South Columbus Aggregate Plant has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $625 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
27
Years on record
1988–2013
Latest incident
Aug 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
94
citations
23
significant & substantial
$35,942
proposed penalties
$28,317
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,625 gap.
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: 660 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
South Columbus Aggregate Plant has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $625 outstanding across 2 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.
$36K
proposed penalties
$29K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$625
outstanding
92 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $24K in penalties contested before the Commission, $17K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-09-12.
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.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 33%
Stood as issued
2 · 67%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
29%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$24K proposed, $17K 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 2009-12-29.
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.
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: 2015-05-12, 11 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Show the individual readings (9)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2015-05-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dragline Operator
2015-05-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
0.63
0.68
Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-05-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.92
0.93
0.99
Mechanic
2009-10-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-10-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2001-07-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.35
0.96
0.36
Washer Operator
2001-07-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
1.21
0.27
Washer Operator
2001-07-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.42
0.40
Belt Cleaner
2001-07-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
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.
South Columbus Aggregate Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2016.
Injury rate, 2016
ⓘ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 2.17 and the all-US-mining average was 2.59 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.54 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
2016 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2014 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2013 *
8.23
0.00
0.000
2012 *
8.80
8.80
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
7.49
7.49
0.000
2007 *
6.42
6.42
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2016
8
2015
9
2014
9
2013
9
2012
8
2011
7
2010
8
2009
8
2008
10
2007
13
2006
18
2005
21
2004
22
2003
23
2002
23
2001
23
2000
23
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
South Columbus Aggregate Plant sits in Franklin 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.
Franklin County, Ohio · Population 1,321,635
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$73,795
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
EMPLOYEE (FOREMAN) DID NOT TURN POWER OFF AND LOCK OUT 486 VOLT ELECTRIC BOX. CUT CABLE AND MADEA SPLICE. WAS ELECTRICUTED. TAKEN TO MOUNT CARMEL HOSPITAL. WE WERE NOTIFIED OF HIS DEATH APPROX 2:00 PM.
The employee was pouring concrete near the office between 6:00am and 11:00am. He got some wet concrete on the inside of his rubber boots which burned both his legs. Lost time did not begin until 06/13/2012.
2008 · 1 incident
June 9, 2008OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Two employees were using an excavator to lift a dump truck bed from the truck body. One employee was in the bed, hooking up the lifting chains when the operator accidently moved the bucket striking the first employee.
Changing tail pulley bearing on main belt under the feeder. Water dripping from feeder hit ee in the forehead and ran down under safety glasses into eye. It had sand or metal in it from hopper.
May 9, 2005OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ee was hauling material to sand plant surge pile and dumped this load in different location on uneven surface and rolled over the truck he was driving sprained left shoulder was put on restriction was.
2003 · 1 incident
May 8, 2003OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
LACERATION ON LEFT SIDE OF HEAD. WHILE RELEASING CABLE HOIST FROM BELT CLAMP THE HOOK BROKE OFF OF HTE BELT CLAMP. FLEW AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE ON TEH LEFT SIDE OF HEAD.
April 19, 1994OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WHEN USING A GRINDER TO GRIND STEEL A PIECE OF FOREIGN MATTER ENTERED INTO LEFT EYE
1992 · 1 incident
February 13, 1992OH · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPL INSTALLING FRICTION BAND ON DRAG DRUM OF MARION 7200 WHEN HE SLIPPED DROPPING FRICTION BAND ON RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER RESULTING LACERATION & STITCHES TO FINGER.
1991 · 2 incidents
August 23, 1991OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURED WAS STANDING STOP A DUMP HOPPER GRIZZLEY AND PUNCHFING MATERIAL IN THE HOPPER WITH A LONG BAR. FEET SLIPPED, AND HE FELL. LATER IN THE DAY NOTICED SOME STIFFNESS IN HIS BACK. HE WAS AS KED IF HE FELT HE NEEDED TO GO TO DR HE WOULD GOAT THE END OF THE DAY AFTER CLEANING UP AT HOME FELL FORWARD SO DONT KNOW IF INJURED IN FALL OR DOING WORK WITH LONG BAR.
May 2, 1991OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
HAMMERING PUNCH WHEN HAMMER GLANCED STRIKING ON L ARM BRUISED AREA
1990 · 1 incident
June 16, 1990OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE GREASING AROUND A.C. DUSTSCREEN, EXPANDED METAL GRATE CATWALK COLLAPSED UNDER EMPLOYEE WHO FELL APPROX. 12', CAUSING CONTUSIONS TO LEFT ARM AND RIGHT LEG, SPRAIN OF SACROILIAC AND LEFT K NEE AND LEG, AND CUT FINGER ON LEFT HAND. APPARENTLY FLOORING WAS NOT COMPLETELY WELDED-IN, AND THE WELD BEADS WHICH WERE THERE HAD PARTED DUE TO VIBRATION, ETC.
1988 · 1 incident
July 28, 1988OH · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)