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Blanchard Pit, Mecosta County, Michigan: 2 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Blanchard Pit is an intermittent construction sand and gravel surface mine in Mecosta County, Michigan, operated by Rockafellow Excavating LLC with 3 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2003500). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 2 citations and orders there with $294 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2003500
- Status
- Intermittent since October 15, 2021
- Main commodity
- Construction sand and gravel
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Mecosta County, Michigan
- Nearest town
- Blanchard
- Operator
- Rockafellow Excavating LLC
- Employees
- 3
- MSHA field office
- Lansing MI Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 2
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $294
- Amount paid so far
- $294
- Inspections
- 4
- Inspector hours on site
- 22
- Citations per inspection
- 0.50 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- June 12, 2026
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | $143 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | $151 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Blanchard Pit
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 2 |
Other open mines in Mecosta County, Michigan
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washplant II | Barber Creek Sand & Gravel Inc | Mecosta County, MI | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 7 |
| Pioneer Plant | Chippewa Stone & Gravel Inc | Mecosta County, MI | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 6 |
| Pioneer Plant | Switzer Sand & Gravel, Inc. | Mecosta County, MI | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 4 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.