Mining Incidents

Amrize Kalamazoo West Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Amrize Ltd
KALAMAZOO, Kalamazoo County, MI  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2002421

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2023
Latest incident
Mar 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
42
citations
8
significant & substantial
$5,408
proposed penalties
$4,610
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 2,411 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 632 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,301 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 424 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 836 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,588 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,246 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2023 · 1 incident

March 22, 2023 MI · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Meyer Material CO, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was hurrying across work area with items in both hands. EE had to duck under a conveyor. When EE did so, EE's feet got tangled under EE and EE stumbled without falling.

2021 · 1 incident

August 28, 2021 MI · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Meyer Material CO, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Crew was on-site changing screen cloth for a mode change. Injured employee was using a power tool to remove hard, built up material from screen deck rails prior to re-installing screen cloth. While shifting EE's weight the tool caught the rail, causing it to kick back and pinch the employee's thumb between the power tool and the cross tube on the screen deck.

2019 · 1 incident

December 5, 2019 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Meyer Material CO, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a blade to cut and remove electrical tape from a cord. As EE removed glove to peel back the tape EE made one final cut on the tape and accidently cut thumb.

2010 · 1 incident

October 25, 2010 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bill Smith Sand & Gravel · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While cleaning out material from the tail section of a de-energized stacking conveyor the employee suffered a strain to the right arm.

2001 · 1 incident

June 1, 2001 MI · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Unknown operator · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING BELT ON VIBRATOR FINGER GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND SHIVE AFTER LETTING GO OF THE SHIVE. THE SHIVE HAS A COUNTER WEIGHT THAT BRINGS IT TO THE STARTING POSITION. THE MINER BROKE HIS FINGER AND RECEIVED 12 STITCHES.