Mining Incidents

BTI Crushed Stone Sales LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Justin R Blackwell
Bloomington, Monroe County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202357

BTI Crushed Stone Sales LLC has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $27K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2005–2008
Latest incident
Jan 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
75
citations
28
significant & substantial
$41,474
proposed penalties
$14,273
paid to date
34% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $27,201 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
21
inspections on record
327
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: 327 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BTI Crushed Stone Sales LLC has $41K in proposed MSHA penalties and $27K outstanding across 2 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.
$41K
proposed penalties
$41K
current assessed
$14K
paid to date
$27K
outstanding
74 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-03-18.
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
2010 Q3 1,372 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,376 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,111 3 0 964.3
2009 Q4 4,132 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,040 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,126 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,999 1 0 250.1
2008 Q4 3,724 0 0 0.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 5,041 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,289 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,807 15 9 2583.1
2007 Q4 5,580 7 1 1254.5
2007 Q3 6,249 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,829 9 2 1544.0
2007 Q1 5,233 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,769 5 1 866.7
2006 Q3 5,173 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,057 2 1 395.5
2006 Q1 4,109 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 7,065 14 8 1981.6
2005 Q3 4,581 6 3 1309.8
2005 Q2 4,039 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,628 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,361 8 2 1492.3
2004 Q3 6,285 5 1 795.5
2004 Q2 1,728 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 605 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2008 · 1 incident

January 2, 2008 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
BTI Crushed Stone Sales LLC · Fall from machine

Cold, snow and ice; operator was climbing ladder on the loader when his feet slipped off causing him to fall and land wrong on foot.

2007 · 4 incidents

October 5, 2007 IN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
BTI Crushed Stone Sales LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE was putting a new tire on a rim, as this was taking place, his right wrist popped and after 30 minutes went by his wrist started to swell and was hurting.

September 20, 2007 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
BTI Crushed Stone Sales LLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was removing rocks from inside a steel box; as he was taking an 8" to 10" rock over the side his foot lost grip and caused him to hit his ribs on top of box. This was the result of not having a goot foot hold.

September 17, 2007 IN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor OTHER
BTI Crushed Stone Sales LLC · Struck by flying object

Wind was blowing and caused rust to get in his eye. He was not working on anything at time he felt material get in his eye.

July 2, 2007 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
BTI Crushed Stone Sales LLC · Struck by falling object

He was moving rock by hand that was 10" x 14" in size when one moved and smashed his finger.

2005 · 1 incident

September 20, 2005 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
BTI Crushed Stone Sales Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WHEN THE EMPLOYEE PLACED THE LADDER UNDER THE CRUSHER PLATFORM, HE DID NOT PROPERLY STABILIZE THE BASE TO PREVENT MOVEMENT. THE ANGLE OF THE LADDER CONTRIBUTED AS WELL BY PLACING EXCESSIVE BURDEN ON THE BLOCKS THE EMPLOYEE USED.

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