Miner was using a grinder on a wash plant screen deck when the grinder kicked back and hit the miner's hand. Miner suffered a laceration on L ring finger.
St. Johns Pit Metal/Non-Metal
High Grade Materials Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Amber Hoover; Amy Watson; James Sturrus Jr
St. Johns,
Clinton County,
MI
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2003062
St. Johns Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $511 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1999–2020
- Latest incident
- Nov 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
28
citations
5
significant & substantial
$3,997
proposed penalties
$3,486
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $511 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16
inspections on record
187
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: 187 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
St. Johns Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $511 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.$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$511
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-29.
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 | 3,485 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,726 | 3 | 1 | 1100.5 |
| 2025 Q2 | 3,567 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,808 | 3 | 1 | 1068.4 |
| 2024 Q4 | 3,563 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,494 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 3,085 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,061 | 1 | 0 | 485.2 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 1,965 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,149 | 3 | 1 | 1396.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,039 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 2,202 | 1 | 0 | 454.1 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,693 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,216 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,941 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,510 | 1 | 1 | 662.3 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,244 | 2 | 0 | 891.3 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,737 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,775 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 767 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,527 | 1 | 0 | 654.9 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,241 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,130 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,477 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,324 | 2 | 1 | 1510.6 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,415 | 9 | 0 | 6360.4 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,349 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 Q4 | 1,379 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 | 1,177 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 | 1,887 | 2 | 0 | 1059.9 |
| 2000 Q1 | 971 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2020 · 1 incident
November 10, 2020
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
MACHINERY
High Grade Materials Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
1999 · 1 incident
High Grade Materials Company · Flash burns (electric)
TURNING OFF ELECTRICAL POWER BOX. POWER BOX EXPLODED.
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