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Heitsche North Shore Stone Quarry LLC: 84 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bellevue, Seneca County, OH  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3300357

Heitsche North Shore Stone Quarry LLC has $11K 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
18
Years on record
1988–2018
Latest incident
May 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
84
citations
19
significant & substantial
$11,498
proposed penalties
$11,498
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Heitsche North Shore Stone Quarry LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
53
inspections on record
672
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: 672 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Heitsche North Shore Stone Quarry LLC has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
84 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $263 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-24.
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.
22.6%
significant & substantial
8.3%
high negligence or reckless
22.6%
reasonably likely or greater
63.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.9% low, 79.8% moderate, 8.3% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 100%
0%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$263 proposed, $0 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 2010-01-25.
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 2010-365M Withdrawal Lesnick 2011 $263 → $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: 2024-10-02
5%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
32
samples
22
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz151 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz5
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (32)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-10-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.8 1.8 1.00 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2024-10-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-10-02 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-04-27 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.38 10 0.04 Shovel Operator
2022-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Shovel Operator
2022-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2020-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.23 2.13 0.58 Laborer, Bullgang
2020-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.94 2.17 0.43 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2019-11-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 1.36 0.51 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2019-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2019-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2019-11-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-11-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.68 2.77 0.61 Pelletizer Operator
2017-10-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Bagging Operator
2017-10-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2013-10-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2013-10-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.72 2.06 0.83 Laborer, Bullgang
2013-10-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 1.63 0.29 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2013-10-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.92 1.92 0.48 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-11-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 1.82 0.35 Utility Man
2009-11-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 2.42 0.24 Utility Man
2005-04-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.33 0.11 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-04-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 1.58 0.35 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-04-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.83 2.07 0.88 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2005-04-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 1.75 0.22 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2001-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.73 1.93 0.38 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-03-27 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 4.71 10 0.47 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-03-27 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 7.97 10 0.80 Pelletizer Operator
2001-03-27 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 5.82 10 0.58 Laborer, Bullgang
2001-03-27 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 3.31 10 0.33 Laborer, Bullgang
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.

Heitsche North Shore Stone Quarry LLC recorded 19.53 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.

Injury rate, 2002
ⓘ 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.
19.53
total case rate
6.51
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.93 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
2002 * 19.53 6.51 0.000
2001 * 14.94 0.00 0.000
2000 * 5.72 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. Lintner & Luft Inc 1950 to 1985
  2. North Shore Stone Quarries Inc 1985 to 2013
  3. Heitsche North Shore Stone Quarry LLC 2013 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 9
2024 9
2023 9
2022 8
2021 10
2020 11
2019 13
2018 10
2017 8
2016 9
2015 8
2014 6
2013 4
2012 3
2011 4
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 5
2006 4
2005 6
2004 6
2003 7
2002 17
2001 19
2000 23
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Heitsche North Shore Stone Quarry LLC sits in Seneca County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Seneca County, Ohio · Population 54,861
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$65,020
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 5,423 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 900 2 0 2222.2
2025 Q4 5,143 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,491 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,966 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 945 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,059 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,668 0 0 0.0
Show 97 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,778 5 1 1046.5
2024 Q1 910 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,396 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,684 2 0 427.0
2023 Q2 4,659 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 855 1 1 1169.6
2022 Q4 3,981 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,428 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,126 3 0 727.1
2022 Q1 844 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,078 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,504 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,857 6 2 1235.3
2021 Q1 3,423 3 0 876.4
2020 Q4 4,449 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,710 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,407 7 1 1294.6
2020 Q1 1,804 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,556 4 2 878.0
2019 Q3 5,665 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,092 1 0 196.4
2018 Q4 3,129 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,529 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,226 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,280 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,300 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,383 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,255 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,887 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,758 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,849 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 360 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,965 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,651 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,042 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 126 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,144 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,234 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,008 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,444 7 1 4847.6
2013 Q3 1,522 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,526 1 1 655.3
2013 Q1 99 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,950 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,780 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,672 2 1 1196.2
2012 Q1 754 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,680 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,682 1 0 372.9
2011 Q2 2,465 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 591 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,740 1 0 574.7
2010 Q3 1,564 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,334 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 181 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,541 4 1 2595.7
2009 Q3 1,446 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,540 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 921 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,631 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,135 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,078 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 531 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,655 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,099 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,416 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 748 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,560 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,097 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,637 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,270 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,687 1 0 372.2
2005 Q3 3,863 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,216 3 0 932.8
2005 Q1 947 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,537 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,898 5 0 1725.3
2004 Q2 3,425 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,631 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,357 2 0 595.8
2003 Q3 4,675 3 1 641.7
2003 Q2 7,947 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,246 2 0 616.1
2002 Q4 2,572 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 11,734 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 11,384 3 2 263.5
2002 Q1 5,034 6 3 1191.9
2001 Q4 6,663 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,252 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,716 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,149 8 1 1553.7
2000 Q4 7,087 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 10,577 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 10,758 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,557 1 1 152.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2018 · 1 incident

