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Montezuma Plant Metal/Non-Metal

S & G Excavating Inc · Surface

Controlled by Kenneth E Steiner Jr

Montezuma, Parke County, IN · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 1202218

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 5
Years on record: 2001–2013
Latest incident: Dec 2013

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$12,024

proposed penalties

$10,952

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	2,376	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	2,553	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	2,430	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	1,838	2	1	1088.1
2024 Q4	2,525	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	2,396	3	0	1252.1
2024 Q2	2,268	0	0	0.0
2024 Q1	1,808	3	0	1659.3

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 file

2013 · 2 incidents

December 9, 2013 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

S & G Excavating Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Injured employee was assisting the superintendent adjust the lagging on the pea gravel belt. The guard that had been removed to make the adjustments slid down and pinched the employee's hand where he had hold of a piece of bracing. (Pinched palm surface).

May 16, 2013 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

S & G Excavating Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was removing rocks that had become wedged on the feeder, plate when the removal of one, rock allowed another to roll onto his finger and pinching his right middle finger. Fracture & nail bed evulsions.

2008 · 1 incident

April 3, 2008 IN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

S & G Excavating Inc · Fall from ladders

Accident did not become recordable until 7/21/08. EE was ascending the ladder to the pug mill (used as a feeder to the USI crusher), when he missed a rung, causing him to fall to the ground on his feet.

2007 · 1 incident

June 8, 2007 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS

S & G Excavating Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was assiting other EE's change a screen, when he handed the screen to the other EE's, he strained his groin area.

2001 · 1 incident

November 17, 2001 IN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

S & G Excavating Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS LOOSENING A PIPE WITH A PIPE WRENCH WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE DIDN'T THINK HE WAS REALLY HURT SO DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT TO THE OFFICE. HE SAID IT WORSENED TIL HE WENT TO THE DR. WHO TOLD HIM HE HAD DAMAGED HIS ROTATOR CUFF. HE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT ON 12-12-01.