Mining Incidents

Kelleys Island: 92 MSHA citations 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.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-10-16.
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.
15.2%
significant & substantial
12.0%
high negligence or reckless
15.2%
reasonably likely or greater
60.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 1.1% low, 87.0% moderate, 12.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
LAKE20020059M Settlement Schroeder 2002 $2K → $2K
LAKE20000145M Settlement Barbour 2001 $738 → $738
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: 2005-04-20, 21 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-04-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2005-04-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.41 10 0.04 Truck Driver
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.

Kelleys Island recorded 6.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.

Injury rate, 2007
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.
6.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.50 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
2007 * 6.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 3.23 3.23 0.000
2000 * 0.00 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. Quality Quarries Inc 1950 to 1992
  2. Kellstone Inc 1992 to 2004
  3. Lafarge North America Inc 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2008 7
2007 14
2006 13
2005 14
2004 16
2003 21
2002 26
2001 26
2000 24
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Kelleys Island sits in Erie County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Erie County, Ohio · Population 74,938
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$68,431
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
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 7 0 855.7
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 5 0 602.7
2005 Q3 12,358 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 13,139 4 0 304.4
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 11 4 542.0
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