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Oglebay Norton Company controller

MSHA controller ID: M00581

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Fatalities
4
Total incidents
1731
Mines on record
38
Years on record
1983–2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2,384
citations
544
significant & substantial
$515,685
proposed penalties
$465,325
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $50,360 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
887
inspections on record
22,041
inspection hours
10.8
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
2,384 citations across 22,041 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$516K
proposed penalties
$465K
current assessed
$465K
paid to date
$2
outstanding
2,345 assessments are final orders; 36 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-02-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2008
6
2007
48 (1f)
2006
63
2005
79
2004
80
2003
66
2002
66
2001
96
2000
82 (2f)
1999
98
1998
59
1997
29
1996
57
1995
65
1994
84 (1f)
1993
22

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

4 recorded
March 23, 2007 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · MACHINERY
Premier Silica LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

4-employees were performing preventative maintenance on the aerial tram system used to transport stone from the quarry to the plant. While tensioning the steel cable used to carry the tram buckets, the hydraulic cylinder assembly pulled loose from its anchor point. One employee was fatally injured and another suffered a broken leg, after being struck by components of the system.

November 17, 2000 TX · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Oglebay Norton Industrial Sands Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE FELL APPROX 65 FT FROM LIFT BASKET HELD BY CRANE. HE WAS NOT WEARING SAFETY HARNESS. HE WAS REACHING FOR A BUCKET OF WATER HANDED UP FROM BELOW. WORKING ON A TAILINGS RELOCATION PROJE CT AT OLD QUARRY AT VOCA WEST.

January 26, 2000 VA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
O-N Minerals (Chemstone Company) · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE STONE BUILDUP FROM UNDER SHAFT KILN CARRIAGE COUNTER WEIGHT. HE CLIMBED OVER A GUARD INTO RESTRICTED AREA WHERE THE WEIGHT WAS LOCATED ONLY INCHES OVER HIS HE AD. THE WEIGHT MADE ITS SCHEDULED DESCENT AND EE WAS TRAPPED UNDER IT.

February 10, 1994 MN · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Oglebay Norton Taconite Company · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO FREE BUILT UP SLAG AND DEBRIS FROM WEST WALL OF #2 GRATE PREHEAT AREA. EMPLOYEE INVOLVED WAS ON BACK END OF JACKHAMMER AND BEFORE STARTING, MATERIAL FELL FROM ABOV E, CAUSING ABOVE STATED FATALITY.

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