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Genoa Limestone Plant 1: 166 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Genoa Limestone · Surface
Genoa, Ottawa County, OH  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3304247

Genoa Limestone Plant 1 has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $92 outstanding across 16 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1997–2008
Latest incident
Feb 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
166
citations
34
significant & substantial
$27,256
proposed penalties
$24,206
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,050 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Genoa Limestone's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
72
inspections on record
1,157
inspection hours
14.3
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.
166 citations across 1,157 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Genoa Limestone Plant 1 has $27K in proposed MSHA penalties and $92 outstanding across 16 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.
$27K
proposed penalties
$24K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$92
outstanding
166 assessments are final orders; 16 contested dockets.
Of $13K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-31.
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.
20.5%
significant & substantial
3.0%
high negligence or reckless
19.9%
reasonably likely or greater
42.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 30.1% low, 66.9% moderate, 3.0% 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.
53 citations taken to the federal commission · 32% of citations on record
  • Settled 40 · 75%
  • Stood as issued 13 · 25%
72%
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 18 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
23%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$13K proposed, $10K 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 2022-03-10.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2015-0140 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $2K → $1K
LAKE 2020-0130 Settlement Simonton 2020 $1K → $768
LAKE 2022-0008 Default 2022 $1K → $1K
LAKE 2015-0396 Settlement Miller 2015 $1K → $767
LAKE 2015-0413 Settlement Miller 2015 $1K → $828
LAKE 2012-425M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $1K → $718
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: 2026-04-01
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
39
samples
23
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz19
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg16
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (39)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Jackhammer Operator
2024-04-18 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-04-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2017-09-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-09-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-09-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.06 10 0.11 Cleanup Man
2015-06-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-06-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.42 0.15 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-06-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.65 0.18 Utility Man
2015-06-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.41 10 0.04 Truck Driver
2015-06-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 2.35 0.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-11-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.47 10 0.05 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-11-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-11-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2012-11-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-11-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 10 0.03 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2007-05-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2007-05-31 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.8 10 0.08 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-05-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-05-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-05-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2004-07-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Cleanup Man
2004-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.39 10 0.04 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.93 10 0.09 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.33 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2003-04-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2003-04-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-12-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2001-12-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-12-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 10 0.03 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-12-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-12-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 10 0.03 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.

Genoa Limestone Plant 1 recorded 12.71 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2005.

Injury rate, 2005
ⓘ 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.
12.71
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.21 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.21 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
2005 * 12.71 0.00 0.000
2004 * 14.27 7.14 0.000
2003 * 6.68 0.00 0.000
2002 * 6.88 6.88 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 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. Sylvester Material Company, Inc. 1991 to 2006
  2. Stansley Mineral Resources Inc 2006 to 2015
  3. Genoa Limestone, LLC 2015 to 2023
  4. Genoa Limestone 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 8
2024 7
2023 6
2022 6
2021 7
2020 8
2019 11
2018 10
2017 9
2016 8
2015 9
2014 7
2013 6
2012 6
2011 6
2010 5
2009 7
2008 7
2007 6
2006 8
2005 14
2004 13
2003 15
2002 14
2001 16
2000 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Genoa Limestone Plant 1 sits in Ottawa County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Ottawa County, Ohio · Population 40,161
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$75,728
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 4,930 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,394 5 1 1137.9
2025 Q4 4,329 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,280 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,201 4 0 952.2
2025 Q1 2,982 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,919 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,053 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,432 3 1 676.9
2024 Q1 4,164 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,635 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,534 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,333 2 0 600.1
2023 Q1 1,231 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 999 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,332 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,261 2 0 1586.0
2022 Q1 1,121 1 0 892.1
2021 Q4 1,405 3 0 2135.2
2021 Q3 1,321 9 3 6813.0
2021 Q2 1,500 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 979 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,393 1 0 717.9
2020 Q3 1,234 3 1 2431.1
2020 Q2 1,507 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,134 4 1 3527.3
2019 Q4 1,486 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,294 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,682 7 3 2610.0
2019 Q1 2,146 1 0 466.0
2018 Q4 4,346 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,303 3 0 697.2
2018 Q2 6,168 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,825 2 0 708.0
2017 Q4 4,440 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,723 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,244 2 1 381.4
2017 Q1 3,353 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,776 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,672 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,266 3 0 703.2
2016 Q1 3,812 2 0 524.7
2015 Q4 4,500 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,044 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,886 3 0 772.0
2015 Q1 4,783 6 0 1254.4
2014 Q4 3,964 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,318 6 0 1128.2
2014 Q2 4,102 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,862 5 0 1747.0
2013 Q4 2,429 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,977 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,168 5 1 1199.6
2013 Q1 2,135 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,555 5 1 1097.7
2012 Q3 2,331 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,222 6 1 1421.1
2012 Q1 2,090 2 2 956.9
2011 Q4 4,110 7 3 1703.2
2011 Q3 3,607 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,988 2 0 669.3
2011 Q1 948 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,757 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,635 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,403 5 0 2080.7
2010 Q1 1,012 1 1 988.1
2009 Q4 2,765 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,504 2 2 444.0
2009 Q2 3,967 6 0 1512.5
2009 Q1 2,281 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,996 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,544 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,526 2 0 567.2
2008 Q1 1,662 1 0 601.7
2007 Q4 4,333 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,244 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,164 2 1 480.3
2007 Q1 2,112 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,610 5 1 1385.0
2006 Q3 4,509 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,766 5 1 1049.1
2006 Q1 4,183 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 8,651 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 10,751 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 9,267 3 0 323.7
2005 Q1 2,801 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,477 1 0 133.7
2004 Q3 9,622 2 0 207.9
2004 Q2 7,238 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,688 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,138 4 2 560.4
2003 Q3 9,673 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,973 2 0 286.8
2003 Q1 6,169 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,795 1 0 128.3
2002 Q3 8,423 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,557 4 3 610.0
2002 Q1 6,287 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,976 3 1 376.1
2001 Q3 9,556 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 10,257 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 6,331 7 1 1105.7
2000 Q4 6,240 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,669 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 9,335 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,680 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2008 · 1 incident

