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Ridge Township Quarry and Mill: 138 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ridge Township-OH
Van Wert, Van Wert County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3300146

Ridge Township Quarry and Mill has $21K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1983–2018
Latest incident
Jun 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
138
citations
29
significant & substantial
$20,916
proposed penalties
$20,916
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Ridge Township Quarry and Mill's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
62
inspections on record
957
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: 957 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 Township Quarry and Mill has $21K 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.
$21K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
133 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-21.
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.
21.0%
significant & substantial
5.1%
high negligence or reckless
21.0%
reasonably likely or greater
48.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 16.7% low, 78.3% moderate, 5.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2026-01-21
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
15
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz6
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg4
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (21)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-01-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-01-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-04-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Laborer, Bullgang
2022-09-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-06-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-06-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-10-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Cement/Concrete Man
2015-10-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-10-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-03-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 2.81 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-03-31 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.98 Truck Driver
2007-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.62 1.68 0.37 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 1.95 0.20 Truck Driver
2007-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 2.02 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.89 2.74 0.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 2.51 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.94 0.14 Truck Driver
2004-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.4 1.68 0.83 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 2.52 0.20 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Ridge Township Quarry and Mill 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 10
2024 8
2023 9
2022 9
2021 9
2020 8
2019 7
2018 7
2017 6
2016 7
2015 6
2014 6
2013 9
2012 9
2011 7
2010 7
2009 7
2008 7
2007 10
2006 7
2005 8
2004 7
2003 6
2002 6
2001 6
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Ridge Township Quarry and Mill sits in Van Wert County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Van Wert County, Ohio · Population 28,824
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$65,344
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 3,249 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,053 3 0 982.6
2025 Q4 2,893 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,143 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,269 3 0 917.7
2025 Q1 3,195 1 0 313.0
2024 Q4 3,003 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,475 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,404 4 0 1175.1
2024 Q1 2,926 2 0 683.5
2023 Q4 2,760 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,780 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,290 2 0 607.9
2023 Q1 2,980 1 0 335.6
2022 Q4 2,399 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,669 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,902 2 0 689.2
2022 Q1 2,851 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,463 2 0 812.0
2021 Q3 2,419 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,178 1 0 314.7
2021 Q1 3,056 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,074 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,377 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,483 3 0 1208.2
2020 Q1 2,407 1 0 415.5
2019 Q4 2,710 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,741 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,867 5 1 1744.0
2019 Q1 2,635 5 0 1897.5
2018 Q4 2,723 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,477 5 2 2018.6
2018 Q2 2,819 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,585 5 1 1934.2
2017 Q4 2,888 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,418 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,492 4 0 1605.1
2017 Q1 2,165 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,695 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,769 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,151 6 3 1904.2
2016 Q1 2,138 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,358 2 0 848.2
2015 Q3 2,899 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,693 3 1 812.3
2015 Q1 1,960 1 0 510.2
2014 Q4 2,291 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,197 5 1 2275.8
2014 Q2 2,204 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,221 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,979 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,844 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,883 5 3 1734.3
2013 Q1 2,620 2 1 763.4
2012 Q4 2,599 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,725 2 1 1159.4
2012 Q2 3,158 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,114 4 3 1284.5
2011 Q4 2,984 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,336 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,363 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,602 3 1 1153.0
2010 Q4 2,960 3 1 1013.5
2010 Q3 2,890 6 0 2076.1
2010 Q2 3,067 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,414 2 2 828.5
2009 Q4 2,885 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,763 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,451 3 0 869.3
2009 Q1 2,459 1 0 406.7
2008 Q4 2,972 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,122 2 0 640.6
2008 Q2 3,137 2 1 637.6
2008 Q1 2,550 3 0 1176.5
2007 Q4 3,500 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,614 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,512 1 0 284.7
2007 Q1 2,560 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,066 2 0 652.3
2006 Q3 3,061 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,523 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,751 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,737 5 1 1338.0
2005 Q3 3,513 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,791 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,715 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,021 4 1 1324.1
2004 Q3 3,601 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,957 2 0 676.4
2004 Q1 2,658 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,740 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,082 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,320 4 1 1724.1
2003 Q1 2,509 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,035 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,554 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,334 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,595 3 1 1156.1
2001 Q4 2,070 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,634 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,684 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,127 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,440 6 3 2459.0
2000 Q3 3,018 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,855 2 0 700.5
2000 Q1 2,962 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2018 · 1 incident

June 27, 2018 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Ridge Township Quarry and Mill · Struck by rolling or sliding object

EE was digging shot rock, as EE took a scoop, rocks rolled into the cab and broke EE's lower leg.

1993 · 2 incidents

February 1, 1993 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ridge Township Quarry and Mill · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PUTTING JAW PLATE IN AT PRIMARY CRUSHER WITH A CHAIN HOIST. THE JAW PLATE BECAME CAUGHT CAUSING CHAIN TO BREAK AND THE SNATCH BLOCK FLEW UP STRIKING THE VICTIM IN THE FACE.

1988 · 1 incident

June 23, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ridge Township Quarry and Mill · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING SHOVEL CREATING DUST AIRBORNE DUST WENT INTO EYE.

1985 · 1 incident

January 2, 1985 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Ridge Township Quarry and Mill · Struck against stationary object

TRYING TO PRY A ROCK LOOSE FROM HOPPER,A ROCK ROLLED DOWN KITTING THE PRY BAR AGAINST THE LEFT WRIST AND BROKE IT.

1983 · 1 incident

August 29, 1983 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ridge Township Quarry and Mill · Struck by falling object

WHILE TRYING TO GET ROCK LOOSE THAT WAS LODGED AT BOTTOM OF WEB, LARGE BOULDER FROM TOP OF WEB ROLLED DOWN HITTING FOOT CAUSING INJURY. ALL BONES IN FOOT BROKEN EXCEPT LITTLE TOE.