Watson Gravel Inc (Harrison Plant) has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2002–2023
Latest incident
May 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
187
citations
33
significant & substantial
$35,621
proposed penalties
$35,621
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.
187 citations across 1,464 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Watson Gravel Inc (Harrison Plant) has $36K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$36K
proposed penalties
$36K
current assessed
$36K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
187 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-14.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
Stood as issued
1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2010-03-29.
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: 2026-03-18
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
37
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz10
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (37)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Clam Shell Operator
2026-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-03-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2025-06-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2025-06-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-11-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2023-11-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
Supervisor, Co. Official
2023-11-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.81
0.32
Utility Man
2023-11-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-08-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-08-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-08-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
Utility Man
2021-08-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2020-07-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
Supervisor, Co. Official
2020-07-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-07-29
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.54
0.7
0.77
Cleanup Man
2017-02-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2017-02-22
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-02-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
1.38
0.17
Washer Operator
2014-04-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.37
0.09
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-04-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.12
0.59
0.20
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-04-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-04-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-05-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.5
Dredge/Barge Operator
2003-05-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-13
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.34
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-05-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.57
2.42
0.24
Truck Driver
2002-05-22
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2002-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2001-05-31
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.
Watson Gravel Inc (Harrison 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
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
5.63
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
4.98
4.98
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
4.50
4.50
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
27
2025
23
2024
22
2023
24
2022
26
2021
28
2020
28
2019
30
2018
16
2017
16
2016
17
2015
14
2014
14
2013
12
2012
12
2011
12
2010
12
2009
10
2008
14
2007
16
2006
18
2005
16
2004
19
2003
18
2002
16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Watson Gravel Inc (Harrison Plant) sits in Hamilton 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.
Hamilton County, Ohio · Population 827,878
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$70,816
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
2026 Q2
11,041
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
8,397
1
0
119.1
2025 Q4
10,749
2
1
186.1
2025 Q3
10,637
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
10,110
4
0
395.6
2025 Q1
5,363
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
11,603
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
9,514
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
9,444
1
0
105.9
2024 Q1
5,763
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
10,232
12
1
1172.8
2023 Q3
9,705
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
9,679
3
0
309.9
2023 Q1
5,877
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
9,732
6
3
616.5
2022 Q3
11,030
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
17,978
11
3
611.9
2022 Q1
6,590
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
9,911
4
0
403.6
2021 Q3
11,213
4
0
356.7
2021 Q2
11,709
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
6,007
3
1
499.4
2020 Q4
10,803
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
11,090
3
2
270.5
2020 Q2
11,252
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
7,012
3
0
427.8
2019 Q4
11,328
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
13,540
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
11,619
2
0
172.1
2019 Q1
6,431
6
0
933.0
2018 Q4
11,495
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
11,779
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
11,426
6
2
525.1
2018 Q1
9,759
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
10,969
4
2
364.7
2017 Q3
10,974
6
0
546.7
2017 Q2
10,790
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
9,126
8
1
876.6
2016 Q4
9,679
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
10,655
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
10,087
6
0
594.8
2016 Q1
8,443
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
10,650
2
0
187.8
2015 Q3
10,050
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
10,061
2
0
198.8
2015 Q1
7,138
1
0
140.1
2014 Q4
9,059
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
8,436
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
9,200
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
8,356
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
8,268
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
8,681
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
7,569
3
1
396.4
2013 Q1
6,378
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
6,925
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
7,993
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
7,080
8
2
1129.9
2012 Q1
5,501
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
7,444
3
0
403.0
2011 Q3
9,131
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
8,057
5
1
620.6
2011 Q1
5,128
3
0
585.0
2010 Q4
6,040
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
8,497
2
2
235.4
2010 Q2
7,243
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
4,591
5
3
1089.1
2009 Q4
6,606
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
6,797
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
6,761
5
0
739.5
2009 Q1
4,835
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
9,299
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
9,871
1
0
101.3
2008 Q2
8,548
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
7,146
6
0
839.6
2007 Q4
9,199
8
2
869.7
2007 Q3
10,614
5
1
471.1
2007 Q2
9,369
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
8,811
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
9,446
5
0
529.3
2006 Q3
10,506
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
8,980
5
1
556.8
2006 Q1
9,181
2
0
217.8
2005 Q4
9,547
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
10,072
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
10,536
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
9,184
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
10,346
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
11,876
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
11,222
3
0
267.3
2004 Q1
9,426
3
0
318.3
2003 Q4
12,254
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
11,587
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
8,830
3
0
339.8
2003 Q1
5,065
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
5,607
1
0
178.3
2002 Q3
6,193
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,295
1
0
772.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2023 · 1 incident
May 12, 2023OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
While cleaning out receiving box on conveyor, employee stepped backward and fell through ladder access opening. Fell approximately 12 feet resulting in left arm muscle strain.
2018 · 1 incident
June 25, 2018OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
EE was getting out of his truck, lost his footing and fell of truck onto ground. He broke his left femur. EE is a licensed CDL truck driver that delivers finished product to customers.
Employee was delivering a load of limestone @ the plant for resale. While dumping load, the truck and trailer turned over. Employee hit his left leg on steering wheel. Inner thigh swelled up.
2008 · 2 incidents
October 7, 2008OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Watson Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
Employee was installing drive belts on motor and pulley. While turning pulley his index finger was caught between belt and pulley. Index finger on left hand had 2 cuts and loss of fingernail.
May 30, 2008OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
THIS MAN WAS TRESPASSING ON OUR PROPERTY AFTER HOURS. WHEN I ARRIVED OUR PEOPLE & THE LIFE SQUAD WERE TRYING TO GET HIM OUT OF THE SAND. THE MAN RECEIVED NO INJURIES AND CHARGES WERE FILED BY SHERIFF.
2002 · 1 incident
June 17, 2002OH · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerMACHINERY