Melvin Stone Company LLC · Contact with electrical current
Attempting to reverse the direction of a conveyor motor.
Bowersville Metal/Non-Metal
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 5
- Years on record
- 2002–2024
- Latest incident
- Aug 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
28
citations
8
significant & substantial
$15,543
proposed penalties
$3,308
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 | 1,134 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 748 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 691 | 1 | 0 | 1447.2 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,330 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,181 | 1 | 0 | 846.7 |
| 2024 Q1 | 1,272 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q4 | 664 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 780 | 1 | 0 | 1282.1 |
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 file2024 · 2 incidents
Melvin Stone Company LLC · Accident type, without injuries
Contractor drill rig caught fire. 2 extinguishers deployed. 911 called. Fire department extinguished.
2005 · 1 incident
Melvin Stone Company LLC · Flash burns (welding)
Two employees were welding in close quarters and one employee suffered from flash burns to his eyes
2003 · 1 incident
December 22, 2003
OH · Metal/Non-Metal
mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Melvin Stone Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
TRYING TO CATCH SELF FROM FALLING FROM LADDER ON 988B LOADER. BENT RIGHT ARM AND RIGHT THUMB BACK AND HYPER EXTENDED THEM.
2002 · 1 incident
Melvin Stone Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
TWO MEN WERE WORKING TO FREE A BIG ROCK STUCK IN THE JAW CRUSHER THROAT BY THROWING OTHER ROCKS BEHIND IT TO HOPEFULLY WEDGE AGAINST IT TO BREAK IT LOOSE. WHILE DOING SO, A ROCK ABOUT 75-100LB CAME LOOSE FROM THE ROCKS PILED IN THE FEEDER. IT SLID DOWN THE PILE AND CAUGHT ONE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT THUMB BETWEEN IT AND THE STEEL FEED THROAT OF THE CRUSHER, BREAKING HIS LEFT THUMB.