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: 304 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Telsmith Plant #1 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $454 in penalties contested before the Commission, $360 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-07-25.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
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: 2005-08-16, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (5)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2005-08-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.53
0.26
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-08-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.63
0.25
Truck Driver
2002-07-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.81
0.25
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.8
0.86
0.93
Shuttle Car Operator (diesel)
2002-07-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2010
2
2009
2
2008
3
2007
7
2006
7
2005
5
2004
4
2003
8
2002
7
2001
7
2000
7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Telsmith Plant #1 sits in Calhoun 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.
Calhoun County, Michigan · Population 133,846
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$60,385
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
WAS HOOKING UP THE PUP TRAILER BRAKES RELEASED CAUSING TRAILER TO ROLL BACKWARDS CATCHING SMALLFINGER ON HAND TO BE BECOME PINCHED BETWEEN TRAILER & SAFETY CHAIN
2000 · 2 incidents
November 1, 2000MI · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE EUCLID TRUCK, SLIPPED ON THE STEPS AND FELL ON HIS KNEE. THE STEPS WERE WET AND MUDDY WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE INJURY. THE RIGHT KNEE WAS BADLY BRUISED AND SWOLLEN.
1994 · 2 incidents
November 3, 1994MI · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS SQUATTING DOWN TO PICK UP A BLOCK, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO GET UP FROM A DEEP SQUAT POSITION HE FELT SHARP PAIN IN LEFT KNEE. EMPLOYEE ATTEMPTED TO TAKE CARE OF INJURY HIMSELF TO NO AVAIL. AFTER A WEEK OR SO PAIN AND SWELLING CONTINUED, HE CONSULTED, HE CONSULTED WITH A DR.10-18-94 AND WAS SEEN AGAIN A WEEK LATER, AT WHICH TIME SURGERY WAS SCHEDULED.
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