Mining Incidents

Apex Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jeffrey R Sidwell
Jewett, Harrison County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304321

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2007–2012
Latest incident
Sep 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
74
citations
29
significant & substantial
$10,959
proposed penalties
$8,014
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
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q4 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

8 on file

2012 · 1 incident

September 1, 2012 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sidwell Materials Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was installing new tracks on a excavator driving a steel pin with a sledge hammer to hold tracks together when a very small piece of steel fragment broke off and went into his rigt leg. Employee received 4 stitches in his right leg.

2009 · 1 incident

August 4, 2009 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Mineral Trading Co., LLC · Struck against a moving object

While operating the D11 Dozer the operator ran over a rock causing the machine to jump and landing on a rock, teetering then falling back down to level ground, causing the operator to be jarred.

2008 · 2 incidents

September 23, 2008 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Mineral Trading Co., LLC · Struck against a moving object

Digging hard stone with 1100 excator. When digging, exavator track picked up off ground and slammed down hard several times, jamming lower back.

February 22, 2008 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mineral Trading Co., LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Snow/icy - shoveling scales - slipped on ice & cut thumb.

2007 · 4 incidents

December 28, 2007 OH · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mineral Trading Co., LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Muddy conditions - he slipped and fell off track and landed on rock.

January 23, 2007 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Eastern Ohio Coal Company, LLC · Struck against a moving object

Driving parts truck, he wrecked with vehicle on road. Driver of our truck not at fault.