Mining Incidents

AYERS LIMESTONE QUARRY, INC.: 17 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Thomas E Ayers
Martins Ferry, Belmont County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3300009

AYERS LIMESTONE QUARRY, INC. has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1989–1997
Latest incident
Jun 1997
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,146
proposed penalties
$1,146
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16
inspections on record
204
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 204 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

AYERS LIMESTONE QUARRY, INC. has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-03-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
17.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
17.6%
reasonably likely or greater
47.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.8% low, 88.2% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2002-03-13, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-03-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.91 1.78 0.51 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-03-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2002-03-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-03-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.36 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-03-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.12 0.21 Truck Driver
2000-08-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 1.28 0.26 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 1.49 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2000-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

AYERS LIMESTONE QUARRY, INC. recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.

Injury rate, 2004
This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.32 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Ayers Limestone Quarry Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 6
2005 9
2004 10
2003 10
2002 8
2001 8
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

AYERS LIMESTONE QUARRY, INC. sits in Belmont County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 4.7% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Belmont County, Ohio · Population 65,982
4.7%
Mining share of county employment
$58,411
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2 2,648 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,625 3 1 827.6
2005 Q4 3,947 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,495 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,393 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,399 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,463 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10,847 0 0 0.0
Show 18 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2 5,595 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,217 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,029 2 0 397.7
2003 Q3 4,733 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,532 6 0 1323.9
2003 Q1 3,626 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,787 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,745 1 1 210.7
2002 Q2 4,688 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,934 3 1 608.0
2001 Q4 4,546 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,107 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,636 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,429 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,263 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,470 2 0 447.4
2000 Q2 4,800 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,140 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1997 · 1 incident

June 30, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ayers Limestone Quarry Inc · Fall onto or against objects

OPERATOR WAS PERFORMING CLEAN UP DUTIES IN THE MAINTENANCE SHOP. WHILE PLACING TRASH IN THE BUCKET OF A END LOADER HE STEPPED BACKWARD AND FELL ON AN OIL DRAIN BUCKET APPROX. 14" IN HEIGHT AND 22" IN DIAMETER.

1994 · 1 incident

February 28, 1994 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ayers Limestone Quarry Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS GETTING OUT OF A 1988 GMC DUMP TRUCK HE TRIPPED GETTING OUT OF THE TRUCK AND FELL.

1989 · 1 incident

August 22, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ayers Limestone Quarry Inc · Struck against stationary object

TIRE SLID OUT OF HIGH LIFT BUCKET WHEN HE WAS GOING TO GET CHAIN TO HOLD IN BUCKET TO MOUNT TIRE ON WHEEL,KNOCKING HIM INTO WHEEL.