Tri County Limestone Company has $1K 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
25
Years on record
1986–2002
Latest incident
May 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
17
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,193
proposed penalties
$1,193
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 190 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Tri County Limestone Company has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
17 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-12-07.
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.
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: 2005-05-05, 21 years ago
13%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz41 over
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2000-11-29
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
10.25
10
1.03
Truck Driver
2005-05-05
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2003-06-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-06-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-11
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.4
10
0.04
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-12-18
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-12-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2002-12-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-11-29
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.6
10
0.06
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-11-29
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.92
10
0.19
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-11-29
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.88
10
0.09
Truck Driver
2000-11-29
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.66
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.
Tri County Limestone Company recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.
Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.00 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.
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
2006
0
2005
3
2004
6
2003
6
2002
7
2001
9
2000
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Tri County Limestone Company sits in Marion 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.
Marion County, Ohio · Population 65,145
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$57,306
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
TRUCK OPERATOR ATTEMPTED TO DUMP HIS LOAD WHILE SITTING ON AN UNEVEN GRADE ON THE STOCKPILE. AS HE RAISED THE TRUCK BED THE TRUCK TIPPED OVER ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE. THE OPERATOR, WHO WAS WEARING SEATBELT, WAS UNHARMED BUT COMPLAINED OF A SORE NECK. HE WAS GIVEN PAIN MEDICATION AND PLACED ON LIGHT DUTY FOR ONE DAY BY THE ER PHYSICIAN.
2001 · 3 incidents
November 16, 2001OH · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
THE WORKER'S HAND SLIPPED WHILE MOVING WOOD BLOCKING, CAUSING A SPLINTER TO ENTER THE BASE OF THE PALM OF THE RIGHT HAND. THE WORKER REMOVED THE SPLINTER HIMSELF AND CONTINUED WORKING. TWO DAY S LATER THE INJRUY SHOWED SIGNS OF INFECTION. THE WORKER WENT TO HIS FAMILY DR. ON MONDAY AND RECEIVED ANTIBIOTICS.
January 11, 2001OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS ON THE LOADER. CLIMBING DOWN THE LOADER STEPS AND MISSED THE LAST STEP - LANDED ON HIS BACKSIDE. EE ANSWERED THAT HE DID NOT NEED FIRST AID TREATMENT BUT LEFT A 9:20 AM TO GO HOME. SAID HE WAS GOING TO GO TO THE CHIROPRACTOR.
January 2, 2001OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS CLEANING THE FROST OFF OF THE TROJAN LOADER WINDSHEILD WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF OF THE LOADER STEP. HE FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT. HE REPORTED ACCIDENT TO OFFICE ON JAN 3, 2001.
1999 · 4 incidents
November 23, 1999OH · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)FIRE
EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON NEW HOLLAND WITH HOBART WELDER WHEN A SPARK HIT HIS UNIFORM, CATCHING HIS SHIRT ON FIRE. HE TRIED TO BRUSH THE FIRE OUT WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND SUSTAINED A BURN TO HIS L EFT HAND.
November 1, 1999OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSTRIKING OR BUMPING
ADVISED YESTERDAY, 1/20/00 BY CARE CORKS THAT HE ALLEGING THIS INJURY. CARE WORKS IS OUR LIAISON WITH THE BUREAU OF WORKERS COMPENSATION. A CLAIM WAS FILED WITH THE BUREAU 1/11/00. THE CLAIM S TATED THAT EE HAD HIT HIS LEFT ELBOW ON THE CRUSHER DOOR THE 11TH OF NOVEMBER.
July 19, 1999OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
USING A PIPE WRENCH TRYING TO TURN CRUSHER SHAFT BACKWARDS. PIPE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF AND RAN INTO CORNER OF CRUSHER HITTING RIGHT SIDE OF FACE ABOVE EYE.
HE WAS WELDING ON THE HAMMERS AT THE PORTABLE PLANT WITH THE LINCOLN WIRE FEED WELDER AND SPARKS WENT DOWN SHOE. REPORTED ON FRIDAY. JUST SAID SPARKS HAD GONE DOWN SHOE BUT NOT INDICATE THAT A NY ACTION NEED TAKEN.
1998 · 3 incidents
September 8, 1998OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
WHILE WORKING ON A CONVEYOR BELT HE MISSED A STEP ON THE STEP LADDER AND FELL ABOUT 4FT. LANDED ON A ROCK BRUISING HIS RIGHT THIGH AND PULLING MUSCLES IN CHEST
June 18, 1998OH · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS SPLICING THE VSI ELEVATOR BELT. THE BELT FREE WHEELED ABOUT HALFWAY AROUND AS HE WAS PULLING IT BACK INTO PLACE. THGE CLAMPS MUST HAVE SLIPPED AND THE BELT DROPPED PINNING HIS LEG.
