Mining Incidents

Middlebury Plant 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Barney C Beer
Middlebury, Elkhart County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202181

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2018–2023
Latest incident
Aug 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
67
citations
13
significant & substantial
$7,968
proposed penalties
$7,968
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 1,524 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,672 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,633 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,536 1 0 651.0
2024 Q4 1,685 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,608 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,952 5 2 2561.5
2024 Q1 1,541 5 2 3244.6
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2023 · 1 incident

August 21, 2023 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elkhart County Gravel, Inc. · Fall from machine

The loader operator was climbing up the ladder to start the day and EE's hands slipped off the railing and EE fell over back wards and landed on EE's back and head.

2019 · 1 incident

January 23, 2019 IN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elkhart County Gravel, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Frozen rain from night before created icy conditions outside making everything extremely slippery. Miner was attempting to apply salt to walk ways and fell doing so.

2018 · 1 incident

January 30, 2018 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elkhart County Gravel, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Miner was operating a skid steer loader. Operator was exiting machine too fast, lost grip and balanced and fell back in to seat. The operator was taken to a doctors office. The operator dislocated finger and bruised ribs. To prevent this injury in the future the operator was advised to exit the machine slower and more carefully. Operator can return to work Monday.