Mining Incidents

CIMBAR-MV Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John H Waters
Mt. Vernon, IN, Posey County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202507

CIMBAR-MV has $73K in proposed MSHA penalties and $31K outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2023–2025
Latest incident
Oct 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
128
citations
21
significant & substantial
$72,543
proposed penalties
$41,051
paid to date
57% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $31,492 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
22
inspections on record
821
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: 821 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

CIMBAR-MV has $73K in proposed MSHA penalties and $31K 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.
$73K
proposed penalties
$73K
current assessed
$41K
paid to date
$31K
outstanding
118 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-07.
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 23,126 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 24,038 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 23,397 22 0 940.3
2025 Q1 20,217 5 1 247.3
2024 Q4 23,646 28 4 1184.1
2024 Q3 22,456 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 23,930 6 0 250.7
2024 Q1 25,306 0 0 0.0
Show 10 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 25,257 5 3 198.0
2023 Q3 24,080 2 0 83.1
2023 Q2 21,822 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 20,815 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 19,430 7 4 360.3
2022 Q3 17,344 3 0 173.0
2022 Q2 19,746 8 3 405.1
2022 Q1 18,545 10 2 539.2
2021 Q4 21,218 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 20,216 10 2 494.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

October 9, 2025 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CIMBAR Performance Minerals · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was cleaning pellet mill turbilizer & one of the blades on the machine cut EE's right hand and smashed it

May 20, 2025 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
CIMBAR Performance Minerals · Fall down stairs

Miner was carrying a motor tophat to JetMill #6 and slipped on the 3rd step on the stairs. Miner was holding the handrail in one hand and the motor top hat in the other.

2023 · 1 incident

September 19, 2023 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
CIMBAR Performance Minerals · Struck by flying object

Employee was chasing an air leak at the dryer and when they went to adjust the couplings in the lines.. Upon tightening the PT it blew open and insulation particles got in their throat and ears.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.