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.
266 citations across 1,447 inspection hours.
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: 2016-05-03.
On record since 2015.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Con-Ag Inc has $96K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$96K
proposed penalties
$95K
current assessed
$95K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
261 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $16K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-08-31.
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.
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.
13citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 46%
Stood as issued
1 · 8%
Vacated or withdrawn
6 · 46%
63%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
55%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$16K proposed, $7K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2014-07-10.
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.
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: 2017-06-28, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz5
Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Arsenic fumes1
Show the individual readings (27)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2017-06-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-01-08
Beryllium fumes
0
6
0.00
Welder, etc.
2015-01-08
Cadmium oxide fumes
0
100
0.00
Welder, etc.
2015-01-08
Chromium, insoluble
0.02
3
0.01
Welder, etc.
2015-01-08
Cobalt fumes
0
300
0.00
Welder, etc.
2015-01-08
Copper fumes
104.71
300
0.35
Welder, etc.
2015-01-08
Iron oxide fumes
8.13
20
0.41
Welder, etc.
2015-01-08
Lead fumes
0
450
0.00
Welder, etc.
2015-01-08
Magnesium oxide fumes
0.76
20
0.04
Welder, etc.
2015-01-08
Manganese fumes
1.28
5
0.26
Welder, etc.
2015-01-08
Molybdenum fumes
0
20
0.00
Welder, etc.
2015-01-08
Nickel fumes
0
3
0.00
Welder, etc.
2015-01-08
Vanadium fumes
0
50
0.00
Welder, etc.
2015-01-08
Zinc oxide fumes
0.06
10
0.01
Welder, etc.
2015-01-08
Arsenic fumes
0
1500
0.00
Welder, etc.
2005-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-09-21
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
10
0.03
Laborer, Bullgang
2005-09-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-09-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
2.39
0.14
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-19
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
1.45
0.17
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-05-19
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
2.13
10
0.21
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-05-19
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-05-19
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-08-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
2.21
0.13
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
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.
Con-Ag Inc recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.
Injury rate, 2015
ⓘ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 metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.26 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.85 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.
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
Year
Employees
2020
2
2019
2
2018
4
2017
3
2016
10
2015
14
2014
7
2013
8
2012
7
2011
6
2010
7
2009
8
2008
8
2007
6
2006
6
2005
5
2004
5
2003
5
2002
5
2001
6
2000
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Con-Ag Inc sits in Auglaize County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Auglaize County, Ohio · Population 46,209
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$76,454
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
Driver impaired and turned vehicle on side when hitting berm.
2008 · 4 incidents
December 8, 2008OH · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Con-Ag Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was in loader taking directions from injured. The loader was lifted up in front, and then dropped. He got out and found injured on the ground.
June 30, 2008OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Laying on back on floor installing a blowbar on a crusher. The blowbar was sitting in a chain hold. The chain slipped and the blowbar fell on his chest and he was unable to remove it. He called to another employee who used a floor jack to lift it. He was taken immediately to the hospital by private car. He had an x-ray and CAT scan of his stomach.
January 2, 2008OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
WAS FEELING FAINT SO I STOPPED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL AND SET MY PARKING BRAKE. I LOOKED UP AND EVERYTHING (COLOR WISE) WENT REAL DIM THE TURNED BLACK. NEXT THING I KNW COWORKER IS ASKING M E IF I WAS OK. I WAS IN AND OUT UNTIL I WAS SITTING IN THE CHAIR IN THE OFFICE.
August 2, 2001OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
TRYING TO LOOSEN BOLT WHEN IT HAVE THE FORCE THREW EE OVER THE HAND RAIL & HE FELL 14 FT
1999 · 1 incident
August 16, 1999OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SLIPPED ON ICE ON CATWALK WHICH WAS ON THE DRAGLINE--FELL TO GROUND--DISTANCE OF 5'.
