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Cumberland Limestone LLC: 198 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Cris Sidwell
Cumberland, Guernsey County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3300090

Cumberland Limestone LLC has $70K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1984–2010
Latest incident
Mar 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
198
citations
63
significant & substantial
$70,332
proposed penalties
$65,219
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $5,113 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cumberland Limestone LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
89
inspections on record
1,422
inspection hours
13.9
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.
198 citations across 1,422 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.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2016-07-05.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Cumberland Limestone LLC has $70K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 5 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.
$70K
proposed penalties
$67K
current assessed
$65K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
197 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $16K in penalties contested before the Commission, $13K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-13.
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.
32.0%
significant & substantial
8.1%
high negligence or reckless
32.0%
reasonably likely or greater
41.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.8% low, 73.1% moderate, 8.1% 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.
17 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 14 · 82%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 3 · 18%
73%
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 11 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
22%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$16K proposed, $13K 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 2016-10-12.
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 2016-0262 Settlement Miller 2016 $7K → $5K
LAKE 2016-0470 Settlement Miller 2017 $4K → $4K
LAKE 2017-0012 Settlement Miller 2017 $4K → $3K
LAKE 2011-579M Settlement Lewis 2011 $1K → $867
LAKE 2016-0460 Withdrawal Lesnick 2017 $676 → $0
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: 2025-11-13
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
44
samples
22
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz18
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg15
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (56)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-11-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2025-11-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-11-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-06-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2025-06-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-03-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-03-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-03-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Truck Driver
2024-05-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 Backhoe Operator
2021-12-14 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-12-14 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-12-14 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-12-14 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-12-14 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-12-14 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-12-14 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-12-14 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-12-14 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-12-14 Manganese fumes 0.03 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2021-12-14 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-12-14 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-12-14 Iron oxide fumes 0.2 20 0.01 Welder, etc.
2021-12-14 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-06-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 Truck Driver
2020-03-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-03-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Backhoe Operator
2020-03-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 Truck Driver
2020-03-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 Truck Driver
2020-03-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Bulldozer Operator
2017-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-09-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.37 10 0.04 Utility Man
2017-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2017-09-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.09 10 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-09-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.79 0.27 Bulldozer Operator
2013-09-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2013-09-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 2.05 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-09-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.69 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-03-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.03 10 0.10 Backhoe Operator
2013-03-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 1.36 0.34 Truck Driver
2013-03-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.56 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-03-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.87 1.54 0.56 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-07-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 1.02 0.41 Truck Driver
2009-07-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 1.46 0.27 Truck Driver
2002-06-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.55 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 1.13 0.30 Bulldozer Operator
2002-06-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 1.57 0.23 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.33 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2000-12-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.64 1.7 0.96 Crusher Oper/Worker
2000-12-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.66 10 0.07 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-12-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.45 0.36 Bulldozer Operator
2000-12-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 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.

