High Grade Materials Company operator
Controlled by
Amber Hoover; Amy Watson; James Sturrus Jr
MSHA operator ID: L15888
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 14
- Mines on record
- 4
- Years on record
- 1999–2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
400
citations
92
significant & substantial
$57,616
proposed penalties
$56,611
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,005 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
214
inspections on record
2,800
inspection hours
14.3
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.400 citations across 2,800 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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.$58K
proposed penalties
$57K
current assessed
$57K
paid to date
$511
outstanding
399 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 3 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 2 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 2 non-fatal
- ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES 1 non-fatal
- ELECTRICAL 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2020
2
2013
1
2011
1
2009
2
2008
3
2007
1
2004
3
1999
1
Mines on record
- St. Johns Pit MI
- Wayland Pit MI
- Wheeler Pit MI
- Linden Pit MI
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