Mining Incidents

#3: 2 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ralph Moore
Champaign County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304396

#3 has $110 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
Jul 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$110
proposed penalties
$110
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
19
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 19 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

#3 has $110 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$110
proposed penalties
$110
current assessed
$110
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-05-10.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
100.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Moore'S Excavating Company 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2001 0
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

#3 sits in Champaign County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.4% of county employment.

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.
Champaign County, Ohio · Population 38,772
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$74,239
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 553 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 662 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,511 2 0 1323.6
2000 Q1 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1999 · 2 incidents

July 20, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Moore'S Excavating Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WORKING ON A LOADER TIRE BEATING ON THE WHEEL WITH 20' SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN HE MISSED HIS MARK AND SMASHED FINGERS MIDDLE, IN BETWEEN WHEEL AND HAMMER HANDLE.

April 8, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Moore'S Excavating Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DIGGING OUT #2 BELT (ROCK GOT STUCK BETWEEN BELT) WENT INTO GET ROCK OUT (LOOSE) USING PRYBAR, BELT JERKED AND TOOK BAR AND LEFT HAND INTO BELT AND CAUGHT HAND BETWEEN BELT AND PRYBAR. PULLED HAND LOOSE. FRACTURE TIP OF FINGER/LEFT MIDDLE FINGER/PULL NAIL FROM BET/CUT INSIDE OF FINGER (TOOK PIECE OF FINGER, SMALL CHUNK OFF).