Mining Incidents

Kelleys Island Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Holcim Ltd
Kelleys Island, Erie County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3300088

Kelleys Island has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1992–2007
Latest incident
Apr 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
92
citations
14
significant & substantial
$14,065
proposed penalties
$13,447
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $618 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
16
inspections on record
257
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: 257 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kelleys Island has $14K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$14K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
92 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-10-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2008 Q4 1,529 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,704 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 10,015 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,108 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 8,180 8 0 978.0
2007 Q3 11,506 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 11,305 5 0 442.3
2007 Q1 2,328 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4 7,581 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 11,449 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 10,932 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,412 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 8,296 6 0 723.2
2005 Q3 12,358 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 13,139 5 0 380.5
2005 Q1 2,244 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 11,843 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 11,870 4 0 337.0
2004 Q2 14,257 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 179 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 11,585 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 14,833 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 15,042 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,201 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 12,323 9 0 730.3
2002 Q3 21,203 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 18,760 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,012 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 20,297 28 6 1379.5
2001 Q3 19,347 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 17,321 11 4 635.1
2001 Q1 4,958 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,604 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 15,248 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 15,961 16 4 1002.4
2000 Q1 6,511 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2007 · 1 incident

April 11, 2007 OH · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lafarge North America Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was getting down and the step broke. Employee fell to the ground.

2001 · 1 incident

June 8, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kellstone Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS IN DISCHARGE CHUTE TO PRIMARY CRUSHER WHEN A LABORER ENTERED ABOVE AND DROPPED A HAND SLEDGEHAMMER, STRIKING EE IN THE HEAD RESULTING IN A MILD CONCUSSION AND 16 STITCHES.

1999 · 1 incident

April 5, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kellstone Inc · Struck by falling object

THERE WAS A ROCK STUCK IN A CHUTE WHEN I PRYED IT OUT IT WAS LARGER THAN I THOUGHT AND I COULD NOT GET MY FOOT OUT OF THE WAY FAST ENOUGH.

1997 · 1 incident

October 22, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kellstone Inc · Fall from machine

OPERATOR RELIEVING REGULAR OPERATOR FOR LUNCH BREAK. FELL FROM CAT WALK GETTING INTO CAB OF END DUMP TRUCK.

1993 · 2 incidents

October 22, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Kellstone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STONE HOPPER BEING REWORKED. WELDER WA CUTTING OFF A SECITON OF HOPPER, WHENTHE CUT OFFSECTION RELEASED WELDER HAD HIS HAND WHERE IT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE SECTIONS OF HOPPER BEING WORKED ON.

February 10, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Kellstone Inc · Struck by falling object

I BEAM FROM PLANT STRUCK WIRE-BEAM BROKE LOOSE UNEXPECTEDLY FALLING & STRIKING WELDER BELOW

1992 · 1 incident

November 16, 1992 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kellstone Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HEAVY LIFTING OVERHEAD RESULTING IN TORN BACK MUSCLE & DAMAGE TO ROTATION CUFF RT ARM & RT SIDE OF BACK

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The full compliance file on Kelleys Island

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.