Mining Incidents

Belmont Sand & Gravel: 63 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Indianapolis, Marion County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1201911

Belmont Sand & Gravel has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $202 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
34
Years on record
1987–2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
63
citations
11
significant & substantial
$8,829
proposed penalties
$6,362
paid to date
72% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,467 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
849
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: 849 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Belmont Sand & Gravel has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $202 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$202
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-12.
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.
17.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
9.5%
reasonably likely or greater
30.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 7.9% none, 19.0% low, 73.0% moderate, 0.0% 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 · 8% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 5 · 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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $0 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 2024-06-20.
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 2024-0214 Dismissal Young 2025 $2K → $0
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: 2026-04-14
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-04-14 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0 10 0.00 Laborer, Bullgang
2025-03-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2021-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2021-10-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2015-06-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2015-06-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2015-06-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2009-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2009-09-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2004-10-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.3 0.12 Washer Operator
2004-10-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 2.27 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
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.

Belmont Sand & Gravel recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024.

Injury rate, 2024
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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.55 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
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 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. O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1983 to 1998
  2. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1998 to 2005
  3. Martin Marietta Materials Inc 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 11
2024 11
2023 15
2022 15
2021 15
2020 15
2019 13
2018 11
2017 9
2016 8
2015 8
2014 8
2013 10
2012 11
2011 11
2010 12
2009 10
2008 11
2007 12
2006 13
2005 13
2004 14
2003 13
2002 13
2001 15
2000 17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Belmont Sand & Gravel sits in Marion 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.
Marion County, Indiana · Population 971,822
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$63,450
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 5,166 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,276 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,280 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,315 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,819 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,835 2 0 413.7
2024 Q4 5,328 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,632 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 6,308 6 5 951.2
2024 Q1 4,578 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 6,896 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 9,088 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,418 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 7,154 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 7,325 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,525 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,788 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,700 2 0 350.9
2021 Q4 9,370 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 7,671 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 7,659 3 1 391.7
2021 Q1 5,010 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,481 1 0 133.7
2020 Q3 6,841 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,733 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 6,461 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,166 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 6,200 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 6,552 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,303 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 5,980 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 6,316 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 6,661 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,212 2 0 383.7
2017 Q4 5,668 2 0 352.9
2017 Q3 6,116 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,790 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,942 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,147 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,645 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,413 1 0 184.7
2016 Q1 4,525 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,552 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,098 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,805 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,137 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,360 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 5,052 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,468 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,877 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,524 1 0 283.8
2013 Q3 5,053 2 1 395.8
2013 Q2 5,216 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,793 1 0 358.0
2012 Q4 4,448 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,016 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,777 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,862 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,189 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,588 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,854 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,029 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,001 3 0 499.9
2010 Q3 6,323 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,475 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,320 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,011 1 0 199.6
2009 Q3 4,856 1 0 205.9
2009 Q2 4,674 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,176 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,553 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,544 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,960 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,365 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 7,711 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,822 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 8,755 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,082 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,898 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 9,200 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,607 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 7,541 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,792 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,615 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,465 1 0 118.1
2005 Q1 6,808 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 7,763 4 1 515.3
2004 Q3 7,123 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 8,215 1 0 121.7
2004 Q1 6,820 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,212 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,890 6 1 760.5
2003 Q2 7,410 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,767 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,777 3 1 519.3
2002 Q3 6,029 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,308 1 0 136.8
2002 Q1 4,832 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 8,560 2 0 233.6
2001 Q3 9,181 2 0 217.8
2001 Q2 9,362 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 8,474 4 0 472.0
2000 Q4 10,090 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 11,315 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 10,573 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 10,738 7 1 651.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

34 on file

2007 · 2 incidents

August 21, 2007 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was pulling on a pallet, when the part on the pallet moved, it cut his finger.

February 15, 2007 IN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

Employee was reaching out to grab a wooden skid when the person handing it to him dropped it on his finger.

1999 · 1 incident

August 3, 1999 IN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BENT OVER WELDING WHEN HE WENT TO MOVE THE PIECE OF ANGLE HE WAS WORKING ON HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

1998 · 2 incidents

August 4, 1998 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE STRAINED BACK MANUALLY LIFTING CATWALK SECTION.

1997 · 2 incidents

June 2, 1997 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

WHILE USING A CUTTING TORCH, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED AND ACCIDENTLY BURNED BACK OF LEFT HAND WITH TORCH.

May 8, 1997 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WALKING ON DREDGE AND TWISTED ANKLE ON GRAVEL.

1996 · 2 incidents

November 20, 1996 IN · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CUTTING PLASTIC OUT OF HYDROLIC CYLINDER WITH POCKET KNIFE. KNIFE SLIPPED & CUT LEFT THUMB.

