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PRECISION AGGREGATES III LLC: 122 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Randolph G Schmeltz Jr
Fremont, Sandusky County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3300071

PRECISION AGGREGATES III LLC has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
1986–2023
Latest incident
May 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
122
citations
25
significant & substantial
$21,289
proposed penalties
$20,326
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $963 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Precision Aggregates III LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
55
inspections on record
807
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: 807 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

PRECISION AGGREGATES III LLC has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
119 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-18.
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.
20.5%
significant & substantial
8.2%
high negligence or reckless
20.5%
reasonably likely or greater
38.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.5% low, 71.3% moderate, 8.2% 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.
13 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 12 · 92%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 8%
80%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
15%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $5K 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 2011-01-04.
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 2011-259M Settlement Lewis 2011 $2K → $2K
LAKE 2010-212M Settlement Andrews 2011 $1K → $1K
LAKE 2004-80M Settlement Bulluck 2004 $342 → $194
LAKE 2005-42M Settlement Lesnick 2005 $177 → $177
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: 2024-04-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz8
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (18)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-04-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2024-04-25 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-15 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Utility Man
2017-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-09-27 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-09-27 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-11-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-11-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2013-11-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-11-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Drill Operator, Rotary
2009-10-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-12-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.37 10 0.04 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-12-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.42 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-12-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.51 0.17 Truck Driver
2003-12-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.29 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
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.

PRECISION AGGREGATES III LLC recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.

Injury rate, 2012
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.48 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.61 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
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. Gottron Brothers Company 1950 to 2000
  2. Precision Aggregates III LLC 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 7
2024 8
2023 8
2022 8
2021 7
2020 7
2019 9
2018 7
2017 8
2016 9
2015 8
2014 8
2013 10
2012 17
2011 9
2010 8
2009 7
2008 10
2007 10
2006 10
2005 10
2004 12
2003 9
2002 10
2001 8
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

PRECISION AGGREGATES III LLC sits in Sandusky 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.
Sandusky County, Ohio · Population 58,770
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$62,500
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 3,604 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,726 2 1 1158.7
2025 Q4 3,470 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,240 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,293 3 1 698.8
2025 Q1 1,109 1 0 901.7
2024 Q4 3,599 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,576 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,020 2 0 497.5
2024 Q1 3,395 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,066 2 1 491.9
2023 Q3 3,580 4 0 1117.3
2023 Q2 3,918 3 2 765.7
2023 Q1 4,151 4 0 963.6
2022 Q4 4,173 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,599 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,702 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,408 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,061 5 1 1231.2
2021 Q3 4,160 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,264 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,052 2 0 974.7
2020 Q4 3,459 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,374 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,628 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,139 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,142 3 1 724.3
2019 Q3 4,230 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,244 4 0 1233.0
2019 Q1 3,128 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,351 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,111 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,606 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,517 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,901 1 0 344.7
2017 Q3 2,931 1 0 341.2
2017 Q2 3,752 3 0 799.6
2017 Q1 2,774 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,538 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,021 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,160 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,760 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,934 4 3 1016.8
2015 Q3 4,086 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,835 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,535 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,191 4 2 954.4
2014 Q3 4,620 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,906 4 0 1024.1
2014 Q1 2,012 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,151 2 0 481.8
2013 Q3 4,533 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,111 5 1 1216.2
2013 Q1 3,050 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 8,904 4 0 449.2
2012 Q3 9,406 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,652 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,422 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,327 7 2 1617.7
2011 Q3 4,472 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,706 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,299 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,202 8 2 1903.9
2010 Q3 3,967 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,257 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,858 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,307 6 2 1393.1
2009 Q3 3,575 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,187 6 1 2743.5
2009 Q1 925 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,359 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,557 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,799 1 0 172.4
2008 Q1 3,366 1 0 297.1
2007 Q4 4,654 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,085 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,907 1 0 203.8
2007 Q1 4,065 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,907 1 0 144.8
2006 Q3 6,771 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,281 3 0 1315.2
2006 Q1 3,149 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,102 1 0 243.8
2005 Q3 4,169 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,459 2 0 366.4
2005 Q1 5,281 4 0 757.4
2004 Q4 8,012 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,355 5 0 786.8
2004 Q2 5,517 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,164 1 0 240.2
2003 Q4 7,223 5 3 692.2
2003 Q3 5,233 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,900 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,230 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,544 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,950 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,929 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,071 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,265 1 0 306.3
2001 Q3 6,033 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,953 1 0 253.0
2001 Q1 1,170 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,678 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,242 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 974 2 0 2053.4
2000 Q1 1,800 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2023 · 1 incident

May 17, 2023 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Precision Aggregates III LLC · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

Employee was removing rock on top of conveyor belt when belt rolled and pinched EE's foot in hopper. EE had a fracture to EE's left fibula and was placed into a splint.

