 1998
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Carl Schlegel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CLIMBING INTO LOADER
1988 · 1 incident
November 3, 1988
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand
MACHINERY
Carl Schlegel Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
INJURED STARTED THE DIESEL ENGINE ON DREDGE, HEARD BELTS SQUEALING A LITTLE. SO HE SHUT THE ENGINE DOWN REACH AROUND GUARD TO F EEL WATER PUMP BELTS FOR PROPER TENSION. AT THIS TIME THE ENGINE ROLLED IN REVERSE ROTATION PINCHING THE END OF HIS FINGER OFF, BETWEEN THE WATER PUMP SHEAVE.
1987 · 1 incident
July 2, 1987
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Carl Schlegel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WASH PLANT OP W5S PUTTING A NEW WATER HOSE ONT HE 1 1/2" PIPE LEADING TO THE SAND SCREW RINSE BACK. I.NAME WALKED UP ALONG SIDE I.NAME WHILE HE WAS PUSHING RUBBER ON THE LIGHT PIPE. PIPE SLID & STRUCK I.NAM9 IN THE MOUTH & NOSE.
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