Mining Incidents

Twinsburg Development Corp.: 92 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jerome Osborne
Aurora, Portage County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3304204

Twinsburg Development Corp. has $63K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2000–2006
Latest incident
Aug 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
92
citations
32
significant & substantial
$63,236
proposed penalties
$37,236
paid to date
59% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $26,000 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
20
inspections on record
372
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: 372 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: 2011-10-14.
On record since 2011.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Twinsburg Development Corp. has $63K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$63K
proposed penalties
$37K
current assessed
$37K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
91 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $56K in penalties contested before the Commission, $30K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-10-18.
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.
35.2%
significant & substantial
14.3%
high negligence or reckless
35.2%
reasonably likely or greater
40.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.3% low, 82.4% moderate, 14.3% 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.
30 citations taken to the federal commission · 33% of citations on record
  • Settled 27 · 90%
  • Stood as issued 3 · 10%
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 12 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
47%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$56K proposed, $30K 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 2011-12-27.
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 2012-270M Settlement Harner 2012 $33K → $16K
LAKE 2012-204M Settlement Harner 2012 $19K → $10K
LAKE 2011-658M Dismissal Lesnick 2011 $4K → $4K
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: 2011-02-15, 15 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-02-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2011-02-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.
Ownership history
  1. Aurora Sand & Gravel Company 1990 to 1997
  2. Twinsburg Development Corp 1997 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 4
2010 8
2009 7
2008 9
2007 11
2006 11
2005 10
2004 10
2003 9
2002 7
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Twinsburg Development Corp. sits in Portage County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Portage County, Ohio · Population 161,421
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$72,822
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
2011 Q4 1,920 28 9 14583.3
2011 Q3 3,900 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,925 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 520 4 3 7692.3
2010 Q4 1,129 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,800 17 10 4473.7
2010 Q2 3,126 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 723 0 0 0.0
Show 40 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q4 2,295 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,031 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,208 4 0 1811.6
2009 Q1 626 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,609 7 3 1939.6
2008 Q3 3,888 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,336 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,152 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,550 4 2 1126.8
2007 Q3 3,980 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,804 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,232 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,784 5 3 1321.4
2006 Q3 4,908 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,676 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,697 2 0 1178.6
2005 Q4 3,437 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,239 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,420 3 1 877.2
2005 Q1 1,784 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,640 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,499 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,393 2 0 455.3
2004 Q1 2,135 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,875 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,644 1 0 215.3
2003 Q2 4,157 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,345 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,755 1 0 266.3
2002 Q3 4,408 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,404 2 0 587.5
2002 Q1 626 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,103 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 647 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,321 3 0 1292.5
2001 Q1 1,045 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1,565 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,592 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,396 4 1 1669.4
2000 Q1 1,637 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2006 · 1 incident

August 21, 2006 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Twinsburg Development Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Clearing rocks from hopper belt and caught his finger under or between some rock.

2002 · 1 incident

2001 · 1 incident

October 17, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Twinsburg Development Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED ON OVERSIZE STONE UNDER SCALPER WEDGED FOOT (LEFT) BETWEEN STONES.

2000 · 1 incident

November 21, 2000 OH · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Twinsburg Development Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS WALKING ACROSS YARD SLIPPED ON PACKED SNOW & BROKE HIS ANKLE CITITAION ISSUED ON 4/4/01 CIT#7821532 DON CAULFIELD