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Defiance Plant: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bryan, Williams County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304597

Defiance Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $367 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 2008
11
citations
4
significant & substantial
$1,672
proposed penalties
$1,305
paid to date
78% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $367 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Gerken Materials Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
10
inspections on record
99
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: 99 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Defiance Plant has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $367 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$367
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-09-02.
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.
36.4%
significant & substantial
9.1%
high negligence or reckless
36.4%
reasonably likely or greater
45.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 90.9% moderate, 9.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. K. C. Sand & Gravel LLC 2008 to 2012
  2. Lacuna Sand and Gravel LLC 2012 to 2025
  3. Gerken Materials Inc. 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2013 1
2012 2
2010 2
2009 2
2008 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Defiance Plant sits in Williams 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.
Williams County, Ohio · Population 36,862
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$61,834
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
2013 Q4 0 5 1
2013 Q3 230 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 215 2 0 9302.3
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 358 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
Show 7 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q3 28 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 33 2 2 60606.1
2008 Q3 172 1 1 5814.0
2008 Q2 123 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 0 0 0

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.