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Plant # 8: 51 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

S & S Aggregate · Surface
Controlled by Shelly & Sands Inc
Logan, Hocking County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3304576

Plant # 8 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2015–2026
Latest incident
Jul 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
51
citations
9
significant & substantial
$6,380
proposed penalties
$6,380
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See S & S Aggregate's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
44
inspections on record
604
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: 604 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Plant # 8 has $6K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $300 in penalties contested before the Commission, $300 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-25.
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.
17.6%
significant & substantial
2.0%
high negligence or reckless
17.6%
reasonably likely or greater
27.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 45.1% low, 52.9% moderate, 2.0% 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 · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 67%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 33%
50%
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%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$300 proposed, $300 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 2015-08-30.
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 2010-221M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $100 → $100
LAKE 2013-440M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $100 → $100
LAKE 2015-0666 Default Lesnick 2016 $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: 2025-04-17
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg13
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Arsenic fumes1
  • Beryllium fumes1
Show the individual readings (30)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-04-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2025-04-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2023-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2023-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2023-02-07 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-02-07 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-02-07 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-02-07 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-02-07 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-02-07 Iron oxide fumes 0.21 20 0.01 Welder, etc.
2023-02-07 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-02-07 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-02-07 Manganese fumes 0.03 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2023-02-07 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-02-07 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-02-07 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-02-07 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-02-07 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2020-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2020-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-04-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2011-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2011-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2011-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2011-07-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.75 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.39 0.12 Supervisor, Co. Official
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. S & S Aggregate 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 5
2024 5
2023 5
2022 6
2021 5
2020 6
2019 6
2018 7
2017 6
2016 5
2015 5
2014 5
2013 6
2012 11
2011 10
2010 5
2009 6
2008 6
2007 4
2006 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Plant # 8 sits in Hocking 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.
Hocking County, Ohio · Population 27,938
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$61,366
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 3,032 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,866 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 2,628 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,509 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,064 3 2 979.1
2025 Q1 3,343 2 0 598.3
2024 Q4 2,943 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,905 2 0 512.2
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,641 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,676 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,700 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,194 2 0 626.2
2023 Q2 3,456 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,575 2 0 559.4
2022 Q4 3,286 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,466 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,512 1 0 284.7
2022 Q1 3,496 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,972 1 0 336.5
2021 Q3 3,102 2 0 644.7
2021 Q2 3,796 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,733 2 0 731.8
2020 Q4 2,393 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,839 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,073 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,680 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,579 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,589 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,042 1 0 328.7
2019 Q1 2,371 1 0 421.8
2018 Q4 2,405 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,903 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,593 2 0 771.3
2018 Q1 4,933 2 0 405.4
2017 Q4 2,900 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,589 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,590 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,723 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,551 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,820 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,187 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,067 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,048 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,986 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,592 1 0 278.4
2015 Q1 2,882 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,690 1 0 271.0
2014 Q3 3,441 1 0 290.6
2014 Q2 3,527 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,940 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,206 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,918 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,169 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,773 1 0 564.0
2012 Q4 3,123 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,603 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,791 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,878 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,008 1 0 249.5
2011 Q3 5,266 10 0 1899.0
2011 Q2 4,460 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,575 2 2 559.4
2010 Q4 727 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,829 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,388 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 443 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,115 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,726 4 3 1467.4
2009 Q2 1,373 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 133 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 269 2 1 7434.9
2008 Q3 788 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 898 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 336 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,727 3 1 1737.1
2007 Q3 728 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 614 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 64 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 668 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2026 · 1 incident

July 9, 2026 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & S Aggregate · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An employee was climbing the ladder to get in the cab of their loader and felt pain in their right thigh. They sought medical care and was written off work until 07/20/2026.

2015 · 1 incident

March 12, 2015 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
S & S Aggregate · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While performing maintenance on the dewatering wheel, miner struck his left thumb with a hammer.