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: 665 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Rice #2 (Strip) has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-09-24.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
MSHA sampling at Rice #2 (Strip) shows 100% of 60 respirable coal dust samples met the 1.5 mg/m3 standard.
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.
Respirable coal dust
ⓘRespirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Last sampled: 2014-01-28, 12 years ago
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
60
samples
0.75
dust max (mg/m3)
60 samples taken by MSHA inspectors, 0 by the operator.
Most-sampled occupations
BULLDOZER OPERATOR16
HIGHLIFT OPERATOR/FRONT END LOADER15
REFUSE TRUCK DRIVER/BACKFILL TRUCK DRIVE15
Noise
ⓘThe share counts noise samples whose measured dose exceeded the 90 dBA permissible exposure limit. It describes the sampled workplace, not what reached the miner's ear: hearing conservation programs and the hearing protection worn during the shift are recorded separately and are not reflected here.
Health sampling trend
ⓘ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.
Respirable coal dust by year
ⓘRespirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.
Rice #2 (Strip) recorded 2.73 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.
2.73
total case rate
2.73
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US coal mining average was 3.74 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, coal mining averaged 5.01 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 *
2.73
2.73
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
3.30
3.30
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘCoal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year
Employees
Coal produced (tons)
2017
0
2016
0
2015
0
2014
0
2013
9
25,821
2012
39
228,243
2011
22
235,450
2010
23
232,700
2009
22
241,308
2008
21
227,046
2007
17
158,560
2006
10
149,742
2005
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Rice #2 (Strip) sits in Noble County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.
Noble County, Ohio · Population 14,252
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$55,360
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
2017 Q2
0
0
0
2017 Q1
0
0
0
2016 Q4
0
0
0
2016 Q3
0
0
0
2016 Q2
0
0
0
2016 Q1
0
0
0
2015 Q4
0
0
0
2015 Q3
0
0
0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2
0
0
0
2015 Q1
0
0
0
2014 Q4
0
0
0
2014 Q3
0
0
0
2014 Q2
0
0
0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
0
0
0
2013 Q3
276
2
1
7246.4
2013 Q2
1,655
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
12,388
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
19,184
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
20,488
1
1
48.8
2012 Q2
17,108
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
16,520
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
15,369
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
16,061
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
16,912
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
15,719
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
16,208
1
0
61.7
2010 Q3
16,637
1
1
60.1
2010 Q2
16,687
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
14,574
1
0
68.6
2009 Q4
14,350
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
14,410
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
14,989
2
2
133.4
2009 Q1
16,778
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
15,485
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
13,748
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
15,106
1
0
66.2
2008 Q1
14,651
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
13,582
2
1
147.3
2007 Q3
12,562
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
11,226
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
10,093
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
9,354
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
9,360
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
6,804
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
1,575
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
150
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2012 · 1 incident
April 18, 2012OH · Coalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
MIKE WAS LOADING END DUMPS WITH THE L-800 LOADER. THE HOIST LEVER WAS DIFFICULT TO MOVE AND REQUIRED MORE PRESSURE TO ACTIVATE THE CONTROLS. MIKE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE SHOULDER PAIN AS HE CONT INUED TO OPERATE THE MACHINE. SAW A CHIROPRACTOR. INCIDENT REPORTED LATE.
March 23, 1989OH · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
I,NAME WAS CHANGING CUTTING EDGES ON A D9H. AS HE BENT OVER AND LIFTED THE CUTTING EDGE TO LOAD IT ONTO THE BUMPER OF HIS TRUCK, HE FELT PAIN IN HIS BACK. SAW A CHIROPRACTOR.
1984 · 2 incidents
July 3, 1984OH · Coalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
HE WAS INSTALLING THE LEFT FRONT IDLER ON THE DOZER. IN THE PROCESS OF MANUEVERING THE IDLER HE BUMPED HIS RIGHT ELBOW AGAINST THE CHROME SHAFT OF THE HYDRAULIC JACK. THIS BRUISE TO HIS ELBOW CAUSED A GOLF BALL SIZE KNOT TO DEVELOP. ENTIRE ELBOW AREA WAS SWOLLEN. SCHEDULED FOR SURGERY 7/6/84