Mining Incidents

Upper Sandusky Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Olen Corporation
Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3300108

Upper Sandusky Plant has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $605 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1997–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
91
citations
16
significant & substantial
$11,990
proposed penalties
$11,140
paid to date
93% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $850 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
70
inspections on record
1,172
inspection hours
7.8
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.
91 citations across 1,172 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Upper Sandusky Plant has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $605 outstanding across 4 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$605
outstanding
89 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-03.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 8,411 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 9,612 2 0 208.1
2025 Q2 9,145 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,559 3 1 457.4
2024 Q4 8,407 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,449 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 8,913 3 0 336.6
2024 Q1 4,056 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 8,119 1 0 123.2
2023 Q3 8,140 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,172 5 1 697.2
2023 Q1 5,340 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,494 3 0 462.0
2022 Q3 7,374 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,148 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,500 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,610 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,974 1 0 167.4
2021 Q2 5,539 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,017 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 6,621 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,092 7 1 987.0
2020 Q2 7,286 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,851 1 0 259.7
2019 Q4 6,182 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,521 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,455 2 0 309.8
2019 Q1 3,880 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,742 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,704 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,831 1 0 171.5
2018 Q1 3,449 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,663 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,266 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,268 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,585 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,013 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6,751 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,422 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,191 1 0 313.4
2015 Q4 4,633 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 6,322 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,295 4 0 931.3
2015 Q1 4,488 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,116 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,645 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,942 7 1 1178.1
2014 Q1 4,455 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,196 3 1 715.0
2013 Q3 7,027 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,249 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,548 3 1 540.7
2012 Q4 5,419 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,870 3 0 616.0
2012 Q2 5,909 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,244 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,211 1 0 161.0
2011 Q3 7,191 2 0 278.1
2011 Q2 6,415 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,164 1 0 193.6
2010 Q4 5,480 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,560 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,873 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,118 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,821 1 0 261.7
2009 Q3 5,328 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,046 2 0 396.4
2009 Q1 3,841 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,645 3 2 645.9
2008 Q3 6,296 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,289 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,068 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,263 1 0 137.7
2007 Q3 6,444 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,809 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,123 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,153 2 0 245.3
2006 Q3 6,637 3 2 452.0
2006 Q2 7,499 3 0 400.1
2006 Q1 5,344 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,196 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 6,744 2 1 296.6
2005 Q2 5,559 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,368 2 0 372.6
2004 Q4 7,822 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,130 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,502 2 0 307.6
2004 Q1 6,034 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,631 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,710 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,529 3 2 542.6
2003 Q1 5,536 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,252 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,632 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,600 2 0 303.0
2002 Q1 7,537 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,686 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,998 5 2 714.5
2001 Q2 3,597 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,894 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,456 6 1 1736.1
2000 Q3 7,906 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 6,361 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,640 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2025 · 1 incident

October 21, 2025 OH · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman NONPOWERED HAULAGE
The Olen Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TM was unhooking a pickup truck from a trailer and when the jack popped off the ball the trailer moved forward and smashed their left index finger between ball on the truck and trailer frame.

2022 · 1 incident

October 4, 2022 OH · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The Olen Corporation · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE was standing on a platform installing a threaded plug in the motor junction box using a pipe wrench. They had their left foot up one step on motor platform and right foot on the platform EE was standing on and while pulling the pipe wrench towards them they felt a pop and discomfort in right knee. Become a recordable on 12/1/2022 when cortisone shot was received.

2002 · 1 incident

June 7, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Olen Corporation · Struck by falling object

EE WAS PUTTING UP A STEEL GUARD ON A CONVEYOR. ONE SIDE WAS ATTACHED & THE OTHER WAS NOT. THE GUARD FELL DOWN & GRAZED HIS FACE CAUSING A LACERATION BETWEEN HIS CHIN & LOWER LIP.

2001 · 2 incidents

May 29, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Olen Corporation · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MAINTENANCE PERSON CHANGE BEARING ON HEAD PULLEY. MOTOR WAS REMOVED FROM MOUNTED POSITION AND PLACED ON CONVEYER BELT. MOTOR WAS NOT SERVICED TO PREVENT MOVEMENT. MOTOR F ELL OFF CONVEYER BELT SCRAPING EMPLOYEE ON BACK OF LEG, CAUSING SMALL LACERATION.

March 2, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Olen Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ATTACHING CHAIN TO ROCK STUCK IN CRUSHER CHUTE. ROCK MOVED AND PINCHED LEG AGAINST CHUTE WALL.

1997 · 1 incident

March 17, 1997 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Mc Carthy Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE OPENED ACCESS DOOR OF THE PRIMARY CRUSHED. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN ROCKS OUT, THE WIND BLEW THE DOOR CLOSED STRIKING THE EE ON THE LEG.

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