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Christman Quarry: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Christman Quarry · Surface
Controlled by Kathy L Dimmerling
Lewisville, Monroe County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3300043

Christman Quarry has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1994–2007
Latest incident
Mar 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
98
citations
23
significant & substantial
$14,952
proposed penalties
$13,762
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,190 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Christman Quarry's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
61
inspections on record
988
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: 988 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
2
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-02-24.
On record since 2013.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Christman Quarry has $15K 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
96 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-05-06.
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.
24.0%
significant & substantial
4.2%
high negligence or reckless
24.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 36.5% low, 59.4% moderate, 4.2% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
28%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $3K 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 2013-08-12.
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
LAKE 2013-618M Settlement Harner 2013 $4K → $3K
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: 2021-06-01, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
29
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg17
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (29)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Backhoe Operator
2021-06-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-03-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2019-09-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-09-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 Truck Driver
2019-09-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2019-09-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-09-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2014-08-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Backhoe Operator
2014-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-03-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-03-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-03-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.01 0.15 Backhoe Operator
2005-09-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.23 0.20 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-09-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.92 0.14 Truck Driver
2005-09-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.92 0.24 Backhoe Operator
2003-11-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.22 0.11 Truck Driver
2003-11-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2003-11-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 0.93 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-08-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-08-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2001-08-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.92 0.29 Truck Driver
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.
Ownership history
  1. Christman Quarry 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 8
2020 8
2019 8
2018 9
2017 9
2016 10
2015 9
2014 9
2013 9
2012 8
2011 8
2010 8
2009 7
2008 8
2007 6
2006 7
2005 7
2004 7
2003 5
2002 5
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Christman Quarry sits in Monroe County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 4.2% 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.
Monroe County, Ohio · Population 13,308
4.2%
Mining share of county employment
$58,962
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
2021 Q3 2,302 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,692 1 0 371.5
2021 Q1 2,351 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,352 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,787 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,938 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,010 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3 2,520 2 0 793.7
2019 Q2 2,363 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,111 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,280 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,403 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,446 3 1 1226.5
2018 Q1 2,222 4 1 1800.2
2017 Q4 2,398 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,850 1 0 350.9
2017 Q2 2,868 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,801 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,811 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,852 2 0 701.3
2016 Q2 3,004 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,688 21 5 7812.5
2015 Q4 2,967 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,087 4 1 1295.8
2015 Q2 3,025 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,752 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,923 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,129 2 0 639.2
2014 Q2 3,041 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,479 5 3 2016.9
2013 Q4 2,985 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,180 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,256 4 0 1228.5
2013 Q1 3,670 2 0 545.0
2012 Q4 3,003 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,708 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,250 1 0 307.7
2012 Q1 3,148 1 0 317.7
2011 Q4 3,098 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,940 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,646 1 0 377.9
2011 Q1 2,683 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,265 1 1 306.3
2010 Q3 3,306 2 0 605.0
2010 Q2 3,120 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,881 4 1 1388.4
2009 Q4 2,683 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,542 7 5 2753.7
2009 Q2 2,534 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,513 1 0 397.9
2008 Q4 2,503 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,399 1 0 416.8
2008 Q2 2,673 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,405 5 1 2079.0
2007 Q4 2,278 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,293 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,541 1 0 393.5
2007 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,658 1 0 376.2
2006 Q3 2,337 1 0 427.9
2006 Q2 2,387 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,441 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,549 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,077 2 0 650.0
2005 Q2 3,038 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,698 1 0 370.6
2004 Q4 3,240 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,225 3 0 1348.3
2004 Q2 2,328 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,517 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,335 2 0 856.5
2003 Q3 2,105 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,203 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,243 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,313 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,203 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,328 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,341 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,373 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,307 3 1 1300.4
2001 Q2 2,178 2 0 918.3
2001 Q1 2,364 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,313 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,294 1 0 435.9
2000 Q1 3,442 1 0 290.5

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
December 14, 1995 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer Fatality · MACHINERY
Christman Quarry · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OPERATOR FOR UNKNOWN REASON CAME OUT OF CAB COMPARTMENT AND WAS TRANSFERED BY MOVEMENT OF TRACK TO FRONT OF DOZER WHER HE WENT OVER END OF TRACK AND WAS CRUSHED.

Reportable incidents

3 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2007 · 1 incident

March 7, 2007 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Christman Quarry · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE loading bone holes on blast pattern. Approx 4" of new snow on ground. EE stepped into an unseen depression & twisted left ankle. X-rays showed a hair line fracture.

1999 · 1 incident

November 1, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Christman Quarry · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE GOT OFF LOADER AND TWISTED HIS KNEE.

1994 · 1 incident

February 12, 1994 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Christman Quarry · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A BATTERY OUT OF A BACKHOE TO TAKE TO OTHER YARD TO PUT I END CUMP. HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE WITH BATTERY.