Ridge Quarry: 6 MSHA citations
Metal/Non-Metal
Ridge Quarry has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1999. MSHA has proposed $1K in penalties since 2000.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1999
- Latest incident
- Sep 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
3
significant & substantial
$1,006
proposed penalties
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $272 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 19 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ridge Quarry has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
6 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $735 in penalties contested before the Commission, $463 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-02-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
50.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
50.0%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Contested penalties
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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 |
| LAKE20010159M |
Settlement |
Barbour |
2001 |
$735 → $463 |
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year |
Employees |
| 2024 |
0 |
| 2001 |
3 |
| 2000 |
3 |
| 1999 |
3 |
| 1998 |
4 |
| 1997 |
6 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Ridge Quarry sits in Hancock County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.7% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.
Hancock County, Ohio · Population 74,885
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$69,699
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. 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 |
| 2024 Q4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
| 2001 Q1 |
1,390 |
4 |
2 |
2877.7 |
| 2000 Q4 |
1,195 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q3 |
1,776 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| 2000 Q2 |
1,323 |
2 |
1 |
1511.7 |
| 2000 Q1 |
1,167 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
1999 · 3 incidents
September 3, 1999
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS GETTING DOWN FROM A KAWASAKI 952II END LOADER. HE SLIPPED ON THE TOP STEP AND FELL TO THE GROUND.
June 12, 1999
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Stansley Mineral Resources Inc · Fall onto or against objects
PERSON WAS REACHING OVER THE TAILEND OF A CONVEYOR TO GET A CHAIN USED TO OPEN THE JAW CRUSHER WHILE REACHING FOR CHAIN, HE LOST HIS FOOTING & FELL AGAINST THE CONVEYOR IN THE AREA OF RIB CAG E.
June 11, 1999
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Stansley Mineral Resources Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
WAS USING A HAMMER WRENCH TO LOOSEN NUTS ON JAW CRUSHER. HIT FINGER WITH SLEDGE HAMMER WHILE HOLDING WRENCH.