Mining Incidents

Hocking Valley Concrete Inc: 41 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Hocking Valley Concrete Inc · Surface
Controlled by David J Vaughn
Loagan, Hocking County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3301515

Hocking Valley Concrete Inc has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
41
citations
12
significant & substantial
$4,963
proposed penalties
$4,963
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
48
inspections on record
524
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: 524 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hocking Valley Concrete Inc has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
41 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $948 in penalties contested before the Commission, $636 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-12.
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.
29.3%
significant & substantial
7.3%
high negligence or reckless
29.3%
reasonably likely or greater
29.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.1% low, 75.6% moderate, 7.3% 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.
9 citations taken to the federal commission · 22% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 67%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 3 · 33%
60%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$948 proposed, $636 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 2018-02-04.
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 2011-210 Withdrawal Harner 2011 $512 → $200
LAKE 2018-0134 Settlement Bulluck 2018 $236 → $236
LAKE 2010-204M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $200 → $200
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: 2025-05-07
13
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2025-05-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 Truck Driver
2017-11-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2017-11-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2017-11-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2014-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2014-09-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.4 Dredge/Barge Operator
2012-10-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-10-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2012-10-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2005-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-11-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
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.
Ownership history
  1. Hocking Valley Concrete Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 9
2024 7
2023 7
2022 7
2021 7
2020 6
2019 5
2018 5
2017 5
2016 4
2015 5
2014 5
2013 5
2012 5
2011 7
2010 3
2009 3
2008 3
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 3
2002 3
2001 3
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hocking Valley Concrete Inc sits in Hocking County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Hocking County, Ohio · Population 27,938
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$61,366
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 2,382 2 0 839.6
2026 Q1 2,064 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,547 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,434 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,232 2 1 896.1
2025 Q1 1,399 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,552 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,690 1 0 591.7
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,697 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,680 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 1,689 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,665 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,766 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,528 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,681 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,692 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,859 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,415 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,774 2 0 1127.4
2021 Q3 1,903 1 0 525.5
2021 Q2 1,903 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,473 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,990 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,563 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,217 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 727 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,327 2 0 1507.2
2019 Q3 1,317 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,275 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 861 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,120 1 0 892.9
2018 Q3 1,284 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,101 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 607 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 842 5 1 5938.2
2017 Q3 1,289 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,719 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,374 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,443 3 0 2079.0
2016 Q3 1,417 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,427 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 228 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,122 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 890 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 990 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 458 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,656 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 925 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 691 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 383 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,076 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,020 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 840 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 157 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 425 1 0 2352.9
2012 Q3 675 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 583 1 1 1715.3
2012 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 786 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 375 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 353 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 135 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,191 3 1 2518.9
2010 Q3 1,566 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,364 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,120 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,284 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,549 3 3 1936.7
2009 Q2 1,434 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,359 2 1 1471.7
2008 Q3 1,520 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,502 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,491 1 0 670.7
2007 Q3 1,582 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,552 3 0 1933.0
2007 Q1 1,200 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,464 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,577 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,611 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,120 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,579 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,703 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,672 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,120 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,598 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,065 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,658 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,120 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,758 2 0 1137.7
2003 Q3 1,753 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,930 2 1 1036.3
2003 Q1 1,120 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,808 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,774 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,855 2 1 1078.2
2002 Q1 1,757 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,849 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,991 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,648 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,250 2 2 888.9
2000 Q3 1,834 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,594 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.