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: 122 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hilliard Plant has $582 in proposed MSHA penalties and $141 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.
$582
proposed penalties
$582
current assessed
$441
paid to date
$141
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-05-27.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2002-07-02, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2002-07-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
0.96
0.14
Truck Driver
2002-07-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.27
1.65
0.77
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-07-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
1.13
0.25
Utility Man
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.
Hilliard Plant recorded 0.00 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below 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 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
7.51
0.00
0.000
2000 *
35.72
7.14
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2004
6
2003
11
2002
10
2001
11
2000
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hilliard Plant sits in Franklin 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.
Franklin County, Ohio · Population 1,321,635
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$73,795
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
2004 Q1
2,851
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,133
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,593
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
4,373
1
0
228.7
2002 Q4
4,712
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
6,286
2
0
318.2
2002 Q2
5,864
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
6,345
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4
5,899
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
8,037
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
6,096
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
6,584
1
1
151.9
2000 Q4
6,053
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,913
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
7,140
2
0
280.1
2000 Q1
6,888
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
33 on file
2003 · 1 incident
November 6, 2003OH · Metal/Non-Metalbackhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS ATEMPTING TO REMOVE A DETACHABLE BUCKET FROM SKID STEER LOADER. THE BUCKET WAS RAISED SEVERAL INCHES OFF GROUND. EE HAD RELEASE LATCHES OPEN ON BUCKET, BUT BUCKET WOULD NOT RELEASE DUE TO MATERIAL BUILT UP ON LATCHES. BUCKET THEN RELEASED AND FELL ON EE'S LEFT FOOT.
2001 · 1 incident
October 25, 2001OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The Olen Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE WAS LOOSENING A BOLT WITH A RATCHET WHEN RATCHET SLIPPED MASHING HIS LEFT PRIMARY FINGER BETWEEN RATCHET AND WALL.
EE WAS CLEANING OUT THE CHUTE THAT HAD FROZEN MATERIAL ON THE CONVEYOR BELT AND WHEN HE WENT TO KNOCK IT OFF HE GOT HIS FINGERS CAUGHT BETWEEN AN ANGLE IRON AND THE FROZEN MATERIAL.
July 20, 2000OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
TRAVELING DOWN ACCESS ROAD TO QUARRY WHEN HE TOOK THE TRUCKOUT OF GEAR TO DOWNSHIFT AND COULD NOT GET IT BACK IN GEAR. ALSO, TRAVELING TOO FAST TO MAKE TURN CAUSING TRUCK TO ROLL.
April 20, 2000OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanDISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
EE REPORTED THAT HE HAD GOTTEN DIRT IN RIGHT EYE AND TRIED TO RINSE EYE OUT. ON 4-21-00 HE REPORTED THAT HIS EYE WAS NOT ANY BETTER AND WANTED TO SEE DR. DIAGNOSED AS WELDING FLASH(ULTRAVIOLET KERATITIS) EE DOES NOT RECALL LOOKING AT FLASH OF WELDERS OUTSIDE OF MAINTENANCE BLDG.
April 19, 2000OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
TWO EMPLOYEE WELDING ON THE INTERIOR OF A CAT 988B LOADER BUCKET. BOTH EMPLOYEES WEARING WELDING HOODS. AT SOME POINT WELDING FLASHES WERE REFLECTING OFF INTERIOR OF BUCKET.
January 14, 2000OH · Metal/Non-Metalbackhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS FUELING DRAGLINE, AFTER FUELING WAS CLOSING DOOR TO BACK OF DRAGLINE, HAND SLIPPED, HE FELL ABOUT 4' TO GROUND, PUTTING SCRAPS ON TOP OF HIS HEAD AND LITTLE FINGER RIGHT HAND, PUT STAPL ES IN TOP OF HEAD.
1999 · 2 incidents
August 4, 1999OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Olen Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO DISLODGE ROCK IN JAW CRUSHER, FINGER WAS CAUGHT WHEN ROCK SLIPPED, DEGLOVING TIP OF LITTLE FINGER LEFT HAND.
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING IN A BOAT A SINGLE ROCK APPROXIMATELY 4"IN SIZE FELL FROM THE HIGHWALL STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON THE KNEE CAUSED CONTUSIONS & BRUISES
1994 · 1 incident
May 4, 1994OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS STRIKING PRY BAR WITH HAMMER. HAMMER SLIPPED & STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN LEFT KNEE.
1992 · 3 incidents
October 9, 1992OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS INSTALLING ENGINE IN PICK UP TRUCK USING A RATCHET RATCHET SLIPPED AND EE S RIGHT ELBOW STRUCK CONCRETE PIT WALL ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON 5-5-92 MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS LIMITED TO FIRST AID U NTIL 5-28-92. INJECTION WAS GIVEN ON 5-28-92 ANDREPORTED 6-25-92.
1991 · 3 incidents
October 14, 1991OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
June 28, 1990OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON