LYNCHBURG QUARRY-459 has $1K 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
18
Years on record
1993–2003
Latest incident
Jun 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,456
proposed penalties
$1,333
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $123 gap.
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: 201 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
LYNCHBURG QUARRY-459 has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $483 in penalties contested before the Commission, $360 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2004-12-14.
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.
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.
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: 2003-11-04, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-11-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
1.46
0.29
Truck Driver
2003-11-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
1.13
0.25
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.36
1.57
0.23
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.57
1.72
0.91
Utility Man
2001-10-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.16
1.25
0.93
Utility Man
2001-10-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
1.03
0.18
Truck Driver
2001-10-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
0.94
0.31
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-10-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-10-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.73
1.5
0.49
Utility Man
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.
LYNCHBURG QUARRY-459 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.32 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
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
3.71
3.71
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2005
11
2004
22
2003
22
2002
23
2001
21
2000
21
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
LYNCHBURG QUARRY-459 sits in Highland County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Highland County, Ohio · Population 43,403
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$62,008
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
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS UNLOADING BAGS OF NITRATE FROM TRUCK TO LOAD SHOT AND STEPPED AWAY FROM TRUCK. HE TRIPPED OVER SOME ROCKS AND FELL, WITH BAGS OF NITRATE FALLING ON TOP OF HIM.
2001 · 1 incident
June 5, 2001OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING A 300 GALLON TANK WITH A TRUCK MOUNTED CRANE. THE TANK WAS LIFTED TO CLEAN SOME STONES FROM UNDER THE TANK. INJURED REACHEDUNDER THE TANK WHILE IT WAS BEING LIFTED WHEN TH E CHAIN ON THE TANK SLIPPED DROPPING IT ON HIS HIS HAND. IT BROKE THE TIP OF HIS RING FINGER AND CUT HIS LITTLE FINGER. \
1999 · 2 incidents
July 19, 1999OH · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WHILE LOADING AN OLD IDLER IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK THE VICTIM WAS SCRATCHED ON THE LEFT ELBOW. THE ELBOW BECAME INFECTED ON THE 23RD OF JULY.
January 29, 1999OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE GOUND NEXT TO THE SECONDARY CRUSHER UNLOADING BLOW BARS WHEN ONE OF THEM SHIFTED, PINCHING HIS RIGHT HAND AND LACERATING TWO FINGERS.
May 21, 1996OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING A 3/4 X 6 PIECE OF ANGLE IN A CHUTE. AS THEY LOWERED THE ANGLE BY HAND, THE ANGLE SLIPPED PUSHING 1 EMPLLOYEE'S THUMB BACK CAUSING A SPRAIN.
1995 · 5 incidents
October 18, 1995OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A COMEALONG TO PULL CONVEYOR BELT TOGETHER TO SPLICE BELT. THERE WAS SOME SLACK IN COMEALONG AND THE CONVEYOR BELT ROLLED BACKWARD AND A BELT CLAMP PINCHED HIS RIGHT ARM BET WEEN THE CONVEYOR FRAME AND THE BELT CLAMP.
October 4, 1995OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF CONVEYOR BELT, USING HIS KNEES TO HELP HOLD HTE BELT, WHEN THE UNILITY KNIFE SLIPPED OUT OF BELT AND PUNCTURED HIS RIGHT KNEE.
August 19, 1995OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
SPOKANE CRUSHER FEED HAD PLUGGED [JAMS UP]. WHILE UNPLUGGING CRUSHER, A LARGE ROCK FELL INTO CRUSHER & THE IMPACT CAUSED THE LID TO SWING & HIT EE IN RIGHT ANKLE.
July 29, 1995OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
4 EMPLOYEES WERE LIFTING AND CHANGING BLOW BARS ON A HAZ MAE CRUSHER. AS BLOW BAR WAS BEING PUT INTO PLACE, IT SLIPPED OUT OF SPREADER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON TOP OF RIGHT FOOT.
May 19, 1995OH · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS ON ONE SIDE OF CONVEYOR ROLLING THROUGH IDLER DOWN SO IT COULD BE PULLED OUT & REPLACED. WHEN ROLLING IT OVER, IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND& THE MOUNTING BRACKET PINCHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR FRAME AND BRACKET.
1994 · 4 incidents
October 28, 1994OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE EXTENDED A GREASE HOSE OFF A REEL THAT WAS UNDER AIR PRESSURE TO GREASE HIS EQUIPMENT. THE COUPLING ON THE LINE CAME APART AND HIT HIM ON THE CHEST.
March 29, 1994OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON