Mining Incidents

Blackwell Limestone Products LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Justin R Blackwell
Heltonville, Lawrence County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202417

Blackwell Limestone Products LLC has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 1 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 2009
112
citations
32
significant & substantial
$22,666
proposed penalties
$19,912
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,754 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
40
inspections on record
665
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: 665 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blackwell Limestone Products LLC has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
111 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-11.
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 8,880 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 8,254 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,872 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7,426 18 3 2423.9
2024 Q4 6,895 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 7,640 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 8,248 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 8,123 1 0 123.1
Show 61 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 8,077 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6,969 1 0 143.5
2023 Q2 7,236 2 0 276.4
2023 Q1 6,829 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 7,144 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 7,792 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 7,689 2 1 260.1
2022 Q1 6,270 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,677 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,974 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,320 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 5,503 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 6,504 3 1 461.3
2020 Q3 4,787 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,731 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,007 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,423 1 0 226.1
2019 Q3 4,638 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,559 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,843 1 0 206.5
2018 Q4 5,092 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,741 1 0 210.9
2018 Q2 5,592 4 1 715.3
2018 Q1 4,254 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,628 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,943 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,738 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 6,115 11 4 1798.9
2016 Q4 2,760 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,160 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,840 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,240 18 10 8035.7
2015 Q4 3,426 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,109 6 1 1174.4
2015 Q2 4,536 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,488 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,420 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 3,762 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,316 1 0 431.8
2014 Q1 1,360 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,080 18 5 16666.7
2013 Q3 2,220 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,900 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 350 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,457 3 1 867.8
2012 Q3 3,816 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,074 3 1 975.9
2012 Q1 3,908 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,370 3 1 890.2
2011 Q3 3,559 1 0 281.0
2011 Q2 4,346 1 1 230.1
2011 Q1 3,945 2 0 507.0
2010 Q4 4,216 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,518 3 1 664.0
2010 Q2 2,982 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,928 3 0 1024.6
2009 Q4 2,847 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,895 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,745 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,057 5 1 2430.7
2008 Q4 1,508 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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