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Michigan Bluestone Metal/Non-Metal

McPhee Farms Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Sharon McPhee; Ian McPhee

Kinde, Huron County, MI · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 2003160

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2003–2004
Latest incident: May 2004

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$13,647

proposed penalties

$13,587

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	Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3	0	0
2010 Q2	0	0
2010 Q1	0	0
2009 Q4	0	0
2009 Q2	2,200	0	0.0
2009 Q1	0	0
2008 Q3	2,727	0	0.0
2008 Q2	4,131	3	726.2

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded

October 30, 2003 MI · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Classic Grindstone · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ANOTHER EE WAS DRIVING A KAWASAKI K2110-II LOADER AND WAS BACKING UP WHEN INJ EE DROVE HIS S10 PICKUP BEHIND THE LOADER. THE IMPACT CAUSE IMMEDIATE DEATH TO THE EMPLOYEE. DRIVER OF THE L OADER WAS NOT INJURED.

Reportable incidents

1 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2004 · 1 incident

May 6, 2004 MI · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY

Classic Grindstone · Struck against a moving object

While operating our 245 cat excavator, the swing lock engaged causing an immediate swing of the machine, causing the operator to be severly jostled. He was wearing a seat-belt, which prevented him from being thrown from the machine.