Mining Incidents

KIRBYS SAND & GRAVEL Metal/Non-Metal

Kirby & Sons Inc · Surface
Controlled by Minor E Kirby
Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3302403

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2010
Latest incident
Nov 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
183
citations
42
significant & substantial
$41,842
proposed penalties
$41,842
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 8,465 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 8,780 3 0 341.7
2025 Q2 7,337 5 1 681.5
2025 Q1 7,514 8 3 1064.7
2024 Q4 8,403 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,617 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 7,578 4 1 527.8
2024 Q1 6,391 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

5 on file

2010 · 1 incident

November 15, 2010 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kirby & Sons Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE filled fluids in EQ. then went to put charger on the loader, he bent over and felt a sharp pain in his back. EE is complaining of severe pain and is being taken to the local hospital.

2009 · 1 incident

October 21, 2009 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kirby & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

He was trying to lift an electric motor up with a chain and a chain binder. The binder slipped and smashed his pinkie finger between the binder and the electric motor. The pinkie was gashed open and the tip of the finger was chipped and required to be sutured.

2008 · 1 incident

October 2, 2008 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Kirby & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

He was working on a screen box removing a screen in which at time of accident, he was removing the bolts. He stuck his thumb on the bolt to hold it from spinning while he tried to loosen the nut with an airgun when it cut thru his glove and cut his thumb.

2005 · 1 incident

April 6, 2005 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Kirby & Sons Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE CALLED US FRIDAY AM TO TELL US HE HAD BEEN TO AN E.R. ON THURSDAY EVENING TO HAVE A FOREIGN OBJECT REMOVED FROM HIS EYE. THEY REFERRED HIM TO AN EYE DR. ON FRIDAY AM. HE WAS PUT ON AN ANTIBIOTIC & TOLD NOT TO RETURN TO WORK UNTIL WE WERE INFORMED OF THIS 4/08/05.

2001 · 1 incident

September 13, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kirby & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

A RUBBER STRAP BROKE AND THE METAL HOOK CUT HIS HEAD.