2015 · 1 incident

October 23, 2015 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Precision Aggregates III LLC · Struck by falling object

The employee said he had a rock stuck in his tire. He said rock was size of a football. He kicked the rock, breaking it. A piece of rock fell and hit him on the foot breaking his steel toe in half. I asked to see his boots that the steel toe broke and he stated he threw them away and the trash was already picked up so he couldn't bring them in.

2007 · 1 incident

April 6, 2007 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Precision Aggregates III LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping change a skid steer tire when a pry bar slipped striking him above the right eyebrow. It required six stitches at the local ER. He returned to work at 11:30 am.

2006 · 1 incident

January 30, 2006 OH · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Precision Aggregates III LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Hit left index finger with sledge hammer, taking a stering cylinder off haul truck

2003 · 2 incidents

December 23, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Precision Aggregates III LLC · Struck against stationary object

CUT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER, WORKING ON HEATER FAN.

1998 · 2 incidents

May 11, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gottron Brothers Company · Fall to the walkway or working surface

AT 3:00 P.M. ON 5.11.98 SUBJECT WAS CARRYING EXPLOSIVES FROM TRUCK TO BLAST HOLE SLIPPED ON SOMELOOSE ROCK WRENCHING LOWER BACK. PAIN PERSISTEDTHRU WEEK. SUBJECT WENT TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 5.1 5.98 RETRUNED TO WORK 5.18.98.

April 14, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Gottron Brothers Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

SUBJECT WAS MOVING TRACK DRILL, SLIPPED WITH RIGHT FOOT GOING UNDER TRACK. TRACK RAN OVER RIGHT FOOT LACERATING 5TH TOE.

1995 · 1 incident

October 26, 1995 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HOISTING
Gottron Brothers Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WHILE SHOVELING IN A PIT OF ELEVATOR #1 EMPLOYEE'S SLEEVE GOT CAUGHT IN ELEVATOR AND BRUISED IT. OFF TO THE HOSPITAL AND DR. SAID NO BROKEN BONES ONLY BRUISED.

1990 · 1 incident

June 21, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Gottron Brothers Company · Fall from machine

EE BACKED OUT ON TO A PILE OF SCREENING AND THESE WAS A HUMP THERE BUT IT GAVE WAY AND AS THE TOUCH WENT OVER THE BANK SLOWLY HE JUMPED OUT ON TO SIDE OF THE SCREENING PILE. HE WAS TO BE TO EE SOME AND EXPERINECED NO CUTS OR BROKEN BONES BUT WAS SHAKEN UP AND SOME FROM NERVUOUS TENSION.

1989 · 1 incident

September 12, 1989 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver ELECTRICAL
Gottron Brothers Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

SCHECKING CABLE ON TRACK BATTER AND DUE TO A SHORT THE BATTERRY BLEW UP SPRAYING ACID IN HIS EYE. IMMEDIATELY WASHED OUT EYES WITH WATER AND WENTTO THE EYE CENTER FOR FURTHER TREATMENTS BY DR . HAD SOME ACID ON ARM THAT WAS WASHED OFF IMMEDIATELY.

1986 · 2 incidents

October 22, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator ELECTRICAL
Gottron Brothers Company · Flash burns (electric)

HE WENT INTO TH9 SWITCHBOARD ROOM WITH NO AUTHORITY TO DO SO AND PULLED A SWITCHAND THEN PULLED IT BACK IN AGAIN CAUSING A FLASH WHICH CAUSED 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS OF BOTH HANDS AND FOREARM

June 25, 1986 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gottron Brothers Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WRENCHED HIS BA7K CHANGING A SPRING ON A TRUCK