Mining Incidents

Ridge Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Vanlue, Hancock County, OH  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 3304398

Ridge Quarry has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1999
Latest incident
Sep 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
6
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,006
proposed penalties
$734
paid to date
73% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $272 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
19
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: 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
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$1K
proposed penalties
$734
current assessed
$734
paid to date
$0
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2001-02-20.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
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
Stansley Mineral Resources Inc · Fall from machine

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.

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