April 21, 1998OH · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
I WAS RETURNING TO PIT AFTER DUMPING A LOAD OF STONE INTO THE CRUSHER WHEN I SAW A ROCK IN THE ROAD. IT IS MANDATORY TO PICK UP THE ROCKS AND TRHROW OUT OF THE DRIVE. I DID NOT USE THE STEPS T O GET OUT OF THE TRUCK. I JUMPED. WHEN I HIT THEGROUND A TWIST OR SOMETHING IN MY RIGHT KNEE.
1997 · 1 incident
January 10, 1997OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EMP STARTED COVEYOR BELT WHICH STOPPED WHEN AGGREGATE WAS PUT ON IT. WENT DOWN TO PUT SAND ON HEAD PULLEY AND STEPPED ON ROCK. THIS RESULTED IN HIS TWISTING HIS RIGHT ANKLE. AFTER WORK HE WENT TO EMERG ROOM AS HE DECIDED IT HURT.
1996 · 3 incidents
October 23, 1996OH · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMP WAS POUNDING AN OVERSIZE ROCK IN THE PRIMARYCRUSHER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. HAMMER HIT THE CORNER OF THE CRUSHER AND CAME BACK HITTING HIS LEFT KNEE.
March 6, 1996OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
OVERHEAD DOOR CO OF MARION EE WAS INSTALLING A DOOR ON OUR SHOP. HE WAS STANDING ON A 6' LADDER ON THE 4TH & 5TH STEP. AT THE TIME HE WA RUNNING LAGS INTO THE TRACK. LADDER TIPPED, LOST BALANC E & FELL. HE SAID THE LADDER MUST HAVE BEEN ON UNEVEN GROUND.
EMPLOYEE STARTED WORK AT 7:30AM GREASED PORTABLE PLANT SHOVELED THE SPILLAGE AROUND GOT ON LOADER CHARGED PLANT & LOADED TRUCKS HE STARTED HAVING PAIN IN LEFT CHEST AT 9:00 AM HE WENT TO THE E MERGENCY ROOM AROUND 9:30AM EKG NOT DONE AT HARDIN MEMORIAL SO EMPLOYER TOOK HIM TO WYANDOT MEMORIAL AOSO DIAGNOSIS WAS MUSCLE STRAIN
HE WAS WAITING FOR THE ISCO HOLE TRUCK TO BE LOADED OR IT HAD JUST BEEN LOADED. WALKED UP BESIDE IT TO PICK UP ROCKS. ROCK FELL OFF TRUCK HITTING HIS HEAD. EVIDENTLY ONE ALSO HIT HIS NECK AND SHOULDERS AS THEY (MAINLY HIS SHOULDER) WERE BRUISED.
July 9, 1990OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
THEY WERE TAKING THE HOOD OFF OF THE NORTHWEST MODEL 41 SHOVEL.INJURED WAS HOOKING THE CHAIN AROUND THE HOOD AND THE LOADER BUCKET.HE HAD FINISHED.THE HOOD FELL OFF, THE CHAIN BECAME UNHOOKED THE CHAIN HIT HIS CHEST.
EMPLOYEE WAS REPAIRING AN ELEVATOR USING AN EXTENSION LADDER & CABLE COME-ALONG HE WAS FREEING METAL WHICH WAS STUCK & STATED THAT THE ACTION OF THE LADDER MOVING & THE METAL BREAKING FREE SEN T SHARP PAIN THROUGHOUT HIS BACK HE THOUGHT HE HAD PULLED A MUSCLE
January 4, 1988OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
EMPLOYEE WASA D9LIVERING DIRT AND STEPPED AROUND THE TRUCK TO CLEAN THE BED OUT WHEN HE STEPPED ON A CLOD OF DIRT. HIS KNEE POPPED. THE KNEE HAD BEEN INJURED 10-11 YEARS AGO WHEN HE WORKED FOR TECUMSEH IN MA9ION, OH.
1986 · 2 incidents
June 28, 1986OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanPOWERED HAULAGE
I NAME WAS REPL5CING THE TRANSMISSION LINE ON THE JOHN DEERE LOADER AT THE MAINTENANCE BLDG IN ORDER TO DO SO HE REMOVED THE COUNTERWEIGHT AND HURT HIS BACK WHICH HE HAD HURT AT HIS HOME SOMET DURING THE WEEK3OF JUNE 25TH LOADING A LAWN MOWER FROM HIS PICKUP