Mining Incidents

Locust Grove Metal/Non-Metal

Elko East LLC · Surface
Controlled by Shawn Alan Ray
Peebles, Adams County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3304754

Locust Grove has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $33K outstanding across 0 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 2020
77
citations
20
significant & substantial
$34,344
proposed penalties
$1,345
paid to date
4% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $32,999 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
14
inspections on record
285
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: 285 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Locust Grove has $34K in proposed MSHA penalties and $33K 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.
$34K
proposed penalties
$34K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$33K
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-25.
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
2025 Q4 2,480 3 0 1209.7
2025 Q3 2,780 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,145 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,014 15 3 7447.9
2024 Q3 2,180 15 7 6880.7
2024 Q2 2,210 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,940 6 1 3092.8
2023 Q4 2,120 0 0 0.0
Show 13 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 2,380 14 3 5882.4
2023 Q2 2,465 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,540 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,120 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,240 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,312 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,412 3 0 1243.8
2021 Q4 940 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 920 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 905 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 945 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 380 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 120 3 0 25000.0

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.

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