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Sweet/Pullman Plant: 41 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
Chicora, Allegan County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002371

Sweet/Pullman Plant has $5K 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
20
Years on record
1989–2022
Latest incident
Aug 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
41
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,873
proposed penalties
$4,873
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Meyer Material CO, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
505
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: 505 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2018-08-08.
On record since 2018.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Sweet/Pullman Plant has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-10-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
17.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
17.5%
reasonably likely or greater
35.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.0% low, 85.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ 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)
ⓘ 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: 2023-05-10, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Arsenic fumes4
  • Beryllium fumes4
  • Cadmium oxide fumes4
Show the individual readings (66)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-05-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2020-05-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2013-04-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-04-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2011-02-23 Iron oxide fumes 3.14 20 0.16 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.12 20 0.01 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Manganese fumes 0.19 5 0.04 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Zinc oxide fumes 0.05 10 0.01 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Chromium, insoluble 0.07 3 0.02 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Copper fumes 74.63 300 0.25 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Iron oxide fumes 2.53 20 0.13 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.13 20 0.01 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Manganese fumes 0.22 5 0.04 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Nickel fumes 0.02 3 0.01 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Zinc oxide fumes 0.03 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Copper fumes 5.7 100 0.06 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Iron oxide fumes 0.18 10 0.02 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Manganese fumes 0.01 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Chromium, insoluble 0.01 1 0.01 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Copper fumes 97.82 100 0.98 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Iron oxide fumes 3.69 10 0.37 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Lead fumes 1.3 150 0.01 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Manganese fumes 0.17 5 0.03 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Chromium, insoluble 0.02 3 0.01 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2011-02-23 Copper fumes 96.32 300 0.32 Welder, etc.
2010-06-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2010-04-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Dragline Operator
2010-04-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.19 0.13 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
  1. Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to 1999
  2. Aggregate Industries Northeast Regi 1999 to 2004
  3. Bill Smith Sand & Gravel 2004 to 2011
  4. Meyer Material CO, LLC 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 1
2023 4
2022 5
2021 4
2020 3
2019 4
2018 5
2017 6
2016 9
2015 5
2014 4
2013 5
2012 6
2011 5
2010 5
2009 5
2008 5
2007 5
2006 5
2005 5
2004 6
2003 6
2002 6
2001 6
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Sweet/Pullman Plant sits in Allegan County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ 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.
Allegan County, Michigan · Population 120,913
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$80,255
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2024 Q4 29 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 71 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 171 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 98 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,187 2 0 1684.9
2023 Q3 2,227 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,762 1 0 362.1
2023 Q1 4,299 0 0 0.0
Show 92 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4 1,314 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,350 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,065 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 621 1 0 1610.3
2021 Q4 1,166 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,450 1 0 408.2
2021 Q2 2,495 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 642 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,947 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,268 1 0 788.6
2020 Q1 1,334 2 0 1499.3
2019 Q4 1,954 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,515 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,299 1 0 435.0
2019 Q1 869 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,864 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,499 3 2 1200.5
2018 Q2 4,162 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,968 2 0 1016.3
2017 Q4 2,919 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,548 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,765 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,084 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,893 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,647 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 167 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,879 2 0 1064.4
2015 Q4 1,865 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,639 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,009 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,184 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,566 2 1 1277.1
2014 Q3 2,445 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,291 3 1 1309.5
2014 Q1 1,003 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,916 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,915 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,161 2 0 632.7
2013 Q1 982 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,959 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,105 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,165 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,637 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,112 1 0 473.5
2011 Q3 2,838 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,798 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,030 1 0 970.9
2010 Q4 2,046 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,411 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,034 2 0 659.2
2010 Q1 1,234 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,541 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,003 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,731 1 0 366.2
2009 Q1 1,158 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,068 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,167 3 0 947.3
2008 Q2 4,142 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,167 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,646 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,388 5 1 1475.8
2007 Q2 3,007 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,026 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,610 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,735 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,963 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,847 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,993 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,288 2 1 608.3
2005 Q2 3,810 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,119 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,499 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,231 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,087 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,775 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,244 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,096 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,262 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,709 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,560 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,264 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,803 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,352 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,169 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,416 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,449 1 1 224.8
2001 Q1 1,970 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,318 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,144 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,028 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,097 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

2022 · 1 incident

August 15, 2022 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Meyer Material CO, LLC · Struck by flying object

Employees were changing a hydraulic hose on a Loader and had locked out accordingly. One employee was loosening the final bolts that secure the hose, hydraulic fluid sprayed into the employees face and up EE's nose. After the employee flushed their eyes, they blew their nose this created pressure in their eye, which subsequently swelled up.

2018 · 1 incident

April 9, 2018 MI · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meyer Material CO, LLC · Fall from machine

On 4/9/18 a third party trucking company driver was exiting cab at the Sweet S&G facility, when the driver's foot slipped on some built up ice on the truck step, causing driver to fall to the ground and injure ribs. It was later determined that the driver had broke a couple ribs from the fall.

2003 · 1 incident

November 20, 2003 MI · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggregate Industries Northeast Regi · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRAGLINE OPERATOR WAS FEEDING REPAIRED DRIVE CHAIN ONTO SPROCKET. THE CHAIN TURNED ON THE OPERATOR CAUSING LEFT THUMB TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN CHAINAND AXLE.

2002 · 3 incidents

August 30, 2002 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aggregate Industries Northeast Regi · Struck against stationary object

EE ATTACHING A NUT BROUGHT HIS HAND BACK TOWARDS HIS BODY AND WAS CUT ON A BURR.

March 12, 2002 MI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Aggregate Industries Northeast Regi · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

KNEELING ON KNEES ALL DAY WELDING. AT THE END OF SHIFT FELT PAIN IN LEFT KNEE WENT TO THE DOCTOR. DIAGNOSIS IS A RUPTURED LEFT BURSA.

2001 · 1 incident

1998 · 2 incidents

August 31, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

HE WAS STUNG BY A BEE AND THEN HAD A REACTION

1997 · 1 incident

November 21, 1997 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

I WAS CLIMBING [JUMPING] DOWN FROM MY MACHINE & LOOKED UP & PINCHED A NERVE/PULLED A MUSCLE.

1996 · 2 incidents

July 1, 1996 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CLEANING OUT AN AIR VENT, SOMETHING FLEW INTO HIS EYE, CAUSING IRRITATION.

May 2, 1996 MI · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider POWERED HAULAGE
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against stationary object

A BIG CLAY BALL WOULDN'T GO UP THE BELT AND SO HE TRIED TO CATCH IT. THIS RESULTED IN HIS HAND BEING JAMMED INTO THE FEED CONVEYOR.

1995 · 1 incident

March 2, 1995 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

WHEL WORKING WITHIRON, IT SLIPPED FROM HIS HANDS AND LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT.

1993 · 1 incident

1992 · 1 incident

January 3, 1992 MI · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman MACHINERY
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

WORKING ON LOADER BUCKET. WEARING GOGGLES AND HEAD SHIELD. GOT SMALL PARTICLE OF GRIND METAL DUST IN LEFT EYE.

1990 · 1 incident

September 19, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

CLIMBING ON EQUIPMENT SLIPPED ANDFELL OFF CRANE TRACKS.

1989 · 4 incidents

December 8, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

WORKING SHOP USING GRINDER WHEN HAND SLIPPED AND SLICED FINGER OPEN.

June 27, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

FINISHED WELDING ON CHUTE. WENT TO FLIP CHUTE OVER ON VIBRATOR AND LOWER BACK SNAPPED. DID WORK REST OF DAY.