Mining Incidents

Upper Sandusky Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Olen Corporation
Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, OH  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 3300108

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
91
citations
16
significant & substantial
$11,990
proposed penalties
$11,140
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 8,411 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 718 2 0 2785.5
2025 Q2 9,145 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,712 3 1 1752.3
2024 Q4 5,521 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 8,449 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 594 3 0 5050.5
2024 Q1 3,452 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2025 · 1 incident

October 21, 2025 OH · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman NONPOWERED HAULAGE
The Olen Corporation · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

TM was unhooking a pickup truck from a trailer and when the jack popped off the ball the trailer moved forward and smashed their left index finger between ball on the truck and trailer frame.

2022 · 1 incident

October 4, 2022 OH · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The Olen Corporation · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE was standing on a platform installing a threaded plug in the motor junction box using a pipe wrench. They had their left foot up one step on motor platform and right foot on the platform EE was standing on and while pulling the pipe wrench towards them they felt a pop and discomfort in right knee. Become a recordable on 12/1/2022 when cortisone shot was received.

2002 · 1 incident

June 7, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Olen Corporation · Struck by falling object

EE WAS PUTTING UP A STEEL GUARD ON A CONVEYOR. ONE SIDE WAS ATTACHED & THE OTHER WAS NOT. THE GUARD FELL DOWN & GRAZED HIS FACE CAUSING A LACERATION BETWEEN HIS CHIN & LOWER LIP.

2001 · 2 incidents

May 29, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Olen Corporation · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING MAINTENANCE PERSON CHANGE BEARING ON HEAD PULLEY. MOTOR WAS REMOVED FROM MOUNTED POSITION AND PLACED ON CONVEYER BELT. MOTOR WAS NOT SERVICED TO PREVENT MOVEMENT. MOTOR F ELL OFF CONVEYER BELT SCRAPING EMPLOYEE ON BACK OF LEG, CAUSING SMALL LACERATION.

March 2, 2001 OH · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Olen Corporation · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ATTACHING CHAIN TO ROCK STUCK IN CRUSHER CHUTE. ROCK MOVED AND PINCHED LEG AGAINST CHUTE WALL.