Mining Incidents

Metso Lokotrack Crusher (Asset#10439): 1 MSHA citation Metal/Non-Metal

Findlay, Hancock County, OH  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3304782

Metso Lokotrack Crusher (Asset#10439) has $143 in proposed MSHA penalties and $143 outstanding across 1 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 2023
1
citations
0
significant & substantial
$143
proposed penalties
$0
paid to date
0% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $143 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2023
3
inspections on record
17
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: 17 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Metso Lokotrack Crusher (Asset#10439) has $143 in proposed MSHA penalties and $143 outstanding across 1 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.
$143
proposed penalties
$143
current assessed
$0
paid to date
$143
outstanding
0 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $429 in penalties contested before the Commission, $143 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-06-14.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
0.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission
  • Vacated or withdrawn 3 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$429 proposed, $0 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 2023-12-05.
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 2024-0064 Vacate Sullivan 2024 $429 → $143
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. The National Lime and Stone Company 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2024 2
2023 1
2022 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Metso Lokotrack Crusher (Asset#10439) sits in Hancock County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Hancock County, Ohio · Population 74,885
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$69,699
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
2026 Q2 52 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 390 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 336 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 408 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 520 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 420 1 0 2381.0
2023 Q1 669 0 0 0.0
Show 2 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4 2,193 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 277 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.