citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘThis rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 799 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
243 Quarry has $15K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
ⓘDifferences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
77 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $232 in penalties contested before the Commission, $125 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-04.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘShares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘContesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
100%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
46%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$232 proposed, $125 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2017-10-17.
Contested penalties
ⓘA reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Health sampling
ⓘA sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.
Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘMany samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.
Last sampled: 2025-09-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2025-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2025-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-09-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
Truck Driver
2019-04-30
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
2.59
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-04-30
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
11.48
Supervisor, Co. Official
2017-07-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.45
2.76
0.16
Supervisor, Co. Official
2017-07-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Screen/Scalper Operator
2017-07-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-07-03
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-07-03
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Utility Man
2012-08-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.44
2.95
0.15
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2012-08-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2025-09-25
2
samples
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2025-09-25
ANALYZED BULK DUST MASS
0
SF ACTIVE MINING
2025-09-25
QUARTZ (BULK DUST)
0
SF ACTIVE MINING
2022-04-21
ANALYZED BULK DUST MASS
0
SF ACTIVE MINING
2022-04-21
QUARTZ (BULK DUST)
0
SF ACTIVE MINING
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
243 Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.61 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
3.34
0.00
0.000
2021 *
10.08
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
3.87
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
27
2025
29
2024
28
2023
26
2022
25
2021
26
2020
27
2019
22
2018
24
2017
25
2016
19
2015
16
2014
14
2013
14
2012
10
2011
6
2010
6
2009
5
2008
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
243 Quarry sits in Putnam County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.7% of county employment.
Local economic context
ⓘCounty figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Putnam County, Indiana · Population 37,091
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$76,182
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘCitations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2
15,115
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
10,651
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
18,589
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
18,967
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
15,787
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
17,625
7
1
397.2
2024 Q4
16,378
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
14,872
2
1
134.5
Show 64 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
14,622
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
14,365
2
0
139.2
2023 Q4
14,157
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
16,857
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
16,240
1
0
61.6
2023 Q1
13,625
2
0
146.8
2022 Q4
14,306
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
14,593
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
15,856
1
1
63.1
2022 Q1
15,057
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
15,154
7
5
461.9
2021 Q3
14,314
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
13,911
5
3
359.4
2021 Q1
16,174
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
17,259
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
20,481
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
12,148
5
1
411.6
2020 Q1
12,936
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
12,937
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
10,555
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
12,862
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
13,991
4
1
285.9
2018 Q4
12,706
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
13,110
1
0
76.3
2018 Q2
12,781
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
13,069
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
11,933
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
12,007
4
2
333.1
2017 Q2
13,157
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
12,384
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
10,459
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
10,184
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
10,058
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
10,037
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
8,334
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
7,966
1
0
125.5
2015 Q2
8,312
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
8,347
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
8,196
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
7,202
3
0
416.6
2014 Q2
7,759
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
6,924
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
7,047
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
6,600
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
6,010
2
0
332.8
2013 Q1
6,781
1
0
147.5
2012 Q4
5,195
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
6,216
2
0
321.8
2012 Q2
5,508
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
5,995
2
0
333.6
2011 Q4
4,082
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
3,931
4
0
1017.6
2011 Q2
3,946
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
3,793
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
4,454
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
5,029
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
3,823
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
3,160
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
3,647
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
4,525
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
3,403
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,902
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
3,699
1
1
270.3
2008 Q3
2,602
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file
2026 · 1 incident
January 20, 2026IN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE was walking from the Shop to the ready line to get in their haul truck when they slipped on a section of ice approximately 18 inches wide by 24 inches long. Roadway and walkway was cleared but miner did not see this small section when walking. Miner was prescribed a muscle relaxer and returned to work.
2022 · 1 incident
June 23, 2022IN · Metal/Non-Metalutility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
US Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
A miner was attempting to unplug a bridged rock out of the the portable jaw crusher when the employees finger got caught between a rock and the metal plate. The miner was wearing gloves but the rock smashed EE's ring finger causing EE to have to receive stitches at the end of EE's finger.
EE was adjusting carriage after team members had issues with busting bags. EE lowered carriage manual adjuster twice, the 3rd time EE did this EE felt a strain in EE's left lower back.
August 3, 2021IN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
US Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Escorting a visitor to a rented portable eagle crusher to verify the serial #. EE was holding the gate open at the top of the stairs, the visitor grabbed the gate for balance. EEs finger was pinched in the equipment. Occ Health referred EE to the ER as EE's nailbed had to be removed.
March 1, 2021IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
EE was filling 50lb bags at MCC. EE noticed a bag was positioned wrong and went over to fix bag on conveyor. EE didn't shut conveyor off and went over to grab bag and reposition it. While doing so EE hit hand on conveyor #2 bracket and cut hand and received a small pinky bone fracture.
NALC conducted our annual audiograms on 11/6/18. I received notice on 11/20/18 that an employee had results of an STS. This employee had given 2 week notice, prior to the audiogram. EE last day worked was on 11/9/18. Since ee is no longer employed here MSHA informed that we would need to fill out this form but not need to go any further with anything else.
2017 · 2 incidents
October 20, 2017IN · Metal/Non-Metalutility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While performing maintenance on plant grizzly hopper the miner went to tighten the bolts underneath. Miner's fellow coworkers were working above miner and when they went to move the light and tools the hammer fell between the grizzly bars. The miner looked up placing arm across to shield face. The hammer hit miner's arm and bounced off, hitting miner in the mouth.
EE was climbing down the steps of the water truck. As he placed his left foot on the ground, he felt his knee pop. Supervisor saw EE limping. EE said he would be fine continuing with his job. Approx 30 min later the Supervisor observed limp was more noticeable so he took EE to the ER. Taken off work for 2 days so he could follow up with his DR. 9/13/15 knee popped back in place.
2009 · 1 incident
August 7, 2009IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE was changing the air filter on a 345B Excavator and the air filter canister cut his thumb while he was placing the new filter in the canister. 3 stitch laceration.