Mining Incidents

Apple Grove Metal/Non-Metal

Racine, Meigs County, OH  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3301676

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2002–2019
Latest incident
Aug 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
89
citations
11
significant & substantial
$15,521
proposed penalties
$12,718
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 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 1,043 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 776 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 787 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 822 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 720 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 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

8 on file

2019 · 1 incident

August 23, 2019 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Rubbed or abraded

Crawling under truck working on transmission for an extended period of time. Resulted in swelling of right knee.

2016 · 1 incident

January 15, 2016 OH · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Injured worker was hooking up a drive shaft under a CAT 400 Haul Truck when they felt a "pop" right knee.

2011 · 1 incident

April 26, 2011 OH · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was pulling in a dredge cable when a tiny piece of the cable inadvertently punctured and entered the miner's left knee and lodged itself between his knee cap and tibia.

2010 · 1 incident

November 23, 2010 OH · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Miner was turning off pump on dredge, turned to walk back to cab and stepped in man hole falling partly in (one leg), hitting his left side.

2006 · 2 incidents

November 8, 2006 OH · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Struck by flying object

After cleaning rust from steel plate, employee enter cab of his endloader then noticed an irritation to his right eye. Employee was taken to the nearest medical facility where particles of sand and dirt were removed. Employee was wearing safety glasses.

February 20, 2006 OH · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE stated to me om 3/2/06 at 1:30 pm that his back was hurting. He said he injured it the week of 2/20/06 sometime. He was house keeping around the river tunnel for long periods of time. That week he pulled a muscle due to the laboring activities.

2004 · 1 incident

October 19, 2004 OH · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor ELECTRICAL
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Contact with electrical current

Had control box for plant conveyor #2 open checking voltage when connection exploded burning back of right hand.

2002 · 1 incident

November 6, 2002 OH · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GROUND SOFTENED BY HEAVY RAINS GAVE WAY UNDER EMPLOYEE'S WEIGHT CAUSING HIM TO FALL ABOUT 3' TO WORK FLAT BOAT BELOW, BRUISING LOWER PART OF LEFT LEG.