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Wash Plant #1: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Olan Cole
Calhoun County, MI  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2002776

MSHA record for Wash Plant #1 (mine ID 2002776). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1990–1993
Latest incident
Jul 1993
Ownership history
  1. Battle Creek Gravel Company Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Wash 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.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1993 · 1 incident

July 8, 1993 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Battle Creek Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON GRAVEL PLANT CHANGING THE BELTS. THE CLAMPS HAVE TO BE CUT WITH A CHISEL, WHICH HE WAS DOING WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FROM THE CLAMP FLEW OFF AND INBEDDED ITSELF INTO THE EMPLOYEE'S ARM AROUND ELBOW AREA. WENT TO HEALTH CENTER HAT IT DRESSED AND RETURNED TO WORK.

1990 · 1 incident

August 29, 1990 MI · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Battle Creek Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL SLIPPED ON STEP OF CRANE FRACTURED ONE RIB LEFT SIDE.