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S & S Aggregate Plant-14: 64 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

S & S Aggregate · Surface
Controlled by Shelly & Sands Inc
Perrysville, Richland County, OH  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 3301566

S & S Aggregate Plant-14 has $9K 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
5
Years on record
1990–2012
Latest incident
Nov 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
64
citations
12
significant & substantial
$8,918
proposed penalties
$8,762
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $156 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See S & S Aggregate's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
643
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: 643 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2025-04-02.
On record since 2025.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

S & S Aggregate Plant-14 has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $468 in penalties contested before the Commission, $312 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-10.
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.
19.0%
significant & substantial
3.2%
high negligence or reckless
19.0%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.6% low, 76.2% moderate, 3.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
33%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$468 proposed, $312 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2009-12-14.
Contested penalties
ⓘ 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
LAKE 2010-220M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $468 → $312
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2026-02-09
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
31
samples
11
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg18
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Arsenic fumes3
  • Beryllium fumes3
Show the individual readings (67)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-02-09 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2026-02-09 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2026-02-09 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2026-02-09 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2026-02-09 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2026-02-09 Manganese fumes 1.05 5 0.21 Welder, etc.
2026-02-09 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.22 20 0.01 Welder, etc.
2026-02-09 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2026-02-09 Iron oxide fumes 9.87 20 0.49 Welder, etc.
2026-02-09 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2026-02-09 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2026-02-09 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2026-02-09 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2026-02-09 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2024-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2024-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2023-09-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2023-01-18 Magnesium oxide fumes 1.33 20 0.07 Welder, etc.
2023-01-18 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-01-18 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-01-18 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-01-18 Chromium, insoluble 0.78 3 0.26 Welder, etc.
2023-01-18 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-01-18 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-01-18 Iron oxide fumes 3.65 20 0.18 Welder, etc.
2023-01-18 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-01-18 Manganese fumes 0.25 5 0.05 Welder, etc.
2023-01-18 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-01-18 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-01-18 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2023-01-18 Zinc oxide fumes 0.58 10 0.06 Welder, etc.
2021-03-15 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-03-15 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-03-15 Chromium, insoluble 1.11 3 0.37 Welder, etc.
2021-03-15 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-03-15 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-03-15 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-03-15 Molybdenum fumes 0.06 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-03-15 Manganese fumes 0.22 5 0.04 Welder, etc.
2021-03-15 Magnesium oxide fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-03-15 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-03-15 Iron oxide fumes 5.83 20 0.29 Welder, etc.
2021-03-15 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-03-15 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2021-03-15 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2020-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2020-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-07-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2015-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2015-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.88 0.22 Washer Operator
2015-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2009-10-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Truck Driver
2009-10-07 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.8 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2009-10-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2001-06-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-06-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 0.6 0.27 Truck Driver
2001-06-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.22 0.11 Washer Operator
2001-06-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.5 0.70 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.27 0.09 Dredge/Barge Operator
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.

S & S Aggregate Plant-14 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2013.

Injury rate, 2013
ⓘ 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.46 and the all-US-mining average was 2.99 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.89 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
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 8.20 8.20 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 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.
Ownership history
  1. Mohican Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to 1988
  2. S & S Aggregate 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 8
2024 8
2023 8
2022 8
2021 7
2020 8
2019 7
2018 9
2017 7
2016 7
2015 10
2014 7
2013 11
2012 9
2011 9
2010 7
2009 8
2008 9
2007 8
2006 11
2005 16
2004 19
2003 15
2002 12
2001 14
2000 17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

S & S Aggregate Plant-14 sits in Richland County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Richland County, Ohio · Population 125,138
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$57,649
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 2,955 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,792 2 2 716.3
2025 Q4 2,815 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 588 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,332 3 1 900.4
2025 Q1 3,360 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,216 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,442 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,593 3 1 835.0
2024 Q1 2,709 2 1 738.3
2023 Q4 3,439 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,376 2 0 457.0
2023 Q2 4,385 2 0 456.1
2023 Q1 4,016 4 1 996.0
2022 Q4 4,748 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,500 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,806 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,717 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,764 1 1 265.7
2021 Q3 4,448 1 0 224.8
2021 Q2 4,655 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,412 1 0 293.1
2020 Q4 3,543 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,479 5 0 912.6
2020 Q2 4,579 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,451 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,857 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,779 2 0 418.5
2019 Q2 4,518 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,091 1 0 323.5
2018 Q4 4,101 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,009 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,270 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,445 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,537 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,815 1 0 172.0
2017 Q2 3,892 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,264 2 0 612.7
2016 Q4 3,800 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,457 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,427 3 0 677.7
2016 Q1 2,913 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,705 3 0 637.6
2015 Q3 6,505 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,681 1 0 213.6
2015 Q1 3,903 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,041 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,848 1 0 206.3
2014 Q2 3,713 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,941 2 1 680.0
2013 Q4 3,919 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,981 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 6,868 1 0 145.6
2013 Q1 5,796 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,776 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,475 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,514 1 0 284.6
2012 Q1 2,267 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,235 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,376 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 3,789 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,048 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,547 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,338 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,660 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,556 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,435 5 3 2053.4
2009 Q3 4,245 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,591 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,014 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,528 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,314 1 0 188.2
2008 Q2 6,037 2 0 331.3
2008 Q1 4,037 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,842 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,185 4 0 771.5
2007 Q2 4,001 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,233 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,910 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,519 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,023 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,405 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,479 5 1 668.5
2005 Q3 8,330 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,738 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,888 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,316 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 9,139 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 9,212 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,341 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,897 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 9,423 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,054 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,024 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,406 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,455 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,906 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,906 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,746 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 5,887 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,039 3 0 742.8
2001 Q1 5,724 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,588 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 13,699 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 8,844 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,587 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2012 · 1 incident

November 26, 2012 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
S & S Aggregate · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was removing electric wiring from a conveyor. EE was using a pocket knife to remove a zip tie that was holding the wire to the conveyor. The knife slipped and struck ee on the left bicep resulting in a puncture wound that required 1 stitch to close.

2011 · 1 incident

March 25, 2011 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & S Aggregate · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was dismounting loader, stepped on bottom step of loader and slipped off twisting knee. EE states the ladder was slippery and frosted. Claims a little bit of pain but it went away. EE said he noticed swelling Friday night and was painful and could not get in to see his doctor until Monday morning.

2003 · 1 incident

October 9, 2003 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & S Aggregate · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HELPING PULL WATER PUMP FROM RIVER SITE, STEPPED IN LOW AREA AND SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE.

1998 · 1 incident

February 23, 1998 OH · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & S Aggregate · Fall from machine

CLIMBING UP PERMANENT LADDER ON FRONT OF EUCLID REACHED FOR LAST HAND HOLD ABOVE WINSHIELD AND MISSED, LOST BALANCE AND FELL OFF MACHINE BACKWARDS 8-10' TO CONCRETE FLOOR.

1990 · 1 incident

July 24, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
S & S Aggregate · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL FROM CONVEYOR HITTING PLANT OPER IN TEMPLE SLIGHTLY BELOW HARD HAT.