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Carmel Sand & Gravel: 53 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Carmel, Hamilton County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202124

Carmel Sand & Gravel has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
16
Years on record
1992–2005
Latest incident
Aug 2005
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
53
citations
11
significant & substantial
$9,078
proposed penalties
$7,975
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,103 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
61
inspections on record
793
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: 793 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Carmel Sand & Gravel has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
53 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $221 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-29.
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.
20.8%
significant & substantial
9.4%
high negligence or reckless
20.8%
reasonably likely or greater
35.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 32.1% low, 58.5% moderate, 9.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
0%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
83%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $221 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2015-09-15.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2015-0678 Settlement Simonton 2016 $1K → $221
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-07-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg9
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-07-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-09-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2019-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2015-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-07-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2015-07-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.68 10 0.07 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2011-06-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-06-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.96 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

Carmel Sand & Gravel recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.

Injury rate, 2023
ⓘ 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 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.61 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
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 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. American Aggregates Corp 1992 to 1997
  2. Martin Marietta Aggregates 1997 to 2005
  3. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2005 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 9
2024 9
2023 10
2022 11
2021 11
2020 13
2019 20
2018 9
2017 10
2016 8
2015 6
2014 9
2013 10
2012 11
2011 10
2010 11
2009 9
2008 8
2007 8
2006 9
2005 7
2004 5
2003 6
2002 11
2001 11
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Carmel Sand & Gravel sits in Hamilton County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Hamilton County, Indiana · Population 357,176
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$117,957
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
2026 Q2 4,506 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,170 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,411 1 0 293.2
2025 Q3 3,173 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,761 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,516 2 0 568.8
2024 Q4 4,671 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,763 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,573 3 2 656.0
2024 Q1 3,286 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,061 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,500 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,280 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 6,190 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,915 1 0 144.6
2022 Q3 7,150 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 6,250 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,510 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,582 1 1 151.9
2021 Q3 6,494 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,637 1 0 150.7
2021 Q1 4,563 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,129 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 7,050 2 0 283.7
2020 Q2 6,521 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,490 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 6,641 1 0 150.6
2019 Q3 7,480 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,691 1 0 130.0
2019 Q1 4,660 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,671 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,986 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,550 1 0 180.2
2018 Q1 4,175 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,665 2 1 300.1
2017 Q3 5,913 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,642 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,170 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 6,810 4 1 587.4
2016 Q3 8,222 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,910 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,688 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 5,833 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,356 5 2 933.5
2015 Q2 6,115 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,738 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,220 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,411 2 1 312.0
2014 Q2 6,383 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,865 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,353 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,675 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,607 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,854 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 6,570 2 0 304.4
2012 Q3 7,702 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 7,275 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,734 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,518 2 0 362.5
2011 Q3 6,344 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,247 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,596 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,662 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 7,133 1 0 140.2
2010 Q2 9,681 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 5,041 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 6,031 1 0 165.8
2009 Q3 6,055 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 4,767 1 0 209.8
2009 Q1 2,112 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,127 1 0 242.3
2008 Q3 4,070 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 4,371 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,386 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,515 3 0 664.5
2007 Q3 4,602 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,668 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,058 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,560 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,872 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,221 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,073 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,154 1 0 240.7
2005 Q3 4,776 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,548 1 0 219.9
2005 Q1 3,085 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,103 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,926 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,867 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,852 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,280 1 0 304.9
2003 Q3 4,288 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,286 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,039 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 4,420 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,354 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,756 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,750 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,534 2 0 265.5
2001 Q3 7,273 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,065 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,471 1 0 182.8
2000 Q4 5,848 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,839 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,552 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,852 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

16 on file

2005 · 1 incident

2004 · 1 incident

February 21, 2004 IN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING UP SCRAP STEEL WHEN HE DROPPED A STEEL BEAM ON HIS FINGER.

2002 · 6 incidents

October 14, 2002 IN · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS CLEANING UP A SPILL FROM A HOSE LEAK WHEN HE SLIPPED AND FELL.

September 7, 2002 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON AN EMBANKMENT HOLDING A CABLE WHEN HE LOST HIS FOOTING AND SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK.

August 14, 2002 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO MOVE A HEAD BOX WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A HERNIA IN HIS ABDOMEN.

July 31, 2002 IN · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS HOLDING A RUBBER SKIRT OUT OF THE WAY, WHILE ANOTHER EE WAS USING A TORCH TO CUT A PIECE OF METAL. THE INJURED EE DROPPED THE RUBBER ON THE TORCH HEAD AND IT CAME DOWN AND BURNED HIS ARM.

May 31, 2002 IN · Metal/Non-Metal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT TO MOVE SOME MATERIAL AND IT MOVED SUDDENLY CAUSING HIM TO STRAIN HIS LOWER BACK. THE INCIDENT DIDN'T BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL HE WAS SENT TO A FOLLOW-UP APPOINTMENT AND THE DOCTOR GAVE HIM RESTRICTION ON 6/10/02.

February 19, 2002 IN · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by falling object

EE WAS REMOVING A HUB FROM A SHAFT WHEN IT CAME OFF THE SHAFT AND FELL ON HIS HAND & WRIST. INCIDENT DID NOT BECOME REPORTABLE UNTIL AFTER FOLLOW-UP OF 3/4/02 (BACK TO WORK THERAPY).

2001 · 1 incident

December 20, 2001 IN · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS PULLING THE WORK BOAT UP ON TO THE DOCK WHEN HE TURNED AROUND TO GO IN ANOTHER DIRECTION AND HIT HIS MOUTH ON A HOIST BEAM RESULTING ON A CHIPPED TOOTH.

1999 · 1 incident

July 17, 1999 IN · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Contact with hot objects or substances

RADIATOR WAS OVERHEATING. SO EE PROCEEDED TO REMOVE THE RADIATOR CAP. RESULTING IN THE HOT LIQUID COVERING HIS BACK, ARMS, UPPER THIGH AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO ESCAPE!

1997 · 1 incident

November 3, 1997 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Martin Marietta Aggregates · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WORKING ON ENGINE THROTTLE AND BACKED INTO FAN BLADE.

1996 · 1 incident

1995 · 3 incidents

September 28, 1995 IN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by flying object

EE AND EMPLOYEE WERE REMOVING AWEDGE FROM CROWS FOOT OF DRAY BUCKET. EE WAS USING A 10LB SLEDGE HAMMER, DRIVING IT AGAINST SPIKE MALL WHEN A PIECE BROKE OFF AND HIT HIM IN LOWER LIP.

September 22, 1995 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

2 EMPLOYEE WERE CHANGING SCREENS ON 8 X 20 SHAKER. INJURED PICKED UP HIS SIDE OF THE SCREEN AND HAD A SHARP PAIN IN HIS GROIN AREA. AFTER THAT, IT REDUCED TO A DULL ACHE.

May 24, 1995 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Aggregates Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS PULLING A JON BOAT UPON SHORE THEROPE HE WAS PULLING ON BRAKE & EE FELL BACKWARDS & HIT HIS RT SHOULDER ON THE GROUND CAUSING INSTANT PAIN WHEN HE GOT UP

1992 · 1 incident

December 15, 1992 IN · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Aggregates Corp · Struck by rolling or sliding object

INJURED WAS REMOVING ROCKS FROM A PUMP SHELL ON THE DREDGE, WHILE HE WAS PICKING ONE UP ANOTHER ROLLED DOWN AND SMASHED HIS LITTLE FINGER ON HISRIGHT HAND.