Mining Incidents

Watson Gravel Inc (Kilby Plant): 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Watson Gravel Inc · Surface
Controlled by Ronald E Watson
Harrison, Hamilton County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3303835

Watson Gravel Inc (Kilby Plant) has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $156 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1987–2002
Latest incident
Sep 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
21
citations
6
significant & substantial
$1,726
proposed penalties
$1,570
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $156 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
9
inspections on record
126
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: 126 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Watson Gravel Inc (Kilby Plant) has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $156 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$156
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-02-05.
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.
28.6%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
28.6%
reasonably likely or greater
71.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2001-08-22, 25 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2001-08-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-08-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.1 0.22 Utility Man
2000-08-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.87 0.21 Washer Operator
2000-08-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline 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 (Kilby Plant) recorded 5.27 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.

Injury rate, 2002
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.
5.27
total case rate
5.27
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.93 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
2002 * 5.27 5.27 0.000
2001 * 3.70 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. Watson Gravel Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2003 9
2002 20
2001 19
2000 16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Watson Gravel Inc (Kilby 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
2003 Q2 3,674 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,106 2 0 327.5
2002 Q4 9,232 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,275 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 11,209 1 0 89.2
2002 Q1 11,244 2 0 177.9
2001 Q4 12,870 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 13,371 5 2 373.9
Show 6 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q2 14,854 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 12,914 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 12,528 5 1 399.1
2000 Q3 11,356 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 13,245 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 10,114 2 0 197.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2002 · 1 incident

September 10, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Watson Gravel Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING PULL CABLE ON DRAGLINE AND IT SPRUNG BACK HITTING HIS LEFT HAND.

2001 · 1 incident

January 12, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Watson Gravel Inc · Fall from machine

WORKING ON CONVEYOR, IT FELL OVER CAUSING EE TO FALL ONTO FROZEN GROUND.

1999 · 1 incident

April 21, 1999 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Watson Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

WORKER WAS HELPING REMOVE FUEL TANK FROM DRAGLINE WHEN WEIGHT SHIFTED AND SLIPPED OUT OF SLINGS.FELL ABOUT TWO FEET AND PINNED WORKER'S LEG TO GROUND.

1996 · 1 incident

September 21, 1996 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Watson Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE INSTALLING DRAG CABLE,HOLDING WEDGE FOR OTHER EMPLOYEE.OTHER EMPLOYEE SLIPPED WHILE STRIKING WEDGE AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT WRIST.

1995 · 2 incidents

July 20, 1995 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Watson Gravel Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS FEEDING PLANT WITH RUBBER TIRED LOADER. LOADER HIT A POT HOLE AND EMPLOYEE BOUNCED CAUSING A JARRING ACTION.

May 2, 1995 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Watson Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

REMOVING BELLY PAN FROM BULLDOZER REMOVED LAST BOLT AND PAN KICKED OVER AND SMASHED FINGER.

1994 · 1 incident

May 23, 1994 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Watson Gravel Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING BELT FOR CONVEYOR. THE KNIFE SLIPPED OUT OF BELT AND HIT THE EE IN THE LEG.

1990 · 2 incidents

July 12, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Watson Gravel Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

WAS HOOKING CHAIN TO LOADER BUCKET OPERATED TILTED BUCKET HITTING MAN ON HARD HAT(HEAD) KNOCKING HIM TO GROUND

July 5, 1990 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Watson Gravel Inc · Struck by falling object

WORKING ON STONE CRUSHER ONE BAR FELL OVER HITTING HIS LEFT THUMB.

1988 · 1 incident

August 3, 1988 OH · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman MACHINERY
Watson Gravel Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

ROCK ROLLED OVER ON WRIST.

1987 · 1 incident

November 14, 1987 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Watson Gravel Inc · Fall onto or against objects

SLIPPED ON CONV9YOR.