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Wheeler Pit: 121 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Greenville, Montcalm County, MI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2000880

Wheeler Pit has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
32
Years on record
1992–2013
Latest incident
May 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
121
citations
24
significant & substantial
$13,678
proposed penalties
$13,578
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See High Grade Materials Co.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
62
inspections on record
977
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: 977 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Wheeler Pit has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
121 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-03.
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.
19.8%
significant & substantial
1.7%
high negligence or reckless
19.8%
reasonably likely or greater
35.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.4% low, 86.0% moderate, 1.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2024-07-24
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-07-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2024-07-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2021-04-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Clam Shell Operator
2016-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2011-11-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-09-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-09-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 2.43 0.21 Front-end Loader Operator
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.

Wheeler Pit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.

Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Michigan, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.16 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 27.63 9.21 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Wheeler Transit Mix 1950 to 1985
  2. Wheeler Transit Mix 1985 to 1986
  3. Wheeler Transit Mix Company 1986 to 2002
  4. High Grade Materials Co. 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 7
2024 6
2023 7
2022 6
2021 6
2020 5
2019 6
2018 6
2017 6
2016 6
2015 6
2014 7
2013 7
2012 8
2011 6
2010 6
2009 6
2008 6
2007 7
2006 9
2005 10
2004 9
2003 8
2002 7
2001 8
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Wheeler Pit sits in Montcalm County, Michigan, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Montcalm County, Michigan · Population 67,174
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$64,892
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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 5,581 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,026 2 0 496.8
2025 Q4 3,916 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,607 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,709 1 0 212.4
2025 Q1 3,923 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,980 2 0 502.5
2024 Q3 3,924 3 1 764.5
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,460 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,189 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,552 1 0 219.7
2023 Q3 4,511 6 0 1330.1
2023 Q2 4,708 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,540 1 0 220.3
2022 Q4 4,680 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,455 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,075 2 0 490.8
2022 Q1 3,099 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,203 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,241 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,986 4 3 1003.5
2021 Q1 2,687 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,151 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,208 1 0 311.7
2020 Q2 3,324 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,098 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,133 4 1 1276.7
2019 Q3 3,089 3 0 971.2
2019 Q2 3,199 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,627 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,800 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,889 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,264 2 1 469.0
2018 Q1 3,620 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,055 1 0 246.6
2017 Q3 3,846 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,253 4 0 940.5
2017 Q1 3,889 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,078 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,466 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,148 6 1 1446.5
2016 Q1 4,102 2 0 487.6
2015 Q4 3,715 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,023 9 3 2237.1
2015 Q2 4,135 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,445 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,227 2 0 382.6
2014 Q3 4,401 2 1 454.4
2014 Q2 4,101 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,778 1 0 264.7
2013 Q4 3,671 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,917 3 1 765.9
2013 Q2 4,022 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,573 5 1 1399.4
2012 Q4 4,373 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,063 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,025 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,479 1 0 287.4
2011 Q4 4,291 1 0 233.0
2011 Q3 3,871 1 0 258.3
2011 Q2 3,368 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,043 3 0 1468.4
2010 Q4 3,166 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,315 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,513 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,510 1 0 398.4
2009 Q4 3,829 3 0 783.5
2009 Q3 5,080 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,292 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,126 1 0 470.4
2008 Q4 3,326 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,784 8 0 2114.2
2008 Q2 3,288 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,038 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,147 3 0 723.4
2007 Q3 4,989 5 0 1002.2
2007 Q2 3,933 4 4 1017.0
2007 Q1 3,207 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,262 3 0 570.1
2006 Q3 4,862 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,088 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,316 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,488 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,448 17 5 2636.5
2005 Q2 5,784 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,975 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,691 2 1 351.4
2004 Q3 5,814 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,073 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,137 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,837 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,834 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,273 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,137 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,868 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,685 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,185 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,648 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,443 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,900 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,217 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,861 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,506 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,651 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,357 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,416 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

32 on file

2013 · 1 incident

May 6, 2013 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
High Grade Materials Co. · Struck by flying object

The miner was hitting a steel bearing with a hammer when the bearing broke and a small piece of steel shot out and stuck into his leg.

