Watson Gravel Inc (Ross Plant) has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
46
Years on record
1983–2024
Latest incident
Apr 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
167
citations
36
significant & substantial
$48,435
proposed penalties
$32,154
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $16,281 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.
167 citations across 1,324 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Watson Gravel Inc (Ross Plant) has $48K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$48K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
167 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $26K in penalties contested before the Commission, $10K 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.
10citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Settled
8 · 80%
Stood as issued
2 · 20%
83%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
65%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$32K proposed, $11K 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 2011-09-26.
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: 2025-11-20
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
27
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (27)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-11-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.77
Dredge/Barge Operator
2025-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-11-20
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-11-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2025-06-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-06-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2025-06-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-06-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2021-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-05-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
Utility Man
2019-05-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
Sampler, Dust
2019-05-14
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.33
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-02-11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.41
0.44
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-02-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2015-02-11
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-11-18
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.39
Utility Man
2009-11-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
1.27
0.20
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.22
1.33
0.17
Utility Man
2003-10-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2003-10-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.26
0.96
0.27
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2001-10-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.14
0.74
0.19
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-10-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-10-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2001-10-17
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
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 (Ross 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 *
2.31
2.31
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
57
2025
61
2024
65
2023
61
2022
65
2021
66
2020
65
2019
60
2018
39
2017
39
2016
40
2015
38
2014
35
2013
32
2012
26
2011
26
2010
29
2009
28
2008
27
2007
26
2006
30
2005
26
2004
34
2003
30
2002
35
2001
29
2000
35
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Watson Gravel Inc (Ross Plant) sits in Butler County, Ohio, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Butler County, Ohio · Population 389,910
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$81,194
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
19,439
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
17,935
1
0
55.8
2025 Q4
19,332
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
19,302
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
18,364
5
1
272.3
2025 Q1
15,695
6
2
382.3
2024 Q4
22,837
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
22,889
0
0
0.0
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
25,137
5
1
198.9
2024 Q1
15,779
6
0
380.3
2023 Q4
22,922
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
23,451
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
22,873
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
17,773
6
2
337.6
2022 Q4
22,299
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
18,750
8
1
426.7
2022 Q2
24,974
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
17,283
3
0
173.6
2021 Q4
24,686
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
25,908
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
22,901
4
0
174.7
2021 Q1
15,694
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
23,608
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
23,572
2
0
84.8
2020 Q2
21,282
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
15,775
1
0
63.4
2019 Q4
19,390
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
19,591
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
21,430
4
0
186.7
2019 Q1
15,439
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
17,751
7
0
394.3
2018 Q3
18,168
2
1
110.1
2018 Q2
18,906
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
18,264
4
0
219.0
2017 Q4
18,031
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
20,227
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
19,584
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
18,464
4
1
216.6
2016 Q4
19,859
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
20,539
3
1
146.1
2016 Q2
19,983
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
18,086
1
0
55.3
2015 Q4
19,558
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
19,404
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
19,028
2
1
105.1
2015 Q1
16,594
2
1
120.5
2014 Q4
19,979
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
19,878
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
17,846
3
0
168.1
2014 Q1
14,342
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
17,411
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
14,931
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
16,058
2
0
124.5
2013 Q1
15,540
2
0
128.7
2012 Q4
12,988
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
15,380
2
0
130.0
2012 Q2
18,109
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
16,075
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
15,589
3
0
192.4
2011 Q3
18,318
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
15,493
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
12,045
2
0
166.0
2010 Q4
17,362
3
0
172.8
2010 Q3
18,546
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
19,924
8
3
401.5
2010 Q1
10,827
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
14,948
4
3
267.6
2009 Q3
15,450
4
3
258.9
2009 Q2
17,572
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
15,131
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
18,246
2
0
109.6
2008 Q3
15,879
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
18,268
1
0
54.7
2008 Q1
16,159
3
1
185.7
2007 Q4
18,346
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
17,123
7
0
408.8
2007 Q2
16,171
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
14,753
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
16,647
4
0
240.3
2006 Q3
17,459
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
15,007
3
1
199.9
2006 Q1
17,983
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
17,749
5
2
281.7
2005 Q3
17,196
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
18,722
4
1
213.7
2005 Q1
12,703
4
0
314.9
2004 Q4
16,880
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
20,593
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
19,257
3
1
155.8
2004 Q1
16,646
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
20,944
6
2
286.5
2003 Q3
18,802
1
1
53.2
2003 Q2
18,641
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
16,192
4
1
247.0
2002 Q4
17,332
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
18,350
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
17,761
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
17,342
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
18,200
1
0
54.9
2001 Q3
18,452
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
19,989
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
18,872
4
1
212.0
2000 Q4
19,616
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
21,681
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
20,196
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
21,593
4
2
185.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
46 on file
2024 · 2 incidents
April 24, 2024OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was walking under conveyor, EE hit hard hat on the bottom of the conveyor. It knocked EE's hard hat off. After bending down to pick up hard hat EE hit head on way back up.
