Mining Incidents

Adams Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

IN Limestone Co · Surface
Controlled by Polycor Inc
Bloomington, Monroe County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1200049

Adams Quarry has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2023–2025
Latest incident
Nov 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
28
citations
8
significant & substantial
$9,375
proposed penalties
$9,375
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
20
inspections on record
241
inspection hours
n/a
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: 241 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Adams Quarry has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-17.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 10,083 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 11,246 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 11,146 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 6,739 1 0 148.4
2024 Q4 4,300 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,607 6 5 908.1
2024 Q2 5,509 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,192 0 0 0.0
Show 25 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,855 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 7,724 1 0 129.5
2023 Q2 9,460 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 13,557 6 1 442.6
2022 Q4 8,121 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,621 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 8,519 2 1 234.8
2022 Q1 5,457 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,692 5 1 1065.6
2021 Q3 5,814 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 9,158 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 6,709 3 0 447.2
2020 Q4 7,174 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 8,289 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 8,467 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,802 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 9,656 2 0 207.1
2019 Q3 13,080 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 10,066 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,935 1 0 202.6
2018 Q4 54 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,667 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,605 1 0 217.2
2018 Q1 2,329 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,716 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

November 18, 2025 IN · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer OTHER
IN Limestone Co · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Excavator operator on stripping crew was stepping down out of the excavator when they felt a pop in left calf area of leg. The employee let their supervisor know and continued to work the remainder of the shift. The injury increased in pain and the employee was sent to the occupational clinic.

June 2, 2025 IN · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
IN Limestone Co · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was helping put a saw bar back on the saw as EE was adjusting the bolts to fit back in the bolt hole, a team member moved the bar by hand resulting in the bar shifting positions and pinching the employees hand in a pinch point. The employees palm and thumb were caught between the saw and bar briefly.

2023 · 1 incident

May 5, 2023 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
IN Limestone Co · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner Showed a Standard Threshold Shift in annual audiogram results.

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