Mining Incidents

Purdy Materials Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Edward Purdy
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202211

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2000–2022
Latest incident
Jul 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
177
citations
59
significant & substantial
$44,610
proposed penalties
$44,610
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 6,313 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,809 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,367 1 1 186.3
2025 Q1 4,070 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,819 17 3 3527.7
2024 Q3 4,977 5 2 1004.6
2024 Q2 6,045 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,455 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

6 on file

2022 · 1 incident

July 27, 2022 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver OTHER
Purdy Materials Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Contract truck driver had a heart attack in truck and passed away.

2014 · 1 incident

October 2, 2014 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Purdy Materials Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee really has no Idea of when and where the accident happened, but first noticed when he bent over to remove a rock from the feed hopper.

2013 · 1 incident

March 4, 2013 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Purdy Materials Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Mechanic was lifting air hammer into position & touched the trigger when not ready to activate. His left hand was forward the bit & the bit pinned his finger. Bit of air hammer fired landing on finger. Finger was between bit & pin being driven out.

2012 · 1 incident

January 10, 2012 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Purdy Materials Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

It was a sunny, dry day and EE stepped off of the bobcat and twisted his right knee

2010 · 1 incident

April 9, 2010 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Purdy Materials Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

he was lying on his side using a cutting torch and a hot piece of slag went in right ear Now July 15,2010 had surgery to repair a hole in eardrum will miss 7-10 days

2000 · 1 incident

May 27, 2000 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Purdy Materials Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE STRUCK LEFT 3RD FINGER WITH HAMMER.