Cumberland Limestone LLC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.56 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
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. King Limestone Inc 1950 to 2005
  2. Cumberland Limestone LLC 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 12
2025 16
2024 22
2023 22
2022 22
2021 22
2020 19
2019 20
2018 16
2017 18
2016 19
2015 29
2014 27
2013 33
2012 34
2011 22
2010 18
2009 19
2008 18
2007 15
2006 15
2005 18
2004 20
2003 18
2002 20
2001 21
2000 20
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Cumberland Limestone LLC sits in Guernsey County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 3.7% 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.
Guernsey County, Ohio · Population 38,283
3.7%
Mining share of county employment
$55,756
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
2026 Q2 4,719 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 7,167 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 7,865 3 0 381.4
2025 Q3 8,454 4 1 473.1
2025 Q2 7,286 1 0 137.2
2025 Q1 7,683 7 2 911.1
2024 Q4 10,153 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 11,655 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 10,524 8 2 760.2
2024 Q1 11,978 3 0 250.5
2023 Q4 10,877 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 12,753 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,881 4 3 404.8
2023 Q1 11,236 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 10,301 1 0 97.1
2022 Q3 10,585 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 13,248 1 1 75.5
2022 Q1 9,799 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 11,184 5 1 447.1
2021 Q3 11,641 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 13,702 8 0 583.9
2021 Q1 10,719 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 11,763 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 9,207 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 11,981 4 1 333.9
2020 Q1 9,261 1 0 108.0
2019 Q4 11,147 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 9,125 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 11,335 6 1 529.3
2019 Q1 8,934 6 3 671.6
2018 Q4 10,366 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,395 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 9,338 1 0 107.1
2018 Q1 6,173 3 0 486.0
2017 Q4 9,416 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 7,222 5 2 692.3
2017 Q2 8,301 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7,277 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 7,849 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 8,583 5 2 582.5
2016 Q2 10,344 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 14,468 5 5 345.6
2015 Q4 17,318 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 19,663 14 10 712.0
2015 Q2 17,479 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 17,787 10 3 562.2
2014 Q4 11,286 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 12,402 3 1 241.9
2014 Q2 15,064 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 18,568 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 22,447 2 0 89.1
2013 Q3 17,041 3 2 176.0
2013 Q2 16,117 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 22,515 2 0 88.8
2012 Q4 16,945 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 16,511 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 17,142 1 1 58.3
2012 Q1 22,345 7 0 313.3
2011 Q4 18,388 3 2 163.1
2011 Q3 11,860 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 8,434 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,327 5 1 938.6
2010 Q4 5,664 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,699 2 0 298.6
2010 Q2 9,202 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8,312 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 9,665 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 8,003 14 7 1749.3
2009 Q2 9,556 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,490 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 9,673 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,578 2 0 233.2
2008 Q2 10,423 2 1 191.9
2008 Q1 7,522 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,663 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,871 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 9,436 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 7,044 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,150 2 0 388.3
2006 Q3 6,558 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,208 1 0 121.8
2006 Q1 7,160 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 8,605 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 10,075 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 10,501 1 0 95.2
2005 Q1 10,299 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 9,403 1 0 106.3
2004 Q3 10,788 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 9,569 2 0 209.0
2004 Q1 11,710 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 9,117 7 0 767.8
2003 Q3 10,639 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 9,309 7 4 752.0
2003 Q1 10,425 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 12,253 6 0 489.7
2002 Q3 9,988 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,545 6 2 628.6
2002 Q1 12,253 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 10,785 1 0 92.7
2001 Q3 12,615 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 10,830 2 1 184.7
2001 Q1 12,244 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 10,685 7 3 655.1
2000 Q3 10,881 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 9,886 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 13,085 2 0 152.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2010 · 1 incident

March 16, 2010 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cumberland Limestone LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Tripped, went to catch himself, grabbed handrail and hurt upper left arm. Did not seek medical treatment until March 25, 2010.

2009 · 1 incident

August 31, 2009 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cumberland Limestone LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While he was unplugging material from jaw crusher, he was swingling a sledge hammer and smashed his finger between the handle of the hammer and materials

2008 · 2 incidents

November 29, 2008 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cumberland Limestone LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Trying to unplug jaw crusher with chain hoist, hook broke and hit him in the face.

2001 · 2 incidents

May 4, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
King Limestone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS HAMMERING WITH 6LB SLEDGE AND MASHED LEFT THUMB.

1999 · 1 incident

November 16, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
King Limestone Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE AND OTHER MECHANICS WERE WORKING ON MOTOR OF CAT D9H DOZER INSIDE SHOP. EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING UP ON DOZER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRIKE DOZER TRACK FRAME WITH HIS LEFT AN KLE, CAUSING INJURY.

1997 · 2 incidents

October 27, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
King Limestone Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS GETTING OFF LOADER. SLIPPED ON LADDER & FELL CAUSING INJURY.

April 29, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
King Limestone Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS SCRAPING MATERIAL FROM UNDER CRUSHER & CONVEYORS AFTER PLANT WAS SHUT DOWN. EE GOT OFF DRAGOUT TRACTOR TO MOVE SOME TOOLS. WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIM TO FALL. HURTING BACK AND LEFT LOWER LEG.

1996 · 1 incident

April 30, 1996 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
King Limestone Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS HELPING MECHANIC PUT NEW TRACK SEGMENTS ON A CATERPILLAR D9G DOZER. EE STANDING 10 TO 15 FEET DOZER. MECHANIC WAS SLEDGE OFF OLD SEGMENTS AND A SLIVER OF STEEL FLEW OFF OF THE SEGMENT A ND STRUCK EE ON LEFT INNER THIGH CAUSING THE PUNCTURE WOUND.

1993 · 1 incident

February 18, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
King Limestone Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

SLIPPED ON TOE AND FELL INJURED LEFT FOOT AND ANKLE.

1991 · 1 incident

April 18, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
King Limestone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS WORKING ON DUMP TRUCK. REACHED AROUND TO PICK UP A WRENCH AND TWISTED BACK.

1986 · 2 incidents

October 7, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
King Limestone Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE UNLOADING350 LBS BOXES OF EXPLOSIVES FROM EXPLOSIVES TRUCK THE TRUCK DOOR STARTED TO SWING SHUT EMPLOYEE CAUGHT THE DOOR AND TWISTED HIS BACK.

September 25, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal gathering arm loader operator, loading machine operator, joy loader operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
King Limestone Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WAS WALKING -SL3PPED & FELL HURTING RIGHT WRIST.

1984 · 1 incident