Mining Incidents

Erie Materials Inc.: 251 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Erie Materials Inc · Surface
Controlled by Dean Wikel
Sandusky, Erie County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3303312

Erie Materials Inc. has $74K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1993–2025
Latest incident
Jun 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
251
citations
50
significant & substantial
$74,012
proposed penalties
$74,012
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
72
inspections on record
1,344
inspection hours
18.7
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.
251 citations across 1,344 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Erie Materials Inc. has $74K 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.
$74K
proposed penalties
$74K
current assessed
$74K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
246 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
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.
19.9%
significant & substantial
3.6%
high negligence or reckless
19.9%
reasonably likely or greater
44.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.9% low, 80.5% moderate, 3.6% 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.
20 citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
  • Settled 20 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2017-10-05.
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 2018-0006 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $2K → $2K
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: 2025-05-14
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
44
samples
27
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg17
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz13
  • Arsenic fumes5
  • Beryllium fumes5
Show the individual readings (100)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Jet Piercing
2025-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-05-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-02-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.86 10 0.09 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-02-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2023-02-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-02-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2020-03-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-03-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Utility Man
2020-03-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-07-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2017-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-07-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-06-11 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Zinc oxide fumes 0.12 10 0.01 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Chromium, insoluble 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Cobalt fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Copper fumes 4.9 100 0.05 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Iron oxide fumes 0.47 10 0.05 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Lead fumes 0 150 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Manganese fumes 0.03 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Nickel fumes 0 1 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Copper fumes 43.14 300 0.14 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Iron oxide fumes 4.04 20 0.20 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Manganese fumes 0.31 5 0.06 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Zinc oxide fumes 0.02 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Chromium, insoluble 0.03 3 0.01 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Copper fumes 103.14 300 0.34 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Iron oxide fumes 9.81 20 0.49 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.03 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Manganese fumes 0.8 5 0.16 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Zinc oxide fumes 0.04 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Iron oxide fumes 0.21 20 0.01 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Manganese fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Copper fumes 14.12 300 0.05 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Iron oxide fumes 1.2 20 0.06 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-11 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2014-06-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2014-06-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Utility Man
2014-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-06-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2011-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2011-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2011-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2011-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-10-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Utility Man
2009-10-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2009-10-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Washer Operator
2004-04-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 2.4 0.19 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-04-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Backhoe Operator
2004-04-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.17 10 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
Showing 100 of 104 laboratory readings: every over-limit reading, then the most recent. MSHA reads one air sample several times, so readings outnumber the samples counted above. The full set is in MSHA's Personal Health Samples file.

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2001-03-28, 25 years ago
5
samples
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2001-03-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 STOCKPILES
2001-03-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 PLT OPR
2001-03-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 QUARRY
2001-03-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 PLT HLP
2001-03-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 DEVELOPMENT
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.

Erie Materials Inc. recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2021.

Injury rate, 2021
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 1.87 and the all-US-mining average was 2.19 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.35 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
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
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 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. Erie Materials Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 11
2025 10
2024 9
2023 9
2022 10
2021 12
2020 11
2019 11
2018 11
2017 12
2016 13
2015 12
2014 11
2013 11
2012 10
2011 10
2010 10
2009 10
2008 11
2007 11
2006 11
2005 9
2004 9
2003 9
2002 8
2001 7
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Erie Materials Inc. sits in Erie County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Erie County, Ohio · Population 74,938
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$68,431
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 4,514 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,292 7 2 2126.4
2025 Q4 3,892 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,473 3 1 670.7
2025 Q2 3,917 4 0 1021.2
2025 Q1 3,212 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,288 6 0 1824.8
2024 Q3 3,540 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,120 4 0 1282.1
2024 Q1 2,842 9 2 3166.8
2023 Q4 2,585 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,931 18 8 6141.2
2023 Q2 2,714 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,044 8 0 2628.1
2022 Q4 3,362 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,107 9 0 2896.7
2022 Q2 5,149 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,335 4 0 1199.4
2021 Q4 5,782 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 6,735 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,380 25 5 3918.5
2021 Q1 4,769 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,585 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,734 18 5 3139.2
2020 Q2 5,509 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,026 6 1 1193.8
2019 Q4 6,738 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,634 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,478 6 3 1095.3
2019 Q1 4,533 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,548 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,830 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,304 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,280 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 7,406 2 1 270.1
2017 Q3 6,190 20 0 3231.0
2017 Q2 5,471 5 1 913.9
2017 Q1 4,727 1 0 211.6
2016 Q4 5,815 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,624 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6,902 8 1 1159.1
2016 Q1 5,825 1 1 171.7
2015 Q4 5,074 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,281 5 1 796.1
2015 Q2 6,628 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 5,113 2 2 391.2
2014 Q4 4,757 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,404 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,774 8 3 1385.5
2014 Q1 4,420 2 0 452.5
2013 Q4 4,190 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,660 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,920 3 1 609.8
2013 Q1 4,364 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,977 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,882 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,212 5 1 959.3
2012 Q1 4,467 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,205 3 1 576.4
2011 Q3 5,020 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,634 3 0 647.4
2011 Q1 4,473 2 0 447.1
2010 Q4 4,670 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,784 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,637 3 0 647.0
2010 Q1 2,862 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,342 4 3 921.2
2009 Q3 4,836 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,650 3 1 645.2
2009 Q1 4,551 2 1 439.5
2008 Q4 4,647 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,331 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,071 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,703 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,584 4 0 716.3
2007 Q3 6,277 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,918 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,113 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,020 2 0 332.2
2006 Q3 5,668 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,303 5 0 942.9
2006 Q1 4,661 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,521 1 1 181.1
2005 Q3 5,775 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,672 2 0 352.6
2005 Q1 451 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,532 1 0 652.7
2004 Q3 5,793 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,641 4 0 709.1
2004 Q1 5,145 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,608 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,961 1 0 167.8
2003 Q2 6,231 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,186 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,197 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,767 1 1 209.8
2002 Q2 4,523 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,010 5 1 1246.9
2001 Q4 4,097 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,999 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,275 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,079 8 0 2598.2
2000 Q4 4,002 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,328 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,701 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,148 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

June 24, 2025 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Erie Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

pulling rocks out of crusher that was plugged, as EE was pulling some came out from the bottom and landed on the side of EE's foot.

April 3, 2025 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Erie Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Removing sheave from electric motor, while trying to pull sheave off, C-clamp slipped smashing employee's Rt middle finger

2024 · 1 incident

November 15, 2024 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

Installing track pin on CAT 345 Excavator. Hit the tack pin with 8 lbs hammer to install pin. Corner piece of the pin broke off and went threw pants lodged in knee.

1998 · 1 incident

May 13, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE USING HAND TOOL TO TIGHTEN LOOSE NUT. WRENCH SLIPPED AND WRENCH STRUCK EE ON LEFT SIDE OF SAFETY GLASSES. GLASSES BROKE WHERE ARM MEETS LENS FRAME. ARM OF GLASSES CAUSED LACERATION TO EE'S LEFT EYEBROW. THE CUT WAS CLOSED WITH 2 SUTURES.EE MISSED 1 HOUR OF WORK.

1997 · 1 incident

September 26, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Erie Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING PRY BAR TO DISLODGE ROCK-BAR SLIPPED HIT CHEST AND CUT RIGHT ARM. 2 STITCHES PUT IN RIGHTUPPER ARM.

1993 · 1 incident

August 9, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Erie Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE LIFTING A PIECE OF IRON (CRUSHER HAMMER) AND THEN SET IT DOWN WITH FINGER UNDER NEATH.