Mining Incidents

Holmes Clay Division: 45 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John E Ling
Millersburg, Holmes County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3301195

Holmes Clay Division has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1989–2002
Latest incident
Feb 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
45
citations
8
significant & substantial
$4,535
proposed penalties
$4,535
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
50
inspections on record
509
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: 509 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Holmes Clay Division has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
45 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-10-21.
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.
17.8%
significant & substantial
4.4%
high negligence or reckless
17.8%
reasonably likely or greater
35.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 28.9% low, 66.7% moderate, 4.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2017-11-01, 8 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
7
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (7)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-11-01 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.88 0.34 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-07-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2014-07-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2010-06-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2004-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2000-12-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant 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. Holmes Limestone Company 1950 to 2003
  2. L & M Mineral Company 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 1
2019 1
2018 2
2017 1
2016 1
2015 1
2014 1
2013 1
2012 2
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 2
2007 2
2006 1
2005 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 2
2001 2
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Holmes Clay Division sits in Holmes 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.
Holmes County, Ohio · Population 44,312
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$74,774
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
2020 Q1 250 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 300 1 0 3333.3
2019 Q3 300 2 0 6666.7
2019 Q2 350 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 350 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 250 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 300 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 300 0 0 0.0
Show 73 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q1 420 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 450 1 1 2222.2
2017 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,600 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 450 2 0 4444.4
2016 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 600 6 2 10000.0
2016 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 500 1 0 2000.0
2015 Q3 500 1 0 2000.0
2015 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 500 1 0 2000.0
2014 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 500 3 0 6000.0
2014 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 500 2 0 4000.0
2013 Q1 500 1 0 2000.0
2012 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 500 1 0 2000.0
2011 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 500 2 0 4000.0
2010 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 500 2 1 4000.0
2010 Q1 500 4 1 8000.0
2009 Q4 585 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 500 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 500 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 750 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 800 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 500 1 0 2000.0
2007 Q2 700 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 650 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 650 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 600 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 600 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 530 1 0 1886.8
2004 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 640 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 240 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 400 1 0 2500.0
2003 Q1 1,350 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,066 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,161 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,062 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,179 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,073 2 1 1863.9
2001 Q3 1,098 1 0 910.7
2001 Q2 1,071 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,316 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,047 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,314 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,247 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,587 9 2 5671.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2002 · 1 incident

February 12, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holmes Limestone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS LOADING SHEETS OF STEEL ONTO TRUCK. STEEL SHIFTED & PINNED EE AGAINST TRUCK CAUSING MINOR INJURY TO BOTH LEGS.

1997 · 1 incident

January 15, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holmes Limestone Company · Struck against stationary object

CUT RIGHT INDEX FINGER ON STONE CRUSHER-REQUIRED4 STITCHES TO CLOSE WOUND

1991 · 1 incident

September 17, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Holmes Limestone Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

INJURED WAS STANDING ON A STEEL PLATFORM ONT HE CLAY PROCESSOR. THERE WAS SOME GREASE ON THE FLOOR WHICH CAUSED HIM TO SLIP AND FALL. HE TORE TENDONS IN HIS LEFT ARM.

1989 · 2 incidents

February 28, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Holmes Limestone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

I,NAME WAS HANDELING CAST STEEL MACHINERY PARTS WHICH WERE VERY HEAVY. HE DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN.

February 9, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Holmes Limestone Company · Struck by flying object

I.NAME LIGHTING PORTABLE HEATER.IT FLAMED UP INTO HIS FACE BLEW DIRT AND SMOKE IN FACE.