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Belle Center Plant: 50 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Belle Center, Logan County, OH  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3300129

Belle Center Plant has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
23
Years on record
1991–2017
Latest incident
Sep 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
50
citations
13
significant & substantial
$6,804
proposed penalties
$6,547
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $257 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Shelly Materials Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
58
inspections on record
690
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: 690 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Belle Center Plant has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $312 in penalties contested before the Commission, $55 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-17.
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.
26.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
24.0%
reasonably likely or greater
44.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 2.0% none, 24.0% low, 74.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$151 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2025-05-27.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE20010033M Settlement Barbour 2001 $161 → $55
LAKE 2025-0245 Dismissal 2025 $151 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2023-10-03
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-10-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-10-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 Utility Man
2023-10-03 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.8 10 0.28 Cleanup Man
2015-01-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-08-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.18 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-08-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-08-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-08-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-07-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.4 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-07-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.44 0.13 Truck Driver
2000-07-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.82 1.23 0.67 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-07-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 1.82 0.38 Truck Driver
2000-07-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 10 0.03 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.

Belle Center Plant recorded 7.60 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ 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.
7.60
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.79 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
2006 * 7.60 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 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. Shelly Materials Inc 1950 to 2000
  2. Shelly Materials Inc 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 7
2024 10
2023 8
2022 6
2021 6
2020 6
2019 7
2018 7
2017 8
2016 8
2015 8
2014 8
2013 6
2012 7
2011 7
2010 5
2009 8
2008 8
2007 8
2006 10
2005 11
2004 9
2003 8
2002 9
2001 10
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Belle Center Plant sits in Logan County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Logan County, Ohio · Population 46,140
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,183
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
2026 Q2 2,622 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,702 1 0 587.5
2025 Q4 3,282 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,145 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,537 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,858 2 1 1076.4
2024 Q4 2,907 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,935 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,166 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,028 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,450 3 0 869.6
2023 Q3 4,718 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,577 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,767 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,232 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,732 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,551 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,528 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,692 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,802 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,216 1 0 237.2
2021 Q1 1,935 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,828 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,478 1 0 223.3
2020 Q2 4,293 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,969 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,479 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,244 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,952 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,144 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,231 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,332 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,413 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,891 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,835 1 0 260.8
2017 Q3 4,561 3 2 657.8
2017 Q2 4,425 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,533 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,760 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,624 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,785 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,156 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,499 1 1 222.3
2015 Q3 4,464 9 2 2016.1
2015 Q2 4,420 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,106 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,985 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,611 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,812 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,319 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,399 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,812 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,779 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,201 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,998 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,827 1 0 171.6
2012 Q2 4,065 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,245 1 0 445.4
2011 Q4 3,476 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,209 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,899 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,437 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,916 1 0 342.9
2010 Q3 3,202 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,791 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,859 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,162 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,210 2 1 322.1
2009 Q2 3,538 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,481 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,447 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,801 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,127 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,180 1 0 458.7
2007 Q4 4,666 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,621 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,182 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,083 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,918 1 0 169.0
2006 Q3 7,796 1 0 128.3
2006 Q2 6,990 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,600 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 6,382 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,846 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,380 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,164 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,809 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,572 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,063 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,390 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,959 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,714 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,195 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,319 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,180 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 5,084 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,433 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,420 1 0 292.4
2001 Q4 5,800 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,721 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,512 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,621 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,363 2 0 372.9
2000 Q3 6,531 4 1 612.5
2000 Q2 5,861 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,409 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

23 on file

2017 · 1 incident

September 28, 2017 OH · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Shelly Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was standing next to skid steer and operator moved the equipment and ran over left foot.

2009 · 1 incident

March 26, 2009 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelly Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE came to work on 3/30/09 and told his supervisor he was hurt. At that time, he was told to go to the doctor. He did not report any injury to Ohil Stone, Inc on 3/26/09. His Dr report says that was the injury date.

2008 · 1 incident

March 20, 2008 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelly Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Was tearing 3' crusher apart, had to remove overflow chute. When pulling on it to dislodge the chute, rocked back onto little finger, cutting finger.

2007 · 2 incidents

November 29, 2007 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shelly Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was getting silo unplugged with a pry bar when the material let loose and smashed and cut his finger between the pry bar and metal on side of conveyor.

2006 · 1 incident

September 12, 2006 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelly Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

Greasing loader dropped screwdriver and it rolled under front axle. Retrieved screwdriver and hit back of head on bolt on front axel.

