Miner was cutting plastic with a box cutter, and the box cutter slipped out/off of the plastic, hitting the miner's hand and causing a cut on the knuckle of a finger. Miner went to Urgent Care for treatment.
Wayland Pit Metal/Non-Metal
High Grade Materials Co
· Surface
Controlled by
Amber Hoover; Amy Watson; James Sturrus Jr
Wayland,
Allegan County,
MI
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2003504
Wayland Pit 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
- 1
- Years on record
- 2020
- Latest incident
- Jan 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
36
citations
9
significant & substantial
$5,184
proposed penalties
$5,184
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
22
inspections on record
295
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: 295 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Wayland Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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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
36 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 2,615 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 2,480 | 2 | 1 | 806.5 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2,295 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,971 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,755 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,962 | 3 | 2 | 1529.1 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,058 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,115 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 2,029 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 1,897 | 2 | 1 | 1054.3 |
| 2023 Q2 | 1,252 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 1,665 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,725 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,380 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,884 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 1,028 | 4 | 1 | 3891.1 |
| 2021 Q4 | 2,403 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 2,877 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 671 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 1,113 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,427 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,337 | 1 | 0 | 747.9 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,322 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,130 | 3 | 0 | 2654.9 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,326 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 1,270 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,503 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,747 | 3 | 0 | 1717.2 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,753 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,476 | 6 | 1 | 2423.3 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,254 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 1,663 | 2 | 0 | 1202.6 |
| 2017 Q4 | 2,678 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 2,496 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 2,098 | 1 | 1 | 476.6 |
| 2017 Q1 | 1,102 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q4 | 2,564 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 2,813 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 2,257 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 1,615 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,324 | 3 | 1 | 1290.9 |
| 2015 Q3 | 2,040 | 5 | 0 | 2451.0 |
| 2015 Q2 | 1,252 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2020 · 1 incident
January 21, 2020
MI · Metal/Non-Metal
bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer
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