Mining Incidents

Rimer Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Columbus Grove, Putnam County, OH  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3300126

Rimer Plant has $5K 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
2
Years on record
2008–2012
Latest incident
Mar 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
34
citations
5
significant & substantial
$5,483
proposed penalties
$5,221
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $262 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
42
inspections on record
552
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: 552 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Rimer Plant has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-08.
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
2025 Q4 684 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,709 1 0 585.1
2025 Q2 1,462 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,221 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 710 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,436 2 2 821.0
2024 Q2 2,793 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,196 0 0 0.0
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,247 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,466 2 0 811.0
2023 Q2 3,252 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,532 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,629 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,001 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,694 2 0 742.4
2022 Q1 1,582 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,178 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,712 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,608 1 0 383.4
2021 Q1 1,106 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,669 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,402 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,937 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,546 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,309 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,656 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,714 1 0 368.5
2019 Q1 1,814 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,697 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,530 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,846 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,299 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,327 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,798 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,956 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,957 1 0 511.0
2016 Q3 2,797 2 0 715.1
2016 Q2 3,210 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,706 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,530 2 0 790.5
2015 Q3 2,502 1 0 399.7
2015 Q2 2,975 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,578 3 2 1901.1
2014 Q4 2,843 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,638 2 0 758.2
2014 Q2 2,661 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,465 1 0 405.7
2013 Q4 2,294 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,251 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,878 2 0 694.9
2013 Q1 2,839 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,332 2 0 857.6
2012 Q3 2,228 1 0 448.8
2012 Q2 2,495 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,280 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,154 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,318 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,288 2 0 874.1
2011 Q1 1,603 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,093 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,540 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,607 3 1 831.7
2010 Q1 2,286 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,648 1 0 606.8
2009 Q3 1,480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,752 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,319 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,220 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,217 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,123 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,031 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,033 1 0 491.9
2007 Q3 2,212 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,150 1 0 465.1
2007 Q1 2,124 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,228 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,906 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,349 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,538 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,446 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,988 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,854 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2012 · 1 incident

March 20, 2012 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
The National Lime & Stone Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

A malfunction in a pneumatic grease gun caused grease to spray onto his face and into his eyes, causing irritation to both eyes. This incident is reportable because the employee received prescription eye drops to use in his eyes.

2008 · 1 incident

September 2, 2008 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
The National Lime & Stone Company · Struck by flying object

Was trimming weeds when something flew into his eye. Foreign object was imbedded.

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The full compliance file on Rimer Plant

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.