Mining Incidents

Munn Materials: 57 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Munn Materials · Surface
Controlled by Kim Taylor Kuhnle
Newbury, Portage County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304220

Munn Materials has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 9 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1991
Latest incident
May 1991
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
57
citations
17
significant & substantial
$6,899
proposed penalties
$465
paid to date
7% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,434 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
20
inspections on record
249
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: 249 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Munn Materials has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $6K outstanding across 9 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$465
paid to date
$6K
outstanding
57 assessments are final orders; 9 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-08-24.
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.
29.8%
significant & substantial
8.8%
high negligence or reckless
29.8%
reasonably likely or greater
71.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 5.3% low, 86.0% moderate, 8.8% 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.
12 citations taken to the federal commission · 21% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 58%
  • Stood as issued 5 · 42%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
21%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $800 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 2009-10-16.
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
LAKE20020148M Default Barbour 2003 $650 → $650
LAKE20020094M Settlement Feldman 2002 $500 → $100
LAKE 2009-48M Prevail Barbour 2010 $317 → $190
LAKE 2010-18M Default Harner 2011 $300 → $300
LAKE 2007-48M Settlement Weisberger 2007 $120 → $120
LAKE 2010-50M Default Harner 2011 $100 → $100
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: 2004-08-03, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2004-08-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 0.56 0.75 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.43 0.51 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2001-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 2.63 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2001-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
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. Munn Materials 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 1
2009 1
2008 2
2007 3
2006 3
2005 3
2004 3
2003 4
2002 8
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Munn Materials sits in Portage County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Portage County, Ohio · Population 161,421
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$72,822
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
2010 Q3 531 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 622 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 557 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 659 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 614 4 1 6514.7
2009 Q2 673 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 626 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 782 0 0 0.0
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 1,303 3 1 2302.4
2008 Q2 1,356 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,360 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,240 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,627 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,115 1 0 472.8
2007 Q1 1,642 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,885 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,957 2 0 1022.0
2006 Q2 2,020 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,372 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,840 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,054 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,250 3 0 1333.3
2005 Q1 1,194 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,400 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,348 7 1 5192.9
2004 Q2 1,398 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,999 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,821 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,934 4 0 2068.3
2003 Q2 1,381 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,918 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,172 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,119 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,276 12 7 2806.4
2002 Q1 1,738 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,395 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,695 4 0 1484.2
2001 Q2 2,245 16 7 7126.9
2001 Q1 1,871 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,618 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,448 1 0 408.5
2000 Q2 2,158 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,580 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1991 · 3 incidents

May 11, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Munn Materials · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DISCOVERED A PIECE OF METAL IN LEFT EYE. BELIEVES THIS OCCURRED WHILE WELDING OR GRINDING SOME DAYS PRIOR TO DISCOVERY.

April 11, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Munn Materials · Struck by flying object

PUSHING CLAY WIND BLEW DUST IN R EYE

February 6, 1991 OH · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Munn Materials · Fall to the walkway or working surface

FELL WHILE CLEARING MATERIAL BIN, FELL AND HIT KNEE CAUSING INJURY TO ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGNMENT.