Mining Incidents

Walls Materials Plant 2 Metal/Non-Metal

Walls Materials · Surface
Fort Jefferson, Darke County, OH  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3301384

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2000–2024
Latest incident
Apr 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
65
citations
19
significant & substantial
$7,187
proposed penalties
$7,099
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 Q4 1,758 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 2,377 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,307 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,681 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 920 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,291 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 925 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2024 · 1 incident

April 29, 2024 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Walls Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Removing zip ties from cable bundle and cut gloved hand with razor knife requiring stitches. Employee returned to work the same day with no work restrictions or modifications.

2015 · 1 incident

May 18, 2015 OH · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Walls Materials · Fall from ladders

Miner was performing maintenance on primary takeout belt gear box. Lost balance while on ladder and fell +/- 3 feet spraining ankle.

2008 · 1 incident

May 5, 2008 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Walls Materials · Struck by falling object

Miner was unplugging rocks jammed in jaw crusher when two large rocks shifted pinching little finger on left hand

2004 · 1 incident

March 30, 2004 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Walls Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A CONVEYOR BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS HAND.

2001 · 2 incidents

April 17, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Walls Materials · Fall from machine

EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN A STEP LADDE,R HIS FOOT SLIPPED AND FELL APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET TO GROUND.

March 6, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Walls Materials · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS PICKING UP A BELT ROLLER TO LOAD ON WELDING TRAILER. WHEN HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS BACK.

2000 · 4 incidents

September 23, 2000 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Walls Materials · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE'S WERE REMOVING TABLE SHOE'S FROM SPOKANE CRUSHER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER WHEN A SLIVER OF STEEL FLEW OFF AND EMBEDDED IN EMPLOYEE'S FOREARM.

August 22, 2000 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Walls Materials · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING BEHIND A PACKED PICK-UP WHEN ANTOHER EMPLOYEE PULLED UP BEHIND HIM IN PIT TRUCK TO PARK, THE PIT TRUCK ROLLED FORWARD PINCHING HIS KNEE BETWEEN THE TWO BUMPERS.

July 29, 2000 OH · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Walls Materials · Fall from machine

EE WAS WORKING ON ROCK BOX, ABOVE DRY SCREEN, CUTTING OUT LOWER SHELF. BOX FLIPPED, THROWING EE.

June 27, 2000 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Walls Materials · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PULLING SAMPLES OUT OF CONVEYOR 60-70 LIFTED UP AND HAD SHARP PAINS IN LOWER BACK.