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Mines in Knox County, Ohio

Knox County, Ohio has 11 mines on MSHA's register: 5 active, 6 abandoned. 112 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 578 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Knox County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Knox County →

Mines on register
11
Active
5
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
578
0 underground · 11 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 11 metal and non-metal 6 abandoned 112 reported accidents, 1983–2025
Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Knox County, Ohio · Population 62,888
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$73,988
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Small's Sand & Gravel Inc. 2 1 0
United Aggregates Inc. 2 2 0
Briar Hill Stone Company 1 0 0
IRG Newcastle LLC 1 0 0
Killbuck Sand & Gravel Company 1 0 0
S & S Aggregate 1 0 0
Select Materials 1 1 0
Shelly Materials Inc 1 0 0
The Olen Corporation 1 1 0
Mines in Knox County11 on register
  1. Select Materials-Millwood Operation
    Surface metal/non-metal · Select Materials · MSHA ID 3301355
    Active
  2. UNITED AGGREGATES, INC.
    Surface metal/non-metal · United Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 3301612
    Active
  3. Fredericktown Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · The Olen Corporation · MSHA ID 3303848
    Active
  4. Small's Sand & Gravel, Inc.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Small's Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3303012
    Active
  5. United Aggregates Inc.
    Surface metal/non-metal · United Aggregates Inc. · MSHA ID 3304514
    Active
  6. S & S Aggregate Plant #13
    Surface metal/non-metal · S & S Aggregate · MSHA ID 3301483
    Abandoned
  7. SHELLY MATERIALS INC. MT. VERNON
    Surface metal/non-metal · Shelly Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3301492
    Abandoned
  8. PLANT #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Small's Sand & Gravel Inc. · MSHA ID 3304371
    Abandoned
  9. IRG Newcastle LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · IRG Newcastle LLC · MSHA ID 3304494
    Abandoned
  10. Killbuck Sand & Gravel Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · Killbuck Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 3301537
    Abandoned
  11. Knox County Quarries
    Surface metal/non-metal · Briar Hill Stone Company · MSHA ID 3300028
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.