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TELSMITH PLANT #2: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Olan Cole
Calhoun County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002664

MSHA record for TELSMITH PLANT #2 (mine ID 2002664). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1988–1990
Latest incident
Sep 1990
Ownership history
  1. Battle Creek Gravel Company Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

TELSMITH PLANT #2 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1990 · 1 incident

September 20, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Battle Creek Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPL WAS DOING JOB ON PLANT & LEFT HAND GOT PINCHED BETWEEN BAR HE WAS USING & FRAME OF EQUIPMENT BRUSING LEFT HAND.

1989 · 2 incidents

June 21, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Battle Creek Gravel Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SETTING UP A PLANT AND WALKED INTO THE BACK OF THE FEEDER, RESULTING IN A LACERATION TO THE HEAD.

1988 · 1 incident