Mining Incidents

Briar Hill Stone Co Metal/Non-Metal

Briar Hill Stone Co · Surface
Controlled by Frank Waller
McDermott, Scioto County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3300176

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
28
Years on record
2000–2014
Latest incident
Dec 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
248
citations
66
significant & substantial
$82,305
proposed penalties
$46,446
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q2 2,574 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,288 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,934 4 2 1363.3
2024 Q3 3,027 8 3 2642.9
2024 Q2 2,490 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,056 3 0 1459.1
2023 Q4 2,096 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,510 15 6 5976.1
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

28 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

December 23, 2014 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Manually pushing a piece of rock on a manual roller conveyor. Left middle finger was below the roller and stone rolled up with his finger between stone and the roller on the roller conveyor, mashing the tip and nail of his left middle finger.

March 12, 2014 OH · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY
Briar Hill Stone Co · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

MSHA inspector had been in plant and had EE wearing noise and dust sample collecting equipment for the day. The hoses from these devices got tangled up and he was trying to straighten them out. He straightened his arm out and hand went into radial saw. Fatty tissue between thumb and 1st finger was cut, also his thumb. Wearing 2 devices caused the entanglement.

2012 · 1 incident

September 26, 2012 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Briar Hill Stone Co · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Pulling a piece of stone across a roller conveyor and he had 2nd & 3rd fingers between bottom of stone and roller conveyor on left hand. Pulled 2nd & 3rd nail loose front fingers. no broken bones or stitches on the fingers, just dressing and bandage for 2 days.

2011 · 1 incident

April 27, 2011 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Briar Hill Stone Co · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was getting off the fork truck in the garage and stepped down onto the concrete floor and tripped over a water pump and scraped left arm from five inches above elbow to three inches below elbow. Cracked bone around ankle area. Tripping over the pump or the concrete floor caused the injury.

2010 · 1 incident

October 18, 2010 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Briar Hill Stone Co · Struck against a moving object

EE was leaving the work place after quitting time in his personal auto. Another private auto was moving on the same road and they hit head on, causing the auto accident.

2007 · 1 incident

November 5, 2007 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Scioto Sandstone LLC · Fall from ladders

He was climbing down a 7' ladder and his foot got tangled up in his pants leg and he fell and hurt his left wrist and wears a splint on left wrist.

2005 · 2 incidents

August 12, 2005 OH · Metal/Non-Metal forklift operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepped up on lift truck to operate and felt something pull and sting in his left ankle or foot. Left ankle and foot sprain.

2004 · 2 incidents

May 14, 2004 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STACKING STONE ON A PALLET AND LACERATED THE MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND BETWEEN TWO PIECES OF STONE.

March 11, 2004 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Struck by flying object

Metal plug flew up from the ground after being hit by a sledge hammer and struck ee in the forehead causing a laceration on forehead.

2003 · 4 incidents

November 14, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HITTING A BLOCK OF STONE WITH BOTH HANDS ON A 5 LB SLEDGE HAMMER AND THE RIGHT 5TH FINGER (PINKY) SOMEHOW CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STONE AND HAMMER BREAKING THE LITTLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND.

June 16, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND

LIFTING A AIR HAMMER DRILLOUT OF DRILL HOLE & FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK REGION. SPRAIN LUMBARSCRIAL AREA.

June 6, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator POWERED HAULAGE
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TIGHTENING CHAIN AROUND BLOCK OF STONE AND LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND GOT BETWEEN THE BLOCK OF STONE AND THE CHAIN AS THE CHAIN WAS BEING TIGHTENED BY THE CRANE, BREAKING THE LITTLE FINGER AND LACERATING THE FINGER.

January 16, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CABLE RUNNING THRU A SHEAVE AND SOME WAY FINGERS GOT BETWEEN THE SHEAVE AND SIDE BRACES. LEFT AND RIGHT FINGERS SMASHED AND SOME AMPUTATION ON LEFT AND RIGHT FINGERS.

2002 · 3 incidents

September 16, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper OTHER
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REINJURY OR PAIN IN LOWER BACK REGION FROM PREVIOUS INJURY 12/27/01.

September 6, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

SPRAINED LOWER BACK WORKING ON GANG SAW BY TWISTING A BOLT WITH A WRENCH.

August 20, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Fall from machine

FELL FROM LOADER LADDER BOTTOM STEP TO STONE LEDGE AND FELT PAIN IN LOWER BACK ON 9-20-02, BUT DIDN'T MISS ANY WORK OR SEEK TREATMENT UNTIL SEPT 5, 2002 SPRAIN LUMBAR REGION.

2001 · 10 incidents

November 26, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING A PIECE OF STONE TO STACK ON A PALLETT AND SPRAINED LOWER BACK.

November 8, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WALKING IN STONE YARD AROUND A PICK-UP TRUCK AND FELL ONTO GRAVELS OR A PIECE OF STONE AND LACERATED RIGHT FOREARM WHEN FALLING. NOTHING CAUSED HIM TO FALL OR TRIP. HE CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY HE JUS T FELL.

September 11, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BILATERAL CARPAL TUNNEL RELEASES AND POSITIVE TINEL S SURGERY WAS PERFORMED TODAY ONT HE LEFT WRIST AND A LATER DATE FOR THE RIGHT WRIST. HE USED A HAMMER ON HIS JOB EVERYDAY.

July 23, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HIT RIGHT ELBOW ON DOOR LATCH AND CAUSED LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS.

July 18, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

CUT LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON WHILE UNLOADING RACKS.

April 26, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

WALKING IN THE AREA WHERE FINISHED BUILDING STONE IS STORED FOR MOVEMENT TO ANOTHER LOCATION AND FELL OFF THE END OF FLOOR TO THE GROUND BELOW. FELL 3 FEET, SPRAINING BACK AND LEFT KNEE.

April 9, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

STANDING ON WIRE SAW POST AND HIS RIGHT KNEE BRUSHED AGAINST THE SHEAVE LACERATING THE RIGHT KNEE.

March 23, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVING STEEL KEYS WITH HAMMER WHEN A FOREIGN BODY WENT INTO RIGHT EYE.

March 2, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Waller Brothers Stone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BENT OVER TO REMOVE A ROCK FROM ATOP A WATER VALVE COVER SPRAINING MY BACK.

2000 · 1 incident