Mining Incidents

Blue Stone Sand & Gravel, Inc. Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by David W Ronyak
Mantua, Portage County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304409

Blue Stone Sand & Gravel, Inc. has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1998–2000
Latest incident
Sep 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
29
citations
10
significant & substantial
$6,639
proposed penalties
$3,539
paid to date
53% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
13
inspections on record
142
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: 142 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blue Stone Sand & Gravel, Inc. has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-04-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2004 Q2 936 1 0 1068.4
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 180 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,788 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,416 2 2 827.8
2003 Q1 1,022 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,170 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,205 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q2 2,061 2 0 970.4
2002 Q1 594 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,630 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,645 8 3 3024.6
2001 Q2 2,764 14 5 5065.1
2001 Q1 1,094 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,821 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,575 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,602 2 0 555.2
2000 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2000 · 1 incident

September 14, 2000 OH · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Blue Stone Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Flash burns (welding)

EE WAS WORKING WITH ANOTHER MAN WHO WAS WELDING HE SAID THAT WHILE HE WAS WORKING ON SOME BOLTS HE GOT A FLASH THAT BOUNDED OFF HIS GLASSES. WHEN HE GOT HOME THAT EVENING HIS EYES WERE BOTHERI NG HIM SO HE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL DIAGNOSIS: ULTRAVIOLET KERENTITIS

1999 · 2 incidents

August 23, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Stone Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A BRASS BUSHING FROM 30BCRANE WHEN IT BROKE LOOSE IT SLID DOWN THE BAR & CUT THE FIRST KNUCKLE OF HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER

July 27, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales OTHER
Blue Stone Sand & Gravel, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BRADING A PULL CABLE WHEN HE STARTED TO HAVEING CHEST PAINS & SHORT OF BREATH. HE WENT TOTHE HOSP LATER THAT DAY & THEY TOLD EE HE HAD A HEART ATTACK

1998 · 3 incidents

November 20, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Blue Stone Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

THE SEAT IN THE R-22 EUK HAS A SPRING LOADED MOUNT. THE BACKOF THE SEAT GOT STUCK UNDER A BRACE ON THE BACKOF THE CAB. WHEN HE HIT A BUMP THE SEAT BOUNCED UP CAUSING EE TO HIT HIS BACK O N THE BACKOF THE SEAT

October 20, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Blue Stone Sand & Gravel, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SHOVELING WET SAND NEXT TO PLANT WHEN HE STRAINED HIS BACK. EE SAID HE HAD PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK & LEFT LEG. I WAS TOLD AT THE TIME OF THEIS INCIDENT THAT NO CLAIM WOULD BE FILED DUE T O PRIOR PROBLEM. EE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM ABOUT 2 YRS AGO

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