2011 · 1 incident

June 13, 2011 MI · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
High Grade Materials Co. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was watching a cable being moved. Cabled whipped, catching the employee around his ankles and knocking him off his feet. Employee fell, landing on right side, fracturing his right shoulder, hurting right wrist, laceration to the right side of his head, and right ear.

2009 · 2 incidents

September 17, 2009 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
High Grade Materials Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

per employee, "Changing screen on gravel plant. The screen slid on my thumb and bent it way back."

June 29, 2009 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
High Grade Materials Co. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

This report is late because we were told at first it was a re-injury. It has been established that it is a new injury. The employee was "working on dry screen of wash deck" and was "pulling on ratchet in awkward position". He has tendonitis and possible rotator cuff injury to the right shoulder.

2008 · 2 incidents

November 21, 2008 MI · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES
High Grade Materials Co. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Per employee "getting sand sample - put sand in bucket and put 1 1/2 pipe into bucket - dump out sand - keep what is in pipe - that's the sample - when I stood up I felt it pop" (lower back). Employee has pain in lower back that resonates down right leg.

July 18, 2008 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STRIKING OR BUMPING
High Grade Materials Co. · Struck against stationary object

Per employee, injury occurred "in Greenville Pit southwest side of pit dry screening. Stood up too early in screen and hit head." Injury - minor, superficial laceration to scalp. Dissolvable stitches used. No follow up with provider required. Employee returned to work the same day.

2007 · 1 incident

May 1, 2007 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
High Grade Materials Co. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was shoveling out under gravel plant. He got halfway done & stopped to take a break. He felt muscle in lower back tighten up like a knot. He dropped down to his knees & finished shoveling out the plant.

2004 · 3 incidents

December 23, 2004 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
High Grade Materials Co. · Struck by falling object

While using a loader, a clump of dirt fell out and wedged in the front part of the loader. Employee got out to remove it and when it broke free it hit his right leg, scraping it.

November 1, 2004 MI · Metal/Non-Metal pumper POWERED HAULAGE
High Grade Materials Co. · Struck against a moving object

Running loader, it hit a bump when turning, banging his left elbow on metal frame.

October 8, 2004 MI · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
High Grade Materials Co. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

CARRYING UP NEW M0NITOR, TRIPPED AND FELL WITH MONITOR 8 FT TO GROUND.

2002 · 1 incident

2001 · 2 incidents

April 13, 2001 MI · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wheeler Transit Mix Company · Struck against stationary object

SHOVELING STONES OFF DREDGE. HIT HAND AGAINST RAIL, RIGHT WRIST, BRUISED WRIST.

2000 · 3 incidents

February 17, 2000 MI · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wheeler Transit Mix Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING IN PIT EE BRUSHED OFF HIS COAT WITH HIS HAND FOREIGN OBJECT FLEW INTO EYE

1999 · 4 incidents

March 23, 1999 MI · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Wheeler Transit Mix Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON EQUIPMENT. USED PRY BAR TO OPEN DOOR. PRY BAR SLIPPED. STRAINED NECK.

1998 · 5 incidents

October 20, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal OTHER
Wheeler Transit Mix Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WORKING IN PIT. STUNG BY A BEE & HAD AN ALLERGIC REACTION.

October 13, 1998 MI · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler POWERED HAULAGE
Wheeler Transit Mix Company · Struck by flying object

CLEANING GRAVEL. ROCK FLEW FROM CONVEYOR & HIT HIS LEFT ARM

1996 · 2 incidents

June 1, 1996 MI · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler POWERED HAULAGE
Wheeler Transit Mix Company · Fall onto or against objects

CUT FINGER ON MOVING PULLEY WHEN HE SLIPPED AND TRIED TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM FALLING.

1993 · 2 incidents

1992 · 3 incidents

August 31, 1992 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Wheeler Transit Mix Company · Struck by falling object

JAW OF WASH PLANT FELL ON FOOT.