May 16, 1996 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE ADN EMPLOYEE WERE USING OIL SPRAY ON CRUSHER PLANT WHEN DOING MAINTENNACE, WIND BLEW OIL INTO EE'S FACE. HE DID HAVE SAFETY GLASSES BUT SOME WENT AROUND GLASSES ON FACE IN RAN INTO HIS EYE S.

1995 · 1 incident

June 19, 1995 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CHANGING AN OVERSIZE SCREEN USING A PRYBAR & IT CAME LOOSE FROM SCREEN & HIT HIMSELF IN HEAD

1994 · 8 incidents

October 18, 1994 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE AND OTHER AND ANOTHER WERE REPLACING ROLLER ON 40 FT CONVEYOR ON PLANT 1 OTHER WAS HOLDING WRENCH ON NUT AND EE WAS TIGHTENING BOLT WITH 1/2 RATCHET WHEN IT SLIPPED OFF AND HIT EE IN FOREHE AD.

August 5, 1994 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

TRUCK DRIVER SLAMMED TAILGATE OF DUMP TRUCK TRYING TO DISLODGE DIRT STUCK IN BED. WHEN IT CAME LOOSE SOME GOT IN EE'S RIGHT EYE.

April 29, 1994 IN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE GETTING READY TO REPAIR WELD ON INSIDE OF HOPPER OF SHAKER PLANT SLIPPED ON MUD LEG FELL BETWEEN ROLLER & HOPPER

April 28, 1994 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING SCREENS ON SHAKER PLANT HE BANGED LEFT KNEE CAP INTO ANGLE IRON CAUSING BRUISE ON KNEE CAP

March 2, 1994 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE KNOCKED 50 LB. 3" WRENCH OFF DOOR WHEN TRYING TO OPEN SWINGING DOORS. IT FELL ON HIS LEFT FOOT & BROKE HIS TOE. HE WAS WEARING STEEL TOED SHOES. THE WRNECH HIT AT THE BASE OF TOE AT EDGE OF STEEL TOE.

1993 · 1 incident

June 2, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED CHECKING OIL ON HIS LOADER HE STEPPED BACK OFF LOADER ONTO GROUND. TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

1992 · 1 incident

June 9, 1992 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

SPRAYING OUT RADIATOR ON LOADER WITH HOTSY ZILENE & GREASE & METAL PIECES FLEW INTO EYE RIGHT HE DID HAVE ON SAFETY GLASSES

1991 · 3 incidents

July 20, 1991 IN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EE WAS GRINDING CONVEYOR WITH SAFETY GLASSES ON WHEN SOME METAL GOT IN HIS EYE. METAL SCRATCHED EYE BALL.

June 24, 1991 IN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

IN TOP SHACKER CHANGING SCREENS & PULLING OUT SCREENS WHEN PAIN STARTED IN BETWEEN SHOULDER BLADES, LATER THAT DAY LEFT HAND & ARM FELT NUMB.

May 21, 1991 IN · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand ELECTRICAL
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

ELECTRICAL FIRE.EMPLOYEE PUSHED ON BUTTON IT EXPLODED IN FACE 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RIGHT EYE AND LID.

1990 · 3 incidents

September 12, 1990 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WORKING AS A MUD PICKER ON CAT WALK PULLING MUD AND SLATE OFF, TURNED AROUND TO KICK SLATE OFF CAT WALK AND SLIPPED SLID SIDE WAYS AND HIT KNEE ON RAILING.

March 14, 1990 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

ASSISTING WELDER FLASH BURN TO EYES

1989 · 3 incidents

November 3, 1989 IN · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPAIRING BEARING ON DRIVE OF DRAGLINE HE WAS LAYING ON GROUND UNDER THE DRAG LINE USING A IMPACT WRENCH TO TURN THE PULLEY HELPER WAS BEATING ON SPOCKET HAMMER MISSED AND HIT HIM.

February 9, 1989 IN · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

MOVING PLYWOOD IN OUT OF WEATHER AND STRETCHED ARM LENGTH IN PICKING UP THE PLYWOOD.

1988 · 1 incident

October 3, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall from machine

WEATHER COOL STANDING ON LOADER AND GREASING LOADER AND SLIPPED OFF .

1987 · 4 incidents

September 10, 1987 IN · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) POWERED HAULAGE
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS IN8TALLING NEW BELT ON CONVEYOR. THE HELPER TURNED ON THE ELEC GOING TO BELT, CUTTING HIS FINGER.

April 27, 1987 IN · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent MACHINERY
O K Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

STANDING AT END3OF PIPE,PIPE WAS BEING CUT TO INSTALL NEW PIPE.THE PIPE SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING KNEE AND GOING ON DOWN LEG SKINED THE MEAT AND SKIN OFF ANKLE,ALSO DISLOCATED ANKLE.