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Ballenger Stone Metal/Non-Metal

Ballenger Stone · Surface

Controlled by James O Ballenger

Laurel, Franklin County, IN · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 1202064

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2009
Latest incident: Jul 2009

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

121

citations

significant & substantial

$23,906

proposed penalties

$23,906

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	1,864	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	2,130	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	2,854	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	2,416	0	0	0.0
2024 Q4	2,694	11	4	4083.1
2024 Q3	2,897	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	2,790	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	2,446	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

1 on file

2009 · 1 incident

July 6, 2009 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY

James Ballenger Bulldozing · Struck by rolling or sliding object

There were excavators working in the area. The Labor thought he was going out far enough around the excavator. He was on the blind side of the excavator of the boom. EE was going along the side of the pile when the operator put another rock on the pile the rock rolled down. He saw the rock coming toward him & proceeded to move out of the way. The rock hit his lower right leg.