Mining Incidents

Blackwell Quarries LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Justin R Blackwell
Heltonville, Lawrence County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202415

Blackwell Quarries LLC has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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
23
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,398
proposed penalties
$1,281
paid to date
53% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,117 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
9
inspections on record
94
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: 94 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 Quarries LLC has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
23 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-11-15.
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
2012 Q3 985 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,056 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,184 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 958 2 1 2087.7
2011 Q3 1,176 1 0 850.3
2011 Q2 1,105 2 1 1810.0
2011 Q1 984 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,557 0 0 0.0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3 1,085 6 3 5530.0
2010 Q2 2,170 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,048 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,131 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,181 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,113 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,155 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,915 12 1 6266.3
2008 Q3 2,864 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,277 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,963 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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