Mining Incidents

Lucky Sand & Gravel Co Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Bernard Udelson
Mantua, Portage County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3302387

Lucky Sand & Gravel Co has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1984–2006
Latest incident
Jul 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
72
citations
29
significant & substantial
$31,135
proposed penalties
$24,659
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,476 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
341
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: 341 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lucky Sand & Gravel Co has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-09-09.
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
2009 Q3 0 1 0
2009 Q2 162 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 164 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,278 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,661 2 1 1204.1
2008 Q2 2,202 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,337 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,193 0 0 0.0
Show 28 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3 3,202 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,828 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,022 2 0 398.2
2006 Q1 3,478 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,926 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,240 6 5 961.5
2005 Q2 5,811 3 0 516.3
2005 Q1 3,292 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,384 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 7,879 5 1 634.6
2004 Q2 8,000 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,685 2 0 426.9
2003 Q4 8,107 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 8,382 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,178 4 2 557.3
2003 Q1 4,728 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,993 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,337 10 8 1199.5
2002 Q2 8,457 4 0 473.0
2002 Q1 6,189 4 1 646.3
2001 Q4 7,199 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 8,379 5 1 596.7
2001 Q2 8,425 5 3 593.5
2001 Q1 5,866 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,596 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,095 15 6 1649.3
2000 Q2 4,882 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,077 4 1 565.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

2006 · 1 incident

July 31, 2006 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Contact with hot objects or substances

Excavator overheated in 90 degree plus heat. Employee attempted to cool off excavator by spraying it with a hose. The radiator cap exploded spraying him with hot antifreeze.

2002 · 1 incident

July 24, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS HELPING TO CHANGE A SCREEN ON THE SAND SCREEN. HE WAS HELPING PULL UP A PUNCH PLATE THAT WEIGHED APPROX 100 POUNDS AND TWISTED OR PULLED SOMETHING IN HIS LOWER LEFT BACK.

2000 · 3 incidents

November 1, 2000 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL OFF SCREENING PLANT & HIT HIM RIGHT LOWER BACK AS HE WAS BENDING OVER.

October 7, 2000 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS TRYING TO LOOSEN TOP BOLT ON LOADER DRIVE SHAFT. THE SHAFT KEPT TURNING & HE TRIED TO HOLD IT STILL WITH ONE HAND WHILE LOOSENING BOLT WITH THE OTHER HAND. AS HE WAS DOING THIS HE FELT HIS BACK SLIP OUT OF PLACE. HE SAID HE HAS A PREEXISTING HISTORY OF A L-4 DISC. RUPTURE AND HERNIATED.

June 3, 2000 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENDING OVER MOVING CYLINDER IN ATTEMPT. TO GET IT ON BLOCKS SO IT COULD BE REPAIRED.

1999 · 1 incident

December 29, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Over-exertion in lifting objects

BENDING DOWN TO PICK UP RAILROAD TIE. WHEN HE STOOD UP WITH THE TIE HE FELT A TIGHTENING IN LOWER RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK.

1997 · 1 incident

August 19, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Fall from machine

JUMPED OFF BOTTOM STEP OF LOADER LADDER AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE, CAUSING A SPRAIN.

1996 · 1 incident

September 6, 1996 OH · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Struck against stationary object

WHILE TIGHTENING SCREEN BOLTS HAND SLIPPED AND CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND ON SCREEN.

1994 · 1 incident

July 20, 1994 OH · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Struck against stationary object

WHILE OPERATING THE LOADER HE WENT OVER THE BANK INTO THE LAKE WHEN HE WAS CLIMBING OFF OF IT HE PUT HIS LEFT FOREARM

1992 · 1 incident

May 19, 1992 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE REMOVING A ROCK FEOM HOPPER THE BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED AND CRUSHED THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGEAMD INDEX AND RING FINGERS.

1991 · 2 incidents

March 26, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Over-exertion in lifting objects

PICKED UP A LARGE ROCK TO THROW INTO LOADER BUCKET AND FELT SOMETHING PULL IN HIS BACK ON LOWER RIGHT SIDE.

March 20, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Struck by flying object

AS HE WAS STRIKING ONE HAMMER WITH ANOTHER A PIECE BROKE OFF AND WAS IMBEDDED IN THE TOP OF HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER. THIS WAS REMOVED SURGICALLY.

1985 · 5 incidents

October 11, 1985 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

BROKEN RUNG ON CATWALK AT TOP OF STAIRS TO MAIN PLANT.

June 1, 1985 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE HE WAS SCRAPING BUILT UP SAND OFF CONVEYOR ROLLER CONVEYOR BELT CAUGHT SCRAPER & U ULLED IT IN SO FAST HE COULD NOT LET GO FAST ENOUGH & SO HIS LEFT ARM WAS PULLED INTO IT & ALSO YANKED HIS HEAD AGAINST FRAME INJURIES WERE A FRACTURED LEFT ARM & LARGE CUT IN THE MIDDLE OF FOREHEAD

April 3, 1985 OH · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Struck by flying object

SCRAPING PAINT CHIPS OF PAINT A PIECE OF RUST WN/// WENT HIS RIGHT EYE.

March 25, 1985 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TURNING PIECE OF PIPE AND SMASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN PIPE AND CLAMP.

1984 · 4 incidents

June 15, 1984 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Fall from machine

FOOT SLIPPED ON LOADER LADDER CAUSING HIM TO PULL LEFT SHOULDER CAUSING SEPARATION.

June 8, 1984 OH · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TAIL CABLE GOT CAUGHT ON PIPE CLAMP ON DREDGE DISCHARGE PIPE.HE PULLED ON IT TO FREE IT AND WHEN IT LET LOOSE IT PULLED HIM WITH IT INJURING RIGHT HAND AND HIS BACK.

May 1, 1984 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Struck by flying object

WIND BLEW SOMETHING IN HIS EYE-RT.

March 14, 1984 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lucky Sand & Gravel Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

JACK BEING JARRED LOOSE CAUSIED IT TO SLIP OUT CATCHING RIGHT HAND BETWEEN HYDRAULIC CYLINDER HE WAS REPAIRING AND THE BACKHOE FRAME.

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