February 20, 1998OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOISONING (TOXIC MATERIALS)
Con-Ag Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO PAINT. HE PUT ON A PAINT MASK AND WORKED 1 HOUR. HE CLEANED UP THE TOOLS AND WENT HOME. ABOUT 30 MIN AFTER HE WAS WAS HOME HE HAD TROUBLE BREATHING AND STATED VOMITIN G. HE THEN WENT TO THE HOSPITAL.
1996 · 1 incident
January 21, 1996OH · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
PUTTING BOOM POLE BACK IN STORAGE, THE BOOM POLEROLLED OFF SUPPORT STAND & FELL ON LEFT FOOT, BREAKING & CRUSHING THE FOOT.
1995 · 1 incident
November 4, 1995OH · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Con-Ag Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
IN QUARRY - SETTING PUMP USING LOADER AND A BOOM POLE. EMPLOYEE WAS ON BOOM POLE, UNHOOKING THE CHAIN, LOADER OPERATOR LOWERED THE BOOM, CATCHING THE LEFT WRIST BETWEEN THE BOOM POLE AND THE P UMP.
1991 · 2 incidents
November 18, 1991OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE DRIVING A BOLT WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER A PIECE OF STEEL BROKE OFF THE SLEDGE HAMMER AND LODGED ITSELF IN HIS LEFT LEG.
October 16, 1991OH · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorMACHINERY
Con-Ag Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
HE WAS HOLDING A ROPE. THE END OF THE ROPE HUNG DOWN & CAUGHT A REVOLVING CRUSHER ROTOR. THE OTHER END OF THE ROPE WAS LAYING ON THE CAT WALK & WRAPPED AROUND HIS LEG. AS THE ROTOR CAUGHT THE ROPE IT PULLED TIGHT AROUND HIS LEG CAUSING INJURY.
1990 · 1 incident
July 2, 1990OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Con-Ag Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
HH SLIPPED ON WET SURFACE & FELL, TWISTING HIS WRIST.
1987 · 1 incident
November 11, 1987OH · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Con-Ag Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
I.NAME FELL ON 7HE WALKING & BUMPED HIS SHOULDER ON A CONCRETE COLUMN. HE WASNT OFF WORK ANY & JUST THOUGHT HE HAD BRUISED IT. HE WENT TO THE DR LAST WEEK & FOUND OUT HE HAS TO HAVE SURGERY 11 -20-86. WE DIDN7 SEND THIS FORM IN ANY SOONER AS HE DIDNT THINK HE WAS HURT
May 10, 1986OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Con-Ag Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WELDING I BEAMS3TOGETHER AND HE CRAWLED ONTO THE BEAM AND IT BROKE AND FELL IT WAS A BEAM HE HAD WELDED HIMSELF AND IT WAS ON INSUFFICIENT WELD AND IT BROKE AND HE FELL
April 23, 1986OH · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
HE WAS MOVING A PORTABLE SANDBLASTER AT READY MIS COUPARENT CO WHEN HE TRIPPED AND COULD NOT KEYS HIS BLANCE OR GET OUT OF THE WAY FAST ENOUGH SO IT FELL ON THE INSIDE OF HIS RIGHT LEG AT THE KNEE.
May 30, 1984OH · Metal/Non-Metalgathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
I.NAME TWISTED HIS KNEE GETTING DOWN FROM THE LOADER. HE THOUGHT IT WAS JUST SPRAINED & DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL IN JUNE WHEN IT STARTED TO REALLY BOTHER HIM. HE THEN SAW A DR. HE SAID HE HAD A TORN CARTLAGE & NEEDED SURGERY. I DIDNT KNOW HE HAD HURT IT THE 1ST TIME AS HE WASNT OFF WORK & JUST DOCTORED HIS KNEE HIMSELF. HE TOLD ME ABOUT IT WHEN HE CAME IN TO SEE ME ABOUT
March 2, 1984OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS