Ronald E Watson controller
MSHA controller ID: M01311
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 92
- Mines on record
- 10
- Years on record
- 1983–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
532
citations
100
significant & substantial
$105,686
proposed penalties
$89,103
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,583 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
296
inspections on record
5,337
inspection hours
10.0
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.532 citations across 5,337 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$106K
proposed penalties
$89K
current assessed
$89K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
527 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 34 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 16 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 15 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 10 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 10 non-fatal
- OTHER 3 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
1
2024
2
2023
1
2020
1
2018
1
2014
1
2013
1
2010
2
2009
1
2008
3
2007
1
2006
3
2005
3
2004
1
2002
4
2001
1
2000
1
1999
6
1998
7
1997
2
1996
1
1995
9
1994
5
1992
8
1991
5
1990
9
1989
3
1988
1
1987
2
1986
4
1983
2
Operators under this controller
Mines on record
- Watson Gravel Inc (Dry Fork Plant) OH
- Watson Gravel Inc (Ross Plant) OH
- Watson Gravel Inc (Harrison Plant) OH
- Watson Gravel Inc. (Middletown Plant) OH
- Morton Aggregate, LLC IN
- Watson Gravel Inc. (Edgewater Plant) OH
- Watson Gravel Inc (Kilby Plant) OH
- Petersburg Sand KY
- SPRING VALLEY NORTH-593 OH
- Watson Gravel Inc (River Plant) OH
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The full compliance file on Ronald E Watson
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.