Mining Incidents

Broken ARO Metal/Non-Metal

Elko Aggregate, LLC · Facility
Controlled by Shawn Alan Ray
Wellston, Jackson County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304735

Broken ARO has $6K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
37
citations
10
significant & substantial
$6,206
proposed penalties
$6,206
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
9
inspections on record
169
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: 169 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Broken ARO has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-01-12.
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
2023 Q3 4 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,024 8 5 7812.5
2021 Q4 4,640 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,720 4 0 847.5
2021 Q1 4,914 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,272 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,480 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,920 0 0 0.0
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2020 Q1 3,880 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,720 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,710 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,418 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,520 1 0 284.1
2018 Q3 3,640 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,710 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,210 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,420 2 1 584.8
2017 Q3 3,120 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,392 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,650 18 2 6792.5

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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