Mining Incidents

Berry Shale Metal/Non-Metal

Buzzi Unicem USA · Surface
Controlled by Buzzi S p A
Putnamville, Putnam County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202412

Berry Shale has $5K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
40
citations
6
significant & substantial
$4,971
proposed penalties
$4,971
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
21
inspections on record
254
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: 254 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Berry Shale has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
40 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-25.
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 Q3 0 1 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 0 5 1
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
Show 52 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 5 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 0 0 0
2022 Q2 0 0 0
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 0 0 0
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 4 0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 1 0
2020 Q1 0 0 0
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 0 1 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 182 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 243 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 405 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 381 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 552 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 481 1 0 2079.0
2014 Q2 351 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 154 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 320 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 472 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 276 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 654 1 0 1529.1
2012 Q3 631 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 695 5 2 7194.2
2012 Q1 271 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 438 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 354 4 2 11299.4
2011 Q2 411 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 265 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 411 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 336 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 424 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 184 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 425 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 404 2 0 4950.5
2009 Q2 413 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 305 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 354 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 390 10 1 25641.0
2008 Q2 166 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 306 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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The full compliance file on Berry Shale

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