St Louisville Plant has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $797 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1997–2013
Latest incident
Jul 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
50
citations
7
significant & substantial
$6,687
proposed penalties
$5,890
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $797 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: 797 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
St Louisville Plant has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $797 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$797
outstanding
49 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $302 in penalties contested before the Commission, $302 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-19.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$302 proposed, $302 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2026-02-01.
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: 2024-05-08
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (21)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-05-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-05-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2020-06-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2020-06-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2015-11-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
1.15
0.10
Cleanup Man
2015-11-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2010-05-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2010-05-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2010-05-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
Dredge/Barge Operator
2010-05-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-05-04
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.33
Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-05-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
1.2
0.16
Truck Driver
2004-05-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-05-04
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.57
0.26
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
1.12
0.13
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-06-20
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Truck Driver
2002-06-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2002-06-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2002-06-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
0.42
0.98
Front-end Loader 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.
St Louisville Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.56 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
7.98
7.98
0.000
2004 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2003 *
16.94
5.65
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
5.90
5.90
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
2026
10
2025
10
2024
10
2023
10
2022
9
2021
7
2020
7
2019
6
2018
5
2017
6
2016
7
2015
7
2014
6
2013
7
2012
7
2011
4
2010
5
2009
6
2008
6
2007
7
2006
8
2005
11
2004
16
2003
14
2002
15
2001
14
2000
16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
St Louisville Plant sits in Licking 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.
Licking County, Ohio · Population 180,311
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$81,033
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
Miner injured back lifting screen 7/9/13. Said he was fine didn't need medical treatment. Pain got worse so 7/22 took him for MRI. Results came 8/5 showing new damage to back. Put on light duty.
2005 · 1 incident
February 22, 2005OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was helping another employee roll a head pulley so they could weld lagging on it. When employee pulled down, He felt something pop in his lower back.
2003 · 3 incidents
September 3, 2003OH · Metal/Non-Metaltruck driverMACHINERY
WORKER WAS REMOVING SCREEN BOLTS FROM SHAKER WITH A AIR WRENCH WHEN A BOLT THAT WAS WORE DOWN REAL SHARP SPUN ACROSS HIS FINGER AND CUT IT OPEN.HAD TO HAVE FINGER STITCHED UP, 4 STITCHES.
EE WAS CLEANING OUT CHUTE AT FEED HOPPER ON #3 DRY PLANT AND FELL 5'ONTO THE GROUND & LANDED ON A LARGE ROCK ON HIS LEFT SIDE. HE WORKED THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WAS O-K, SATURDAY HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY FOUND HE HAD BROKEN HIS SPLEEN.
January 30, 2003OH · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorMACHINERY
WELDING ON LOADER BUCKET, WENT TO CHIP SLAG AND IT WENT UNDER HIS EYEGLASSES INTO RIGHT EYE. WENT TO HOSPITAL AND HAD IT REMOVED. RETURNED TO WORK 1 DAY RESTRICTED LIGHT WORK.
2000 · 1 incident
December 27, 2000OH · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorMACHINERY
EE WAS WELDING IN THE SHOP ON A LOADED BUCKET WHEN A SPARK WENT DOWN HIS BACK CATCHING HIS SHIRT& SWEAT SHIRT ON FIRE. HE HAD TO PUT IT OUT & UNDRESS THE RESULT WAS BURNS ON LEFT SIDE OF CHEST & 3 LEFT FINGERS. EE WAS NOT WEARING WELDIN COATOR SHIRT
1998 · 1 incident
December 30, 1998OH · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS TRYING TO GET INTO HIS CAT 400 ARTICULATER TRUCK. IT WAS A SNOWY, ICY MORNING WITH ICE ONTHE STEPS GETTING INTO THE TRUCK. EE SLIPPED TRYING TO REACH THE DOOR HANDLE & WHEN HE FELL BACK HIS FOOT REMAINED IN THE STEP RING, WHICH TWISTED HIS KNEE ON THE WAY DOWN
1997 · 1 incident
October 17, 1997OH · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE AND ANOTHER EE WERE TRYING TO CHANGE THE TRIPCABLE. INJ EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO PUT THE CABLE BACK INTO THE CROWS FOOT WHEN IT SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND AND HIT HIM IN THE FOREHEAD. EE HAD TO HAVE 9 STITCHES DO TO HIS LACERATIONS.