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Big Creek L.L.C.: 66 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Big Creek LLC · Surface
Controlled by David Edgeworth
Stinesville, Monroe County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202341

Big Creek L.L.C. has $10K 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
2017
Latest incident
Sep 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
66
citations
19
significant & substantial
$9,864
proposed penalties
$9,864
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Big Creek LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
52
inspections on record
597
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: 597 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 L.L.C. has $10K 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-02.
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.
28.8%
significant & substantial
1.5%
high negligence or reckless
28.8%
reasonably likely or greater
51.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.2% low, 83.3% moderate, 1.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2021-10-19, 4 years ago
8%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz21 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz5
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (18)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-11-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.59 1.38 1.15 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2021-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-10-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2018-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cutting Mach Operator
2018-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2018-06-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cutting Mach Operator
2015-05-05 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.72 10 0.27 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2015-05-05 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.94 10 0.09 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2015-05-05 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.81 10 0.08 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-05-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-05-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mobile Crane Operator
2010-11-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-11-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.94 0.10 Laborer, Bullgang
2008-10-08 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.57 10 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-10-08 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.62 10 0.06 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Jackhammer Operator
2004-03-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 10 0.03 Laborer, Bullgang
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.

Big Creek L.L.C. recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.

Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ 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 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.99 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
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 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. Big Creek LLC 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2024 8
2023 4
2022 5
2021 5
2020 6
2019 9
2018 9
2017 10
2016 9
2015 8
2014 9
2013 9
2012 10
2011 6
2010 6
2009 6
2008 7
2007 9
2006 12
2005 11
2004 9
2003 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Big Creek L.L.C. sits in Monroe County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Monroe County, Indiana · Population 139,822
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$63,372
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
2024 Q4 3,473 9 3 2591.4
2024 Q3 4,142 7 3 1690.0
2024 Q2 3,920 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,199 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,997 3 0 1001.0
2023 Q3 2,194 1 0 455.8
2023 Q2 2,122 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 703 3 1 4267.4
Show 79 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4 2,524 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,424 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,535 3 2 1183.4
2022 Q1 1,814 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,191 2 1 912.8
2021 Q3 2,231 2 1 896.5
2021 Q2 2,658 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,719 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,736 3 0 1096.5
2020 Q3 3,298 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,676 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,540 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,570 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,331 3 3 692.7
2019 Q2 4,599 1 0 217.4
2019 Q1 3,878 1 0 257.9
2018 Q4 4,094 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,341 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,447 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,050 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,235 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,711 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,667 4 0 857.1
2017 Q1 4,156 3 1 721.8
2016 Q4 4,709 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,566 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,032 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,732 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,744 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,082 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,482 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,287 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,956 1 0 252.8
2014 Q3 4,419 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,349 1 1 229.9
2014 Q1 4,138 1 0 241.7
2013 Q4 4,236 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,414 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,628 2 1 432.2
2013 Q1 4,354 1 0 229.7
2012 Q4 4,184 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,811 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,813 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,275 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,525 4 0 1584.2
2011 Q3 2,903 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,776 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,129 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,418 4 2 1654.3
2010 Q3 2,777 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,689 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,268 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,347 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,564 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,744 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,213 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,363 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,928 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,406 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,606 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,628 1 0 380.5
2007 Q3 2,896 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,603 2 0 434.5
2007 Q1 1,044 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,247 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,986 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,699 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,044 1 0 198.3
2005 Q4 4,848 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,037 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,410 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,040 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,286 2 0 466.6
2004 Q3 4,991 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,600 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,639 1 0 274.8
2003 Q4 2,524 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,466 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,214 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2017 · 3 incidents

September 5, 2017 IN · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Big Creek LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Under normal working conditions miner was greasing a quarry stone saw track. Miner lost balance and fell forward. Miners foot caught on the track resulting in a sprained ankle.

August 14, 2017 IN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Big Creek LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was attempting to remove a stuck wheel bearing from a quarry saw with a hammer when they struck and smashed their finger. The injury occurred during ordinary maintenance operations. There was nothing unusual about the conditions and there was no damage to equipment nor injury to any other employee.

February 28, 2017 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Big Creek LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Miner reported having a preexisting back injury prior to working for Big Creek. EE was lifting an air bag in the course of ordinary operations and reported a sharp back pain from lifting. There was nothing unusual about the conditions when the injury occurred. There was no damage to equipment nor injury to any other employee.