2003 · 2 incidents

October 27, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shelly Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

PULLING CROSS SHAFT OUT OF SCREEN HOUSING. LOWERING SHAFT FROM ONE CATWALK TO ANOTHER USING SLINGS TO LOWER SHAFT. WHEN SHAFT WAS ABOUT 2' FROM CATWALK, EE HAD HOLD OF SLING TO STEADY IT. SLIN G SLIPPED OFF OF SHAFT & LANDED ON HIS LEFT FOOT. SAID HE WAS FINE & DID NOT NEED A DOCTOR. BUT WENT LATER TO ER FOR XRAYS. NOTHING WAS BROKE.

April 28, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelly Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

WAS PUTTING NEW SCREENS ON DECK, SLIDING SCREEN DOWN INTO THE DECK HAND HIT TOP DECK SHARP EDGE WHERE STONE FALLS THRU SCREEN DECK, CUT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER WAS WEARING COTTON GLOVES WENT TO EMERGENCY ROOM GOT 8 STITCHES WENT BACK TO WORK

1999 · 1 incident

May 10, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shelly Materials Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE STOCKING STONE IN VOLVO HAUL TRUCK, EE STEPPED OUT OF TRUCK AND SLIPPED ON STONE THAT WAS ON THE GROUND. HE LOST BALANCE AND FELL, HITTING KNEECAP AGAINST STEEL I BEAM THAT SUPPORTS THE PLANT.

1997 · 3 incidents

March 19, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shelly Materials Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

AFTER REMOVING WELDING HOOD TO HIT SLAG WITH SLAG HAMMER, EE DID NOT PUT ON SAFETY GLASSES.

February 4, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Shelly Materials Inc · Accident type, without injuries

PRIMARY CRUSHER CONTROL BUILDING AND CONTENTS ENTIREY DESTROYED BY FIRE DURING NON-WORKING HOURS. PER SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION. IT APPEARS FIR EMAY BE THE RESULT OF A LIGHTENING STRIKE. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

1996 · 1 incident

July 10, 1996 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelly Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

MOVING AND CUTTING TREES. ONE FELL WHILE MOVING IT AND DROVE A THORN INTO KNEE.

1995 · 5 incidents

November 29, 1995 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shelly Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

LOST CONTROL OF PRY BAR RESULTING HITTING LEFT HAND ON BOLTS DOING DAMAGE TO LEFT HAND RING FINGER.

November 3, 1995 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Shelly Materials Inc · Flash burns (welding)

WELDING FRAME, WELDING WAS STARTED BEFORE EE HADA CHANCE TO PUT HIS SHIELD DOWN. WELDING BURNS TO BOTH EYES, CAUSES ILRRITATION.

August 25, 1995 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Shelly Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHAIN CAUGHT IN TAILGATE OF DUMP TRUCK. FINGER WAS CUT WHILE TRYING TO RELEASE CHAIN.

July 25, 1995 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shelly Materials Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

ADJUSTING CRUSHER, TOOK A BREAK, LEANED AGAINST CAT WALK. RAIL GAVE WAY AND FELL.

July 19, 1995 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shelly Materials Inc · Fall from machine

LOADING BARRIER WALL ON TRAILER. STEPPED OFF BACK OF TRAILER & FELL.

1994 · 1 incident

October 10, 1994 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelly Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INSTALLING METAL OVERHEAD, PARTICAL OF DUST LODGED IN RIGHT EYE.

1993 · 3 incidents

December 17, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelly Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REPAIRING CONVEYOR ON MAIN PROCESSING PLANT. SMASHED MIDDLE FINGER ON RIGHT HAND. REPORTED TO OFFICE ON 12/20/93. SENT TO DR. ART COSTIN AT BELLOFONTAINE, OHIO ON 12/20/93.

August 12, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shelly Materials Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WENT TO CLIMB UP IN BODY SECTION OF RRK #187, HE PLACED HIS FOOT IN THE STEP & THE OTHER FOOT ON TRK BODY FLOOR-WHEN HE WENT TO FULLY STAND UP HIS FOOT SLIPPED & HE FELL LANDING ON LE FT LOWER LEG. THERE IMMEDIATELY APPEARED A LARGE KNOT UNDER SKIN. THE KNOT WAS APPROX SIZE OF ORANGE. HAD X-RAY & RETURNED TO WORK.

July 10, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelly Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

THEY WERE PICKING UP A MOTOR WEIGHING BETWEEN 450-500 POUNDS. DID NOT REALIZE MOTOR WAS THAT HEAVY. WILL USE MORE CAUTION. LOWER BACK STRAIN RESULTED.

1991 · 1 incident

December 30, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelly Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MOVING A STEEL SHELF TO WELD STEEL REPAIR OVER WINDOW IN SHOP.TOO HEAVY FOR ONE PERSON.NOTICED RPAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN.HERNIA-RIGHT SIDE OF NAVEL.