Mining Incidents

Williams Rd Pit Metal/Non-Metal

St. Johns, Clinton County, MI  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2002578

Williams Rd Pit has $8K 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
9
Years on record
1987–1989
Latest incident
Dec 1989
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
70
citations
19
significant & substantial
$7,551
proposed penalties
$7,551
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
32
inspections on record
352
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: 352 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Williams Rd Pit has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
70 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-12-17.
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 228 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 689 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q2 14 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
Show 85 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q4 28 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 31 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 33 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 8 1 0 125000.0
2020 Q3 24 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 27 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 19 6 2 315789.5
2019 Q3 282 5 0 17730.5
2019 Q2 218 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 25 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 389 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 551 1 1 1814.9
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 601 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 266 7 4 26315.8
2017 Q1 572 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 511 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 622 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 479 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 394 3 1 7614.2
2015 Q3 779 2 1 2567.4
2015 Q2 1,168 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 0 0 0
2014 Q4 753 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 956 8 0 8368.2
2014 Q2 622 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 0 0 0
2013 Q4 780 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,007 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 261 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 400 4 0 10000.0
2012 Q3 837 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,406 1 0 711.2
2012 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 679 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,118 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 522 6 2 11494.3
2011 Q1 0 0 0
2010 Q4 562 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,447 4 1 2764.3
2010 Q2 2,163 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 0 0 0
2009 Q4 1,155 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,487 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 349 7 3 20057.3
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 733 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 648 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,104 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 841 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 573 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 790 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,620 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 413 2 0 4842.6
2006 Q3 2,031 7 4 3446.6
2006 Q2 1,247 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 1,159 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,829 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,139 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 1,139 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,450 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,647 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,691 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,587 3 0 1890.4
2003 Q2 1,748 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 0 0 0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 45 3 0 66666.7
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 599 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 2,651 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,524 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 659 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1989 · 4 incidents

December 6, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Searles Construction Inc · Struck against a moving object

BUKET OF LOADER STRUCK LARGE ROCK HIDDEN IN GRAVEL DEPOSIT BEING CARRIED TO SCREENING PLANT. OPERATOR SLID FORWARD STRIKING DASH OF LOADER ESULTING IN TORN LIGAMENTS IN KNEES.

June 3, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Searles Construction Inc · Struck against stationary object

I NAME WAS WALKING IN SOFT DIRT WHEN HE STEPPED ON A HIDDEN ROCK AT THE EDGE OF HIS FOOT HE BROKE ONE BONE IN THE ARCH OF HIS RT FOOT

May 16, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Searles Construction Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WORKING ON CRUSHER & MY FINGER GOT PINCHED IN THE BOWL OF THE CRUSHER

May 10, 1989 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Searles Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON CRUSHER BIG ROCK CAME OFF CONVEYOR INTO CRUSHER BOWL & STRUCK MY HAND

1988 · 3 incidents

August 2, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Searles Construction Inc · Fall from machine

HOPPED OFF TAIL PULLEY GUARD. AFTER UNHOOKING CHAIN THAT SET CONVEYOR IN PLACE. WHEN I LANDED ON THE GROUND, MY LEFT FOOT LANDED ON TOP OF ROCK. WHICH TURNED, FRACTURED SMALL BONE IN MY LEFT A NKLE.

July 15, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Searles Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I WAS CLEANING OUT ROCKS FROM UNDER CONVEYOR WHEN A LARGE ROCK BOUNDED OFF CONVEYOR BELT. IT HIT MY ARM BELOW ELBOW WHICH AT THE TIME I HAD IT EXTENDED OUT WITH ROCKS IN MY HAND AND ARMS.

June 4, 1988 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Searles Construction Inc · Struck against a moving object

DUMPING MY LOAD AND I STARTED TO SLIDING OFF THE EDGE AND I TRIED FORCING THE MACHINE BACK ON THE PULL BUT A COND THOUGHT WERE TO LET THEMACHINEXXX MACHINE GO WHERE IT WARNTS TO GO AND IT ROLL ED SIDE FOR SIDE.

1987 · 2 incidents

August 18, 1987 MI · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Searles Construction Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

COUNTERWEIGHT O3 SCRAPER WAS LODGED IN CONVEYOR REVERSED CONVEYOR OR BELT COUNTERWEIGHT CAME UP AND HIT LEFT WRIST SPRAINED WRIST DR ORDERED DARVON MEDICATION

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The full compliance file on Williams Rd Pit

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.