Mining Incidents

Kimble Gravel: 29 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Penn-Ohio Coal Co. · Surface
Controlled by Keith B Kimble
New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304602

Kimble Gravel 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
29
citations
8
significant & substantial
$14,145
proposed penalties
$3,224
paid to date
23% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $10,921 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
11
inspections on record
138
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: 138 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kimble Gravel 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
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $12K in penalties contested before the Commission, $679 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-10-15.
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.
27.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
27.6%
reasonably likely or greater
55.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.8% low, 86.2% moderate, 0.0% 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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 100%
100%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
94%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$12K proposed, $679 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 2010-12-07.
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 2011-105M Settlement Lewis 2012 $6K → $336
LAKE 2011-204M Settlement Lewis 2012 $6K → $343
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: 2010-04-14, 16 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
2010-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.55 0.29 Washer Operator
2010-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.88 0.35 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 0.8 0.38 Backhoe 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. Penn-Ohio Coal Co. 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2019 0
2018 0
2017 7
2016 5
2015 2
2014 0
2013 1
2012 2
2011 2
2010 3
2009 2
2008 3
2007 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Kimble Gravel sits in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 1.3% 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.
Tuscarawas County, Ohio · Population 92,585
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,494
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
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
Show 34 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q2 4,000 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,400 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,846 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,778 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,772 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 663 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,003 1 0 997.0
2015 Q3 983 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2013 Q4 535 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,173 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 144 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 54 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 715 5 2 6993.0
2012 Q3 1,987 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 178 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,013 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 102 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 64 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 89 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,380 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,159 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,251 12 5 5331.0
2010 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 387 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,312 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,532 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 104 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,150 2 0 634.9
2008 Q3 2,870 5 1 1742.2
2008 Q2 452 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 7 4 0 571428.6
2007 Q4 2,140 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.