Mining Incidents

Fultonham Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Shelly Materials Inc · Underground
Controlled by CRH PLC
East Fultonham, Muskingum County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3300042

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
23
Years on record
2002–2025
Latest incident
Dec 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
154
citations
31
significant & substantial
$33,295
proposed penalties
$32,863
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 16,538 5 1 302.3
2025 Q3 1,352 3 0 2218.9
2025 Q2 15,178 7 0 461.2
2025 Q1 4,055 5 2 1233.0
2024 Q4 7,345 2 0 272.3
2024 Q3 16,432 2 1 121.7
2024 Q2 5,908 3 1 507.8
2024 Q1 8,171 7 3 856.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

23 on file

2025 · 5 incidents

December 3, 2025 OH · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shelly Materials Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE slipped on a patch of ice falling onto EE's right hand that was holding a hammer. EE fractured the middle, ring, and pinky fingers of right hand.

October 21, 2025 OH · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shelly Materials Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred in M2 in by of the C33 Cross cut. This area was Barricaded at the time of the fall.

October 13, 2025 OH · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shelly Materials Inc · Accident type, without injuries

Roof fall occurred in L5/C84. The area had already been barricaded due to poor roof conditions. Following the fall the barricaded area was extended.

March 19, 2025 OH · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelly Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

On the 19th of March the miner was part of a crew that stemmed 37 holes prior to a blast. The next morning, miner reported that miner's back hurt and the dispatcher recommended miner see a doctor. The miner went to the doctor but never reported the doctor's visit. Management found out about the restriction when they received a notification from workers compensation.

2022 · 1 incident

2021 · 5 incidents

August 29, 2021 OH · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shelly Materials Inc · Accident type, without injuries

There was an unplanned roof fall above the anchor points in intersection C38 and L37.No equipment was damaged, No miners injured. There were no miners in the mine at this time. It was discovered at time of pre-shift inspection.

July 20, 2021 OH · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shelly Materials Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A roof sag was noticed in L27/C43. The area was barricaded off. The area fell on 7/20/21 and was found at approximately 10:50 am. by the day shift foreman.

July 6, 2021 OH · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shelly Materials Inc · Accident type, without injuries

At approximately 5:15 am the night shift foreman discovered a roof fall underground in L27/C41. The night shift Foreman called the mine manager and coned off the area. The mine manager called the MSHA hotline. The area remained coned off until an investigation could occur.

June 29, 2021 OH · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shelly Materials Inc · Accident type, without injuries

At approximately 11:55pm the night shift foreman discovered a roof fall underground in R1C14. The night shift foreman called mine manager and coned off the area. The mine manager called the MSHA hotline. The area remained coned off until an investigation could occur.

May 23, 2021 OH · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shelly Materials Inc · Accident type, without injuries

After arriving at the mine the night shift foreman started the inspection. During the inspection EE came across 3 roof falls on the right side of the mine in the coned off area. EE immediately exited the mine and called the supervisor. EE's supervisor then called the MSHA hotline. The area remained coned off until an investigation could occur.

2019 · 1 incident

July 15, 2019 OH · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shelly Materials Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred in the C10 heading between headings M1 and L4. The area was not a working area as it had been barricaded and signed from travel a week earlier due to observed conditions. The fall was approximately 90 ft long, 20 ft wide and up to 15 ft above the roof line at its furthest points. It is estimated that over 500 tons of material fell.

2017 · 1 incident

January 16, 2017 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Shelly Materials Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee utilizing hammer to straighten bracket, assisting another employee. When the other employee hit the opposite side of bracket the energy caused the bracket to bounce up and hit employee across the lip. Causing laceration and broken tooth.

2016 · 1 incident

August 18, 2016 OH · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shelly Materials Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall occurred above the anchorage in the West 8 heading, from the North 5 intersection to the North 6 intersection. There were no injuries due to the fall.

2015 · 5 incidents

November 9, 2015 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelly Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While reinstalling tail pulley guard employee was trying to line the guard with the frame. The guard shifted pinching his right small finger.

May 28, 2015 OH · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Shelly Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was loading bundles of bolts weighing approx. 67 lbs. from a storage pallet to the loader bucket. Employee felt a pulling sensation in his back. He then visited a doctor who determined that he pulled a muscle in his lower back and placed him on light duty work

April 27, 2015 OH · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shelly Materials Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A roof fall above the anchorage occurred in the North6/West12 intersection. There were no injuries resulting from this fall. This area was inactive since 4/10/2015. The fall was approximately 40' wide by 40' long and 8 feet high. The fall area has been bermed off from travel.

April 10, 2015 OH · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shelly Materials Inc · Accident type, without injuries

A fall of ground occurred in the N8/W14 intersection. The area was approximately 50-55 foot long, 40 ft wide, and 6-8 ft high. The area had previously been bolted on approx. 6 ft centers with 6 ft long full column resin roof bolts. The fall was reported to the MSHA One Call hot line on 04/10/2015 at 8:57 A.M. and MSHA inspector investigated the area the same day.

April 1, 2015 OH · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, errand boy, service truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shelly Materials Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was operating a Gradall 4310 Mine Scaler in an underground room and pillar mine. Employee stopped the machine and shut it off. As the employee exited the machine he missed a step with his right foot causing him to slip and fall approximately 4 1/2 feet to the ground. When he hit the ground he twisted his left knee resulting in a soft tissue injury diagnosed as a sprain.

2014 · 1 incident

September 23, 2014 OH · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Shelly Materials Inc · Accident type, without injuries

On 9-23-2014, a roof fall, above the anchorage zone occurred. This fall was located in the intersection of the west3 and north12 headings. The fall was approximately 50' wide, 80' long, and varied between 10'-15' above the roof line. This intersection was previously bermed off from entry, due to concerns of bad top in combination with the roof being saturated.

2011 · 1 incident

October 1, 2011 OH · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Shelly Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE moved from one side of conveyor tail pulley to the other. When he put his foot down, his knee gave out on him. He didn't bump it on anything.

2010 · 1 incident

February 15, 2010 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Shelly Materials Inc · Struck against stationary object

Climbing in Loader cab rose up to soon in door way hitting head on doorway.

2002 · 1 incident

January 11, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Chesterhill Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

STEPPED OFF STEPLADDER TO GROUND AND WENT TO TURN AND INDOING SO, TWISTED RIGHT KNEE. NOTE: FIRST REPORTED AS AS "FIRST AID" ONLY INCIDENT. A VISIT TO DR. ON THE 22ND REQUIPRED FLUID TO BE DRA INED. RETURNED TO WORK NEXT SCHEDULED SHIFT.