VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections across the current mine portfolio.
Safety activity
Compliance Follow-up Inspection
St Marys Cement-Detroit · 20024340.8 on-site hours reported
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio
St Marys Cement-Detroit · 20024343.3 on-site hours reported
Barricades and warning signs.
St Marys Cement-Detroit · 200243430 CFR 56.20011 · $165.00 proposed penalty
Hoisting
St. Marys Cement-Charlevoix · 2000038Accident only
Accident narrative
Employee was using the elevator to go up to the 12 pack when the elevator stopped due to a limit switch failing.
Special Emphasis Programs
Yard 78 - Bloomfield · 12022600.5 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Metz Quarry · 11032946.0 on-site hours reported
Self-propelled equipment.
Yard 57 - Paxton · 110113330 CFR 56.4230(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Safety defects; examination, correction and records.
Yard 57 - Paxton · 110113330 CFR 56.14100(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Yard 57 - Paxton · 11011335.3 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
McDowell Quarry · 11031306.5 on-site hours reported
Electric substations and liquid storage facilities.
Yard 99 - Ashkum · 110298630 CFR 56.4130(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Electrical conductors.
Yard 99 - Ashkum · 110298630 CFR 56.12004 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Yard 99 - Ashkum · 11029866.3 on-site hours reported
Handtools (nonpowered)
St. Marys Cement-Charlevoix · 2000038Dys awy frm wrk & restrctd act
Accident narrative
An employee attempted to break a rake handle by stomping on it. During the attempt, the handle recoiled and struck the employee in the side of the stomach. The pain from the handle caused them to lose consciousness while walking back to the break area. The employee fell down approximately 10 stairs, sustaining two lacerations to the left knee requiring 19 staples.
Handtools (nonpowered)
Yard 88 - Pontiac · 1103029No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
During crusher maintenance that involved rotating crusher blow bars, one employee was using a sledgehammer to dislodge the blow bar wedges. While striking the wedge, the employee missed and inadvertently struck the rotor. As a result, a metal fragment broke off and struck a nearby employee in the chest.
Inspection.
Rockford Quarry · 110029830 CFR 56.4201(a)(1) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Procedures during repairs or maintenance.
Byron West-Limestone · 110296730 CFR 56.14105 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Byron West-Limestone · 11029674.5 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Rockford Quarry · 11002985.3 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
Yard 72 - Waverly · 120231813.3 on-site hours reported
Securing gas cylinders.
Yard 72 - Waverly · 120231830 CFR 56.16005 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Correction of dangerous conditions.
Yard 72 - Waverly · 120231830 CFR 56.12030 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Handling of materials
St. Marys Cement-Charlevoix · 2000038No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
The employee removed the calibration weight and it dropped onto the employee's hand, pinching it between the top of the guard and the weight. As a result, the employee sustained a cut that required 8 stitches and a hairline fracture to left hand ring finger.
Handling of materials
St. Marys Cement-Charlevoix · 2000038Dys awy frm wrk & restrctd act
Accident narrative
Employee lifted 80-170 lb liners for mill #3 outage and developed right-hand pain after a popping sensation. On May 8 the tendon tightened again; diagnosed with trigger finger. Surgery occurred 1/8/26, with no use of the right hand until 3/11/26. Employee has returned to work with restrictions on 2/2/2026.
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections
St. Marys Cement-Charlevoix · 20000384.5 on-site hours reported
Sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).
Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.
Status is from the current MSHA Mines snapshot, not the selected reporting period. Closed records can retain their last reported controller/operator.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.