Mining Incidents

Sand and Gravel Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Martin Savko Jr
Plain City, Madison County, OH  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3304368

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2002–2019
Latest incident
Dec 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
105
citations
26
significant & substantial
$18,509
proposed penalties
$18,509
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 2,345 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,143 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 1,666 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,177 5 0 4248.1
2023 Q4 614 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,019 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,398 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

7 on file

2019 · 1 incident

December 10, 2019 OH · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tuffco Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was standing on an uneven dirt mound and upon stepping off of it, EE stepped on a pipe, slipped and shifted all EE's weight onto EE's left leg causing EE pain in EE's knee thereafter. EE was limping following the incident, rested EE's leg for a while before deciding to leave.

2010 · 1 incident

November 19, 2010 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Tuffco Sand & Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Smashed little finger on left hand between spud bar & catwalk to dislodge rocks.

2009 · 3 incidents

July 7, 2009 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Tuffco Sand & Gravel Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Climbing down off loader and back went out. Lower left back.

June 12, 2009 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Tuffco Sand & Gravel Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Cutting with torch and sparks popped back at me and went under my glasses and in my left eye.

March 19, 2009 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Tuffco Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Cutting with torch-a small fragment of rust popped under safety glasses and struck me in eye-went to emergency room-they could not see it. They send me to opthamologist-she could not find anything-said it must have come out.

2007 · 1 incident

September 21, 2007 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Tuffco Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by flying object

Going to grease loader, hose blew puncturing left hand; put grease inside of hand.

2002 · 1 incident

October 14, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Tuffco Sand & Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

THE SKIDSTEER NEED A NEW RADIATOR WE WERE PUTTING HYDRAULIC COOLER ON TOP OF THE RADIATOR TO BE BOLTED TOGETHER WHEN THE HYDRAULIC COOLER SLID OFF THE FORKS OF THE SKID STEER AND HIT ME ON TOP OF MY HEAD, THEN SLID OFF MY HEAD AND CAME TO REST ON MY KNEE PINNING ME. OTHER EE PICKED IT OFF ME. I WAS DIZZY ABOUT A MIN. THE NECK MUSCLES WERE SORE IN BACK.