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Babcock Quarry: 46 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Rensselaer, Jasper County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1200005

Babcock Quarry has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1988–2012
Latest incident
Sep 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
46
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,337
proposed penalties
$4,337
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Hanson Material Service's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
44
inspections on record
662
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: 662 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Babcock Quarry has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
46 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $576 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2013-02-21.
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.
21.7%
significant & substantial
2.2%
high negligence or reckless
21.7%
reasonably likely or greater
30.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 43.5% low, 54.3% moderate, 2.2% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 40%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 3 · 60%
0%
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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
65%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$576 proposed, $200 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 2013-05-03.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2013-457M Withdrawal Lewis 2013 $300 → $100
LAKE 2012-268M Settlement Simonton 2012 $276 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
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: 2014-07-01, 12 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz10
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (16)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2014-07-01 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-12-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-09-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2009-09-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 10 0.04 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2005-06-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2005-06-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Truck Loader
2005-02-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 10 0.03 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2005-02-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.33 10 0.03 Truck Loader
2003-07-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-07-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-07-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2002-09-04 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.18 10 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-09-04 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.42 10 0.14 Truck Driver
2002-09-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2002-09-04 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.4 10 0.14 Truck Driver
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.

Babcock Quarry recorded 9.72 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.

Injury rate, 2012
ⓘ 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.
9.72
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.48 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.14 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
2012 * 9.72 0.00 0.000
2011 * 9.76 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 6.28 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. W C Babcock Construction Company Inc 1950 to 1997
  2. Babcock Stone Inc 1997 to 1999
  3. Hanson Material Service 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2017 0
2016 0
2015 3
2014 4
2013 9
2012 10
2011 11
2010 10
2009 10
2008 11
2007 13
2006 13
2005 14
2004 13
2003 20
2002 14
2001 12
2000 13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Babcock Quarry sits in Jasper County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Jasper County, Indiana · Population 33,198
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$79,634
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
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 303 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 252 0 0 0.0
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2015 Q2 139 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 357 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 767 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,174 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,082 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,822 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,855 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,011 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,298 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,617 2 0 764.2
2012 Q4 2,949 1 0 339.1
2012 Q3 6,384 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 6,849 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,384 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,782 8 0 1383.6
2011 Q3 5,485 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,907 6 0 1015.7
2011 Q1 3,309 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,360 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,396 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,407 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,835 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,991 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,527 1 0 180.9
2009 Q2 5,706 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,636 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,798 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,168 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,588 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,592 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,866 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,088 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,619 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,130 1 0 194.9
2006 Q4 5,862 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,225 2 0 276.8
2006 Q2 7,276 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,240 1 0 160.3
2005 Q4 6,857 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 9,220 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,943 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 7,551 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 8,145 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,979 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 9,053 1 0 110.5
2004 Q1 5,686 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 9,947 1 1 100.5
2003 Q3 20,061 5 4 249.2
2003 Q2 10,595 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,896 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,086 1 0 141.1
2002 Q3 8,134 3 0 368.8
2002 Q2 8,292 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,597 1 0 151.6
2001 Q4 2,206 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 8,000 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,333 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,391 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,505 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,601 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,814 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,724 5 2 743.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

2012 · 1 incident

September 28, 2012 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Material Service · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An operator sustained a laceration to his left thigh that required sutures to close the wound. The injured miner was kneeling on the ground attempting to cut larger slots in a skirt board rubber. While cutting across the top part of the slots the razor knife got hung up. When more force was applied he lost control of the knife causing it to strike him in the upper left thigh.

2011 · 1 incident

December 15, 2011 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Hanson Material Service · Struck against stationary object

A loader operator was walking across the garage when he sustained an injury to his left lower leg as it struck against a tongue of a trailer while he was attempting to step over it. The incident occurred at the end of his shift on December 15 however, he did not seek medical treatment until Monday, December 19 by that time the wound had become infected.

2010 · 2 incidents

December 10, 2010 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Material Service · Struck by flying object

The injured employee was chipping slag from a weld with a chipping hammer and had a foreign body entered his left eye behind his safety glasses.

May 7, 2010 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Material Service · Fall from ladders

The injured miner was changing oil in primary crusher feeder. To access the feeder he was using a six foot step ladder. He fell from the ladder an undetermined height and struck his head/body on the ground causing his injuries.

2009 · 1 incident

March 11, 2009 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Material Service · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The injured miner was attempting to remove a skirt board rubber that needed replacing. The weather conditions were such that the skirt rubber was frozen in place. As the injured miner jerked on the skirt rubber in an attempt to free it he strained his back.

2004 · 1 incident

June 10, 2004 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Material Service · Fall onto or against objects

The employee was performing a routine inspection when he tripped on a stone and fell lacerating his hand. This injury required sutures making it a recordable injury.

2000 · 1 incident

January 26, 2000 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Material Service · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED COMPLETED A REPAIR ASSIGNMENT IN THE TUNNEL AREA AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING THE BURNING CART OUT OF THE AREA. A FRESH COAT OF SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND WHEN THE EE STEPPED OUT OF THE TUNNEL AND HE SLIPPED AND PULLED THE CARTON HIS CHEST AND FACE.

1997 · 1 incident

May 19, 1997 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
W C Babcock Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE PLANT FOREMAN ATTEMPTED TO HIT THE CONVEYOR FRAME WITH A HAMMER, MISSED THE FRAME, HIT THE SNUBER PULLEY, HAMMER WENT THROUGH THE PULLEY. THE HAMMER HANDLE STRUCK THE PLANT FOREMAN ON TOP OF TEH LEFT HAND, DISLOCATING 2 FINGERS AND CHIPPED HIS ELBOW.

1989 · 1 incident

January 10, 1989 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
W C Babcock Construction Company Inc · Fall from machine

JUMPED UP ON STEPS OF LOADER AND SLIPPED, FALLING TO SHOP FLOOR. CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH HIS LEFT HAND. BROKE FINGER OF HIS LEFT HAND.

1988 · 1 incident

September 22, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
W C Babcock Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING JAW AND PIECE OF ANGLE IRON BROKE LOOSE AND STRUCK HIM IN THE LEFT SIDE AND ARM.