SMITH PIT: 1 recorded fatality
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
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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.
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.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2022-09-20, 3 years ago
Most sampled contaminants
Show the individual readings (1)
| Date |
Contaminant |
Concentration |
Limit |
Conc / limit |
Occupation |
| 2022-09-20 |
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
-
Carl Schlegel Inc
1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2025 |
1 |
| 2023 |
1 |
| 2022 |
1 |
| 2000 |
0 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
SMITH PIT sits in Clinton County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Clinton County, Michigan · Population 79,419
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$85,928
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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.