February 22, 2008 OH · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Stansley Mineral Resources Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee slipped and fell while walking on the ground. The ground was covered with ice and snow. The area where slip and fall occurred was snow covered and the surface of the ice was not exposed at the time of the accident. The employee broke his leg during the slip and fall accident.

2006 · 1 incident

August 15, 2006 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Stansley Mineral Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was guiding and directing loader operator to move 150' Stacker, was watching loader and stepped on tin cover for conveyor that was on the ground and cover flipped up and struck his face.

2005 · 2 incidents

August 26, 2005 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sylvester Material Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was trying to tighten hose fittings on backhoe tractor with crescent wrench. Wrench slipped off and struck him in face. Cut cheek.

May 19, 2005 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Sylvester Material Company, Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Truck was travelling on downgrade travelway into mine.Operator lost control of speed and had to steer truck into safety berm to stop.Resulted in minor injury and damage to truck.Setbelts were worn.Contributing factors may have included;truck travelling too fast at approach to downgrade slope,proper gear not used,truck fully loaded,excessive use of air brakes.

2004 · 3 incidents

November 29, 2004 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Sylvester Material Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING OUT TROUGH ROLLER, EE REACHED IN TO MOVE ROLLER AT THE SAME TIME EE WAS MAKING ADJUSTMENT WITH SLEDGE HAMMER.

November 12, 2004 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sylvester Material Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRUCK DRIVER WAS UNLOADING MATERIAL TO ADJUST HAUL WEIGHT AFTER DUMPING SOME MATERIAL OFF. DRIVER FOUND A ROCK STUCK BETWEEN THE TAILGATE & BED, SHE REACHED IN & PULLED ROCK OUT CAUSING THE TAILGATE TO CLOSE ONTO HER RIGHT HAND.

July 14, 2004 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sylvester Material Company, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CRUSHER OPERATOR CLEANING UP SPILLAGE MATERIAL. HE TWISTED TO SIDE AND THREW BACK OUT OF PLACE.

2003 · 1 incident

September 26, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Sylvester Material Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE 2ND SHIFT FOREMAN-GRINDING ON SHAFT OF SNUBERROLLER, GRINDER CAUGHT AND SPUN AROUND AND CUT RIB ON RIGHT FOREARM. SENT TO HOSPITAL AND RECIEVED 4 STITCHES.

2002 · 1 incident

April 17, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sylvester Material Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

REMOVING HYDRAULIC HOIST CYLINDER OFF R-50 EUCLID TRUCK. PRESSING TOP HOIST PIN OUT TO REMOVE CYLINDER, PIN POPPED OUT & CYLINDER TILTED BACKWARDS PINNING LEFT FOREARM AGAINST REAR DIFFERENTIA L.

2001 · 1 incident

July 2, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sylvester Material Company, Inc. · Fall from machine

DRIVER SUPERVIOSR CONTRACTOR/TRUCK DRIVER FOR SYLVESTER MATERIAL CO, WAS OUT OF TRUCK AFTER BEING WEIGHED. HE LEANED ON GUARD RAILS AT SCALE AND RAILING BROKE, THUS FALLING BACKWARDS, STRIKING HIS BACK. THE RAISED PLATFORM AT SCALE/OFFICE IS 18" HIGH.

1999 · 2 incidents

December 21, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Sylvester Material Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GOUGING OUT CRACK ON 4300 LINKBELT BUCKET LINK TO BE WELDED. WHILE GRINDING A PIECE OF METAL BOUNCED OFF THE BACK SIDE OF HIS SAFETY GLASSES. EEWAS NOT WEARING HIS SAFETY SHILED OR CUTTING GOG GLES.

March 3, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Sylvester Material Company, Inc. · Struck by flying object

LOADER TOOTH OF 988F BUCKET CAME OFF, WHICH WAS NOT DETECTED, WENT UP BELTS TO SURGE PILE, FROM SURGE PILE TO SCALPING SCREEN, WHERE IT ENTERED OUR 1352 NORDBURG OMNI CONE CRUSHER. THE CRUSHE R MOTION OF THE OMNI CONE AND THE TAPER OF THE TOOTH CAUSED IT TO EJECT FROM THE TOP OF THE CRUSHER, APPROX 15' IN HEIGHT. EMPLOYEE WAS NEAR PLANT AND WAS STRUCK BY BUCKET TOOTH IN LEFT LOWE

1997 · 1 incident

September 9, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Sylvester Material Company, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

CLEANING UNDER ROLLER RETURN CONVEYOR SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN RETURN IDLER AND BELT PULLING SHOVEL IN CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT THUMB, STITCHES AND TENDON SURGERY REQUIRED.