Mining Incidents

BLANN & SON SAND & GRAVEL Metal/Non-Metal

Merom, Sullivan County, IN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1200760

BLANN & SON SAND & GRAVEL has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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 2017
14
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,001
proposed penalties
$1,850
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
26
inspections on record
312
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: 312 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BLANN & SON SAND & GRAVEL has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 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
$2K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-14.
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 1,991 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,175 1 0 459.8
2025 Q2 1,051 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,173 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,790 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,870 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,100 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,499 1 1 667.1
Show 32 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,562 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,515 1 0 660.1
2023 Q2 1,388 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,196 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,456 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,728 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,486 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 427 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,023 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,066 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,635 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 1,292 2 0 1548.0
2020 Q3 349 1 0 2865.3
2020 Q2 465 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,088 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 945 3 2 3174.6
2019 Q3 1,194 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,061 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,392 3 0 2155.2
2018 Q4 1,247 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,830 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,665 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,485 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,196 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,005 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,134 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,731 1 0 577.7
2016 Q4 1,175 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 891 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,576 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,899 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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