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: 211 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Charm Strip has $60 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.
$60
proposed penalties
$60
current assessed
$60
paid to date
$0
outstanding
1 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-04-30.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Charm Strip shows 100% of 15 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Respirable coal dust
ⓘRespirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Last sampled: 2002-04-02, 24 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
15
samples
0.77
dust max (mg/m3)
15 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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.
Respirable coal dust by year
ⓘRespirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Charm Strip recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.
Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ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 coal mining average was 6.94 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, coal mining averaged 6.47 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
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2003
1
2002
6
2001
16
176,252
2000
14
164,910
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Charm Strip sits in Holmes County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Holmes County, Ohio · Population 44,312
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$74,774
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
Holmes Limestone Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
CONTRACTOR HAULING SHALE/FILL FROM MINE TO COMMERCIAL BUILDING SITE. OPERATOR PARKED TRUCK AND ENGAGED PARKING BRAKE AND AIR AXLE. OPERATOR EXITED TRUCK, GOT ONTO 988B LOADER FILLED HIS BUCK ET, BACKED UP AND APPARENTLY SAW TRUCK STARTING TO MOVE. HE STOPPED THE LOADER, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF LOADER WHEN TRUCK CRUSHED HIM BETWEEN LOADER AND TRUCK.
Reportable incidents
9 on file (excluding fatalities above)
1995 · 2 incidents
December 27, 1995OH · Coallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Holmes Limestone Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
VICTIM WAS PICKING GOB ON AN EAGLE PORTABLE CRUSHER. IN ADJUSTING A LARGE FROZEN LUMP OF COAL ONT HE MOVING BELT, VICTIM S LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CHUNK OF COAL AND THE FRAME OF THE C RUSHER. 6 CM X 2.5 CM ABRASION ON TOP OF LEFT HAND. HAND SWOLLEN AND VERY PAINFUL. X RAY IS NEGATIVE.
September 30, 1995OH · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTITNG A HOLE IN A CONVEYOR BELT IN ORDER TO ATTACH A CHAIN TO ENABLE REMOVING BELT FROM CRUSHER. KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT RIGHT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER. TAKEN TO EMERGE NCY ROOM, RECEIVED 21 STITCHES.
1991 · 2 incidents
July 12, 1991OH · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPL WAS CLIMBING ONTO CAT 637 SCRAPER & APPARENTLY TWISTED KNEE AS HE CLIMBED TO CAB. FIRST STEP IS ABOUT 5' OFF GROUND. EMPL FAILED TO REPORT ACCIDENT TO OFFICE UNTIL 7/24/91.
May 28, 1991OH · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerELECTRICAL
Holmes Limestone Co. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
WAS JUM STARTING A DOZER. THE BATTERY CABLES WERE NOT PROPERLY CONNECTED AND ONE OF THE BATTERY CANS POPPED OFF AND BLEW BATTERY ACID IN HIS EYES.
1990 · 2 incidents
September 28, 1990OH · Coalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
KEIM WAS PREPARING TO CHANGE CUTTING EDGES ON SCRAPER. A CHUNK OF FROZEN GROUND FELL FROM THE APRON STRIKING KEIM ON THE LEFT HIP. HE WAS ADMITED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TESTS AND OBSERVATION AND RELEASED.