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FAIRBORN GRAVEL: 32 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Fairborn, Clark County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3301388

FAIRBORN GRAVEL has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $113 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1983–2014
Latest incident
Jul 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
32
citations
6
significant & substantial
$3,404
proposed penalties
$2,623
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $781 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
30
inspections on record
464
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: 464 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

FAIRBORN GRAVEL has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $113 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$113
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $752 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-06-03.
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.
19.4%
significant & substantial
3.2%
high negligence or reckless
19.4%
reasonably likely or greater
45.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.1% low, 80.6% moderate, 3.2% 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.
9 citations taken to the federal commission · 28% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 78%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 2 · 22%
50%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
52%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $752 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 2010-07-13.
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 2010-826M Settlement Andrews 2011 $979 → $380
LAKE 2010-832M Settlement Lewis 2011 $512 → $372
LAKE 2008-97M Withdrawal Lesnick 2009 $60 → $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: 2014-11-04, 11 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-11-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-04-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-07-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-07-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0 Utility Man
2000-12-05 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.77 10 0.08 Dredge/Barge Operator
2000-12-05 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.21 10 0.12 Utility Man
2000-12-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-12-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.93 3.01 0.31 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.

FAIRBORN GRAVEL recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.

Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ 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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.50 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
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 6.15 0.00 0.000
2000 * 7.10 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. American Aggregates Corp 1950 to 1987
  2. American Aggregates Corp 1987 to 1989
  3. American Aggregates Corp 1989 to 1990
  4. American Aggregates Corp 1990 to 1997
  5. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1997 to 2006
  6. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 2
2014 5
2013 8
2012 8
2011 8
2010 10
2009 9
2008 10
2007 14
2006 14
2005 14
2004 14
2003 15
2002 14
2001 14
2000 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

FAIRBORN GRAVEL sits in Clark 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.
Clark County, Ohio · Population 135,445
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,846
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
2015 Q2 1,038 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,387 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,603 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,652 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,963 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,198 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,553 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,597 0 0 0.0
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2 3,663 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,822 2 1 1097.7
2012 Q4 3,284 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,342 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,883 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,256 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,205 1 0 312.0
2011 Q3 4,176 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,456 2 0 578.7
2011 Q1 1,562 1 0 640.2
2010 Q4 3,873 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,971 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,918 2 1 510.5
2010 Q1 1,842 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,100 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,635 2 0 550.2
2009 Q2 3,742 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,715 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,594 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,409 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,558 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,418 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 6,424 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,808 1 0 146.9
2007 Q2 6,575 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,969 1 0 252.0
2006 Q4 7,578 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,903 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,957 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,975 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,942 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,449 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,693 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,251 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 8,586 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,266 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 7,845 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 6,866 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,682 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 8,867 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,092 6 0 741.5
2003 Q1 5,196 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,340 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,415 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,498 2 0 210.6
2002 Q1 5,905 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,110 3 0 369.9
2001 Q3 9,270 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 9,232 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,891 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,250 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,824 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,987 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,093 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2014 · 2 incidents

July 21, 2014 OH · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Flash burns (welding)

Miner was working in close proximity of a welding operation performing another task and over the course of the day contracted flash burn in both eyes.

June 7, 2014 OH · Metal/Non-Metal trespasser POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Trespassers were operating an ATV near or on mine property. The ATV overturned and as a result we were notified that one of the trespassers was killed.

2001 · 1 incident

December 18, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by flying object

EE WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE WITH A PLASTIC TIE WRAP WHILE PICKING UP HIS TOOL BOX. SAFETY GLASSES WERE PROPERLY BEING WORN AT THE TIME.

2000 · 1 incident

October 19, 2000 OH · Metal/Non-Metal weighman, scale person OTHER
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Ingestion of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE TAKING A DRINK OF POP FROM A CUP WITH A STRAW SHE SWALLOWED A BEE.

1997 · 1 incident

September 25, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE BACKING UP PIT TRUCK RAN INTO IT-14-F LOADER PARKED 30' BREAKING REAR WINDOW HITTING HIS HEAD. THE INJURY NEEDED 5 STITCHES AND HE RETURNED TO WORK ON HIS SHIFT.

1993 · 3 incidents

November 12, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAKINGA CHAIN BINDER OFF A PONTOON, THE CHAIN BROKE CAUSINGT HE PONTOON TO DROP AND HIT THE WATER, COMING BACK UP PINCHING HIS LEG BETWEEN IT AND THE PIPE.

August 3, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE GRINDING OFF AN OLD WELD ON THE CUTTER HEAD, THE GRINDER CAME UP STRIKING HIM IN THE MOUTH.

February 16, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Aggregates Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WHILE WALKING AWAY FROM PLATFORM, HE SLIPPED ON THE ICE AND SNOW REINJURING HIS BACK.

1990 · 2 incidents

June 29, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPL JUST LOADED 2' PIECE OF PIPE ONTO PICKUP TRUCK WHEN IT STARTED TO ROLL OUT HE REACHED DOWN TO STOP IT TOUGHING HOT END BURNING RIGHT HAND & FINGERS

June 11, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL OPENING GATE ON TRUCK BIN.GATE JAMMED CAUSING MUSCLE PULL IN EMPL LOWER BACK.

1985 · 2 incidents

October 5, 1985 OH · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Aggregates Corp · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING ON PRY BAR CONNECTED TO A DREDGE PUMP SHELL. INJURED MAN PUSHED MORE THAN HE WAS CAPABLE OF.

September 19, 1985 OH · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET ON TO THE WORK BAOT TO GO TO THE DREDGE. AS THE EE WAS STEPPING ON T HE WROK BOAT THE B ANK GAVE WAY UNDER HIS FEET & H E HIT HIS LEFT SHIM ON THE SIDE OF T HE BOAT.

1983 · 1 incident

March 29, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by falling object

USING AN EXTENSION LADDER IN THE HORIZONTAL POSITION WITH PLANKS AS A SCAFFOLD THE LADDER BROKE ALLOWING THE MAN TO FALL APPROX 5FT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SAND TUB THE CHANNEL BEAM THEY WERE INS TALLING CAME DOWN STRIKING HIM ON THE RIGHT FOOT THE BEAM WAS 6INX8FT