Mining Incidents

Torpey Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Timothy Torpey
Barryton, Isabella County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2002484

Torpey Pit has $151 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
1992
Latest incident
Jul 1992
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$151
proposed penalties
$151
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
5
inspections on record
68
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: 68 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Torpey Pit has $151 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.
$151
proposed penalties
$151
current assessed
$151
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-05-08.
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 1,507 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,016 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,237 1 0 447.0
2025 Q1 866 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,898 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,388 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,260 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 701 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,959 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,391 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,296 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 529 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 922 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,640 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,364 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1992 · 1 incident

July 24, 1992 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Central Michigan Sand & Gravel · Struck by powered moving object

THE MAN WAS HOOKING CHAIN UNDER CRUSHER. HAD BODY SPREAD OUT AND LOADER OPERATOR COULDN'T SEE HOW HE WAS SPREAD OUT WHEN SET BACKED DOWN AND SET BUCKET ON LEG.

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