February 10, 2024OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
While staging a Cab Stand Platform for installation on a new dredge, a crane was booming down with two chains hooked up and two that were free. The injured employee was stepping up onto the stand to hook up the two free chains when they unexpectedly swung and struck them on the left side of hard hat. EE was temporarily dazed and proceeded to stumble.
Driving a pin with a sledge hammer, ee felt like he pulled a muscle in his right elbow.
2008 · 1 incident
February 21, 2008OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Watson Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Two employees were replacing tires on boom truck. Injured employee was holding a wrench while co-worker was operating the impact wrench. His finger got smashed between the wrench and the wheel, resulting in a fracture of the fifth digit on the left hand.
2005 · 2 incidents
August 16, 2005OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EE STEPPED DOWN FROM WATER TRUCK, SOMETHING CAUGHT HIS RING ON LEFT HAND. RESULTED IN LACERATION BOTTOM SIDE OF FINGER.
January 3, 2002OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Watson Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EE HELPING TO INSTALL SCREEN PANELS, GOT THUMB HEADGED BETWEEN SCREEN AND SCREEN PLATE.
2000 · 1 incident
August 18, 2000OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING INSTALL A WEDGE IN DRAGLINEBUCKET. EMPLOYEE HELPING HIM HIT THE WEDGE WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER AND A METAL SPLINTER BROKE OFF HAMMER AND HIT EMPLOYEE WHILE STANDING ABOUT 10 T O 12 FEET AWAY.
September 8, 1999OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
CHANGING TIRE ON TRUCK WHEN LIFTING FELT PULL IN LOWER LEFT SIDE OF GROIN.
January 21, 1999OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
February 16, 1998OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Watson Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
REMOVING DRAG PIN FROM CRANE, CAUGHT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN PIN AND HOISTDRUM.
January 23, 1998OH · Metal/Non-Metalbelt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANIGN OFF GRIZZLEY. A ROCK HE WAS BREAKIGN FLIPPED BACK AND HIT HIS LEG. HE SHOWED IT TO THE FOREMAN BUT THERE WAS NO SWELLIGN OR OPEN CUT. EMPLOYEE NEVER REPORTED ANY PROBL EM UNTIL 3-6-95. AT THIS TIME HE WAS TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHICH HE DID.
EMPLOYEE WAS USING SLEDGE HAMMER ON 4 X 4 TIMBER AND TIMBER STRUCK HIM ON LEFT EYE BROW.
January 19, 1995OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
MOVING DRUMOF MATERIAL WHEN LIFTING HE TWISTED HIS BACK DR SAID IT ARROUSED AN OLD INJURY WAS REPORTED TO COMPANYON 01-26-95
1994 · 4 incidents
September 19, 1994OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
WORKING ON TRUCK BRAKES WHILE LIFTING A WHEEL HE FELT A SHARP PAIN IN LOWER BACK
June 18, 1994OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Watson Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
I WAS HELPING CENTER NEW 8FT FLAT BED ON TRUCK DIDNT NOTICE CLEARANCE UNDER BACK FLANGE & FRAME CAUGHT LEFT LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN FLANGE & FRAME
February 16, 1994OH · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Watson Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)
CAUGHT FINGER IN TAIL GATE WHEN HE WAS CLOSING IT.
1992 · 3 incidents
March 31, 1992OH · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Watson Gravel Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
ATTEMPTING TO UNJAMMING CRUSHER WITH PRY BAR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ROCKS OUT A ROCK SHIFTED & PINCHED HIS RING FINGER
March 2, 1992OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
SWINGING A 12 LB HAMMER SIDEWAYS AND TWISTED HIS BACK.
February 18, 1989OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS