Mining Incidents

Superior Asphalt Portland Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jeff Kresnak
Portland, Ionia County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003512

Superior Asphalt Portland Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2023
Latest incident
Jul 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
24
citations
13
significant & substantial
$3,909
proposed penalties
$3,909
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
13
inspections on record
136
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: 136 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Superior Asphalt Portland Pit has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-05-07.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 375 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,406 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 448 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 1,073 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,329 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,137 1 0 879.5
2024 Q1 0 0 0
Show 34 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 853 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,844 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,381 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,709 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,367 12 9 5069.7
2022 Q2 1,892 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 952 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,478 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,267 4 1 3157.1
2021 Q1 296 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,612 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 960 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 394 2 1 5076.1
2019 Q3 1,199 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 370 1 0 2702.7
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 231 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,442 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 922 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 940 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 400 4 2 10000.0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 145 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 1,400 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,800 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2023 · 1 incident

July 14, 2023 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Superior Asphalt, Inc. · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was on regular cleanup operation on 80' stacker. All the guards are up on the equipment. During cleanup EE's fingers got struck by a fan causing injury to the fingers. EE was taken to nearest hospital for medical care.

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The full compliance file on Superior Asphalt Portland Pit

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