Mining Incidents

Pegson XA 400 Jaw Crusher: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Holmesville, Holmes County, OH  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3304694

Pegson XA 400 Jaw Crusher has $7K 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
1
Years on record
2020
Latest incident
Jun 2020
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
21
citations
4
significant & substantial
$7,322
proposed penalties
$7,322
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
16
inspections on record
205
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: 205 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Pegson XA 400 Jaw Crusher has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $6K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-23.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
15.0%
high negligence or reckless
20.0%
reasonably likely or greater
30.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.0% low, 65.0% moderate, 15.0% 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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 29% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 83%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 17%
75%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
15%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $6K 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 2020-08-25.
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 2020-0250 Settlement Rae 2021 $5K → $5K
LAKE 2020-0251 Settlement Rae 2021 $2K → $694
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: 2019-10-09, 6 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2019-10-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.5 0.42 Jackhammer Operator
2019-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Feikert Sand & Gravel Inc. 2013 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 0
2023 2
2022 3
2021 3
2020 4
2019 4
2018 3
2017 1
2016 4
2015 5
2014 4
2013 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Pegson XA 400 Jaw Crusher sits in Holmes 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.
Holmes County, Ohio · Population 44,312
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$74,774
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 Q1 71 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 47 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 47 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 12 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 4 0 0 0.0
Show 42 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 30 1 0 33333.3
2023 Q2 83 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 89 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 121 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 172 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 286 1 0 3496.5
2021 Q1 71 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 256 2 0 7812.5
2020 Q3 76 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 214 6 3 28037.4
2020 Q1 172 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 147 1 1 6802.7
2019 Q3 211 1 0 4739.3
2019 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 22 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 94 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 81 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3 1 0 333333.3
2017 Q3 199 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 10 2 0 200000.0
2016 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 100 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 80 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 42 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 21 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 166 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 89 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 43 2 0 46511.6
2014 Q3 65 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 294 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 300 4 0 13333.3
2013 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 11 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 58 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 78 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2020 · 1 incident

June 2, 2020 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Feikert Sand & Gravel Inc. · Fall from machine

Going to move machine to other location. Man climbed ladder, got into pan feeder. Had a hammer to remove wedge pins holding side plates together. Didn't notice pin was missing in hydraulic cylinder that held side plate in place. Removed last wedge pin. Back plate swung down with man thrown down 12' to ground. Broken hip, wrist, & shoulder.