Mining Incidents

Swartz Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Jackson, Jackson County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2003255

Swartz Pit has $2K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
19
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,620
proposed penalties
$1,620
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
18
inspections on record
174
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: 174 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Swartz Pit has $2K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
19 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-08-17.
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
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 310 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 867 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 791 1 0 1264.2
2015 Q2 625 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 36 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 463 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,070 0 0 0.0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q2 783 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 360 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,536 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 544 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q3 546 6 1 10989.0
2012 Q2 44 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 106 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 110 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 475 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 175 4 0 22857.1
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 60 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 520 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 633 1 0 1579.8
2009 Q2 700 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 521 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 329 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 671 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 505 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 508 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 207 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 594 1 0 1683.5
2006 Q2 494 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 164 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 474 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 601 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 619 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 580 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 612 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 582 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 164 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,998 4 0 2002.0
2003 Q3 684 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 493 2 0 4056.8
2003 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 663 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 204 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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