WYSONG GRAVEL CO - WEST ALEXANDRIA PIT has $56K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1992–2004
Latest incident
Apr 2004
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
161
citations
46
significant & substantial
$56,261
proposed penalties
$56,110
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 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.
Rate withheld: 872 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
WYSONG GRAVEL CO - WEST ALEXANDRIA PIT has $56K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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.
$56K
proposed penalties
$56K
current assessed
$56K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
160 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $15K in penalties contested before the Commission, $15K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-03.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Stood as issued
7 · 100%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$15K proposed, $15K 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 2024-05-16.
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: 2026-06-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (16)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-06-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-03-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Truck Driver
2018-05-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-10-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
0.94
0.45
Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-10-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-11-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-11-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Truck Driver
2011-11-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2004-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-06-16
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-16
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.
WYSONG GRAVEL CO - WEST ALEXANDRIA PIT recorded 27.56 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2004.
Injury rate, 2004
ⓘ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.
27.56
total case rate
9.19
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.73 and the all-US-mining average was 4.33 cases per 100 workers.
In Ohio, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.32 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
2004 *
27.56
9.19
0.000
2002 *
8.41
8.41
0.000
2001 *
8.57
8.57
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
7
2025
7
2024
6
2023
6
2022
7
2021
7
2020
8
2019
7
2018
6
2017
9
2016
6
2015
5
2014
6
2013
7
2012
7
2011
6
2010
5
2009
4
2008
6
2007
8
2006
9
2005
11
2004
9
2003
8
2002
11
2001
11
2000
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
WYSONG GRAVEL CO - WEST ALEXANDRIA PIT sits in Preble 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.
Preble County, Ohio · Population 40,802
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,237
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
4,238
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
1,934
1
0
517.1
2025 Q4
3,221
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
4,065
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
4,253
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,732
9
0
3294.3
2024 Q4
3,452
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
3,574
7
2
1958.6
Show 97 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
3,208
15
5
4675.8
2024 Q1
2,231
15
3
6723.4
2023 Q4
3,262
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
3,796
10
5
2634.4
2023 Q2
3,400
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
2,121
20
4
9429.5
2022 Q4
3,487
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
3,585
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
4,258
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
2,851
4
0
1403.0
2021 Q4
4,162
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
4,278
4
2
935.0
2021 Q2
3,232
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
2,398
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
4,173
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
4,874
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
3,849
3
1
779.4
2020 Q1
2,960
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
3,911
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
3,937
3
1
762.0
2019 Q2
3,810
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
2,466
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
2,689
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
2,902
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
2,968
5
0
1684.6
2018 Q1
3,184
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
4,015
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
4,004
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
4,886
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
3,445
2
0
580.6
2016 Q4
4,085
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,037
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
3,489
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
2,133
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
3,296
8
6
2427.2
2015 Q3
3,345
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
2,969
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,582
4
3
2528.4
2014 Q4
3,406
4
3
1174.4
2014 Q3
3,074
3
2
975.9
2014 Q2
4,538
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
1,837
2
0
1088.7
2013 Q4
3,700
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
4,896
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
3,943
1
0
253.6
2013 Q1
1,392
2
1
1436.8
2012 Q4
3,215
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
4,247
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
3,879
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
3,206
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
3,655
3
0
820.8
2011 Q3
3,412
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
2,776
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
280
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
2,832
3
2
1059.3
2010 Q3
2,805
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
2,359
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
2,136
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,472
3
1
1213.6
2009 Q3
2,315
1
0
432.0
2009 Q2
2,536
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
2,020
5
1
2475.2
2008 Q3
3,277
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,225
3
0
930.2
2008 Q1
3,365
1
0
297.2
2007 Q4
3,830
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
4,160
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
5,025
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
3,243
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
4,192
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
4,659
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
4,453
2
1
449.1
2006 Q1
4,363
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
5,827
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
5,940
7
1
1178.5
2005 Q2
2,882
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,905
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
6,246
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
6,101
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
4,931
1
0
202.8
2004 Q1
4,495
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
4,193
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
4,909
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
4,902
3
1
612.0
2003 Q1
4,896
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
6,149
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
6,281
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
6,271
1
0
159.5
2002 Q1
5,081
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
5,429
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
6,378
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
6,447
2
0
310.2
2001 Q1
5,077
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
6,468
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
6,421
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
7,747
4
1
516.3
2000 Q1
6,006
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2004 · 3 incidents
April 16, 2004OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
FIXING A CRANE BUCKET AND HIT HIS LEG WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER.
February 6, 2004OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanELECTRICAL
Wysong Gravel Company · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
EE'S WORDS: "I WAS CHECKING THE FLUID IN THE LOADER BATTERY, LIGHTING WAS DIM IN THE GARAGE AND WITHOUT THINKING, I USED MY LIGHTER FOR LIGHT & THE BATTERY EXPLODED".
February 6, 2004OH · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSTRIKING OR BUMPING
EE REPORTED HE GOT OUT OF THE LOADER AND WENT TO TAKE OFF COVERALLS. HIS BACK POPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND, AND COULD NOT MOVE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN THE AMBULANCE.
1996 · 1 incident
October 9, 1996OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK ONTO A ROCK AND BROKE HIS ANKLE. THIS ACCIDENT HAPPENED OCTOBER 9, 1996 AT 1:30 PM. HE DID NOT GO TO A DR. FOR 2 DAYS BECAUSE HE DID NOT THIN K THE INJURY WAS THAT BAD. AFTER HIS ANKLE CONTINUED TO BOTHER HIM, HE WENT TO THE DR. AND FOUND OUT IT WAS BROKEN. THE TRUCK HE STEPPED OUT OF IS THE JOB TRUCK THAT CARRIES THE TOOL FOR MAIN
1994 · 1 incident
August 29, 1994OH · Metal/Non-Metaltipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURED WAS GETTING OUT OF THE DUMP TRUCK AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OUT FROM HIM AND HE FELL ON HISBACK. HIS BACK HIT THE GAS TANK AND THEN HE HIT THE GROUND.
1992 · 1 incident
August 17, 1992OH · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
I.NAME CHANGING OXYGEN TANK ON A PICKUP THAT GOES ON A CUTTING TORCH. WAS LIFTING THE TANK UP INTO THE BED. WEIGHT -120 LBS. LIFTED IT ABOUT 2' HIGH INTO THE BED.