May 31, 2018 OH · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY
Heitsche North Shore Stone Quarry LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EE got EE's hand smashed by the return wedge rack of the splitter.

2015 · 1 incident

July 7, 2015 OH · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer MACHINERY
Heitsche North Shore Stone Quarry LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee got his finger smashed from a rock on the rollers.

2008 · 1 incident

September 24, 2008 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
North Shore Stone Quarries Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had a massive heart attack.

2004 · 1 incident

June 28, 2004 OH · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Shore Stone Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

PULLED MUSCLE IN LOWER STOMACH AREA. WAS PULLING ROCK BY HAND. WASN'T USING AUTOMATIC ROLLERS THAT ARE PROVIDED.

2002 · 3 incidents

September 11, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
North Shore Stone Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PALLETIZING, 4 X 4 BASKET, FINGER CAUGHT, STACK IN ROCK.

January 25, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
North Shore Stone Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRINDER SPIT OFF DUST AND WAS CAUGHT IN HIS EYE-WASHED OUT BUT STILL BOTHERED HIM SO I HAD IT CHECKED.

2001 · 2 incidents

November 26, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
North Shore Stone Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING PIECE OF METAL FRAGMENT OF METAL IN EYE.

October 10, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Shore Stone Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROCK SLIDING DOWN & PINCHING HIS INDEX FINGER CUTTING FLESH AND CHIPPED THE BONE.

2000 · 1 incident

1999 · 1 incident

September 23, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Shore Stone Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD HIS HAND ON THE ROLLERS, A SLAB CAME OFF THE TABLE AND PINCHED HIS FOREARM. NO BROKEN BONES.

1998 · 2 incidents

June 2, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
North Shore Stone Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object

RIGHT ARM-SHOULDER-WRIST JAMMED

February 9, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
North Shore Stone Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE HAD A ROCK SLIDE OVER TOP OF HIS HAND--AT THAT POINT, IT WAS ICED AND RESTED. EE WORKED UNTIL 3-16 & TOLD FOREMAN HIS HURT. DR. CHECKED IT & REPORTED A SYNOVIAL CYST & IS TO BE REMOVED. NO RESTRICTIONS.

1996 · 3 incidents

September 18, 1996 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
North Shore Stone Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

OTHER ON THE LOADER SAID HE COULDNT HOLD THE MACHINE AND IT COASTED AHEAD AND PINCHED EE S FOOT.

May 3, 1996 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
North Shore Stone Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

STEPPED ON A RUSTY NAIL--TOLD TO GET A SHOT & HE DID LATER JUST DIDN'T TELL ME. IT WAS WORKMEN'S COMP UNTIL I RECEIVED THE HOSPITAL BILL.

1994 · 1 incident

June 28, 1994 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
North Shore Stone Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED OVER A PILE OF CUT ROCKS TO HELP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SPLINTER ON HIS RETURN HE STEPPED OVER & TO GET HIS BALANCE HE PUT HIS HAND UNDER TO TOP RACK GUARD - THE OPERATOR EN GAGED THE RACK RESULTING 6 STITCHES.

1988 · 1 incident

January 12, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
North Shore Stone Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I,NAME WAS LOAD3NG A TRUCK FROM STOCK, HE CAME DOWN FROM THE LOADER TO HAND PICK SOME SPLIT STONE. THE HAND BROKE SLIPPED & THE LOADER PINNED HIM AGAINST A 6 FT PILE OF LOOSE STONE. IMPAIRMENT BRUISED ON LEG3& KNEE.