Mining Incidents

Big Creek II Metal/Non-Metal

Big Creek Limestone · Surface
Controlled by David Edgeworth
Stinesville, Monroe County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202523

Big Creek II has $302 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
1
Years on record
2025
Latest incident
Apr 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2025
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$302
proposed penalties
$302
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2025
3
inspections on record
44
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: 44 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Big Creek II has $302 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.
$302
proposed penalties
$302
current assessed
$302
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-09.
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 4,299 1 0 232.6
2025 Q3 4,450 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,466 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,828 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2025 · 1 incident

April 10, 2025 IN · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Big Creek Limestone · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Pin used to anchor saw track to the ground was stuck in a drill hole. Miner was using a sledge hammer to dislodge the pin when the hammer glanced the pin, bouncing off, and striking the left small finger. Fracturing the tip of the finger and causing a laceration.

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