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CIMBAR-MV: 128 MSHA citations 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 $30K 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
$42,810
paid to date
59% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $29,733 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See CIMBAR Performance Minerals's full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2022-04-07.
On record since 2022.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

CIMBAR-MV has $73K in proposed MSHA penalties and $30K 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
$43K
paid to date
$30K
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.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
16.8%
significant & substantial
7.2%
high negligence or reckless
16.8%
reasonably likely or greater
25.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 28.0% low, 64.8% moderate, 7.2% 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.
7 citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
  • Still open 7 · 100%
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 2026-04-16.
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 2026-0114 Decision pending
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: 2026-04-02
28%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
32
samples
25
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz197 over
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz6
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (32)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-06-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 12.49 10 1.25 Bagging Operator
2022-06-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 12.3 10 1.23 Bagging Operator
2022-03-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 37.59 10 3.76 Packaging Operations Worker
2022-03-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 57.34 10 5.73 Bagging Operator
2022-03-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 91.8 10 9.18 Bagging Operator
2022-03-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 45.47 10 4.55 Packaging Operations Worker
2022-03-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 22.26 10 2.23 Building Repair/Maint.
2026-04-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-04-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.99 10 0.20 Bagging Operator
2026-04-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.47 10 0.05 Bagging Operator
2024-01-09 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 12.82 Bagging Operator
2024-01-09 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 6.96 Bagging Operator
2024-01-09 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 6.84 Cleanup Man
2024-01-09 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 4.17 Bagging Operator
2024-01-09 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 4.45 Cleanup Man
2023-03-23 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.44 10 0.24 Mechanic
2023-03-23 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Bagging Operator
2023-03-23 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.92 10 0.19 Bagging Operator
2023-03-23 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.63 10 0.16 Cleanup Man
2023-03-23 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.39 10 0.24 Bagging Operator
2022-10-04 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.4 10 0.24 Bagging Operator
2022-10-04 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.62 10 0.16 Bagging Operator
2022-10-04 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.83 10 0.08 Bagging Operator
2022-10-04 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.93 10 0.09 Bagging Operator
2022-06-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.16 10 0.22 Bagging Operator
2022-06-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.98 10 0.20 Bagging Operator
2022-06-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 9.19 10 0.92 Mechanic
2021-08-18 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.44 10 0.04 Forklift Operator
2021-08-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 2.22 Hand Loader
2021-08-18 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 4.69 10 0.47 Packaging Operations Worker
2021-08-18 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 9.43 10 0.94 Mechanic
2021-08-18 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.75 10 0.08 Utility Man

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2021-08-19, 5 years ago
20
samples
Show the individual readings (85)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2021-08-19 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ARSENIC (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 BERYLLIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 CADMIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 CHROMIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 COBALT (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 COPPER (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 IRON (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 LEAD (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 MAGNESIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 MANGANESE (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 MOLYBDENUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 NICKEL (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 VANADIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ZINC (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ANALYZED BULK DUST MASS 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 QUARTZ (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ARSENIC (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 BERYLLIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 CADMIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 CHROMIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 COBALT (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 COPPER (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 IRON (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 LEAD (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 MAGNESIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 MANGANESE (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 MOLYBDENUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 NICKEL (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 VANADIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ZINC (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ANALYZED BULK DUST MASS 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 QUARTZ (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ARSENIC (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 BERYLLIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 CADMIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 CHROMIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 COBALT (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 COPPER (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 IRON (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 LEAD (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 MAGNESIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 MANGANESE (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 MOLYBDENUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 NICKEL (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 VANADIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ZINC (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ANALYZED BULK DUST MASS 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 QUARTZ (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ARSENIC (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 BERYLLIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 CADMIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 CHROMIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 COBALT (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 COPPER (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 IRON (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 LEAD (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 MAGNESIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 MANGANESE (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 MOLYBDENUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 NICKEL (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 VANADIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ZINC (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ANALYZED BULK DUST MASS 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 QUARTZ (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ASBESTOS BULK, ALL FORMS 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ARSENIC (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 BERYLLIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 CADMIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 CHROMIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 COBALT (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 COPPER (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 IRON (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 LEAD (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 MAGNESIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 MANGANESE (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 MOLYBDENUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 NICKEL (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 VANADIUM (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ZINC (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 ANALYZED BULK DUST MASS 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-08-19 QUARTZ (BULK DUST) 0 SF ACTIVE MINING
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.

CIMBAR-MV recorded 4.41 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ 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.
4.41
total case rate
2.20
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 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
2025 * 4.41 2.20 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 2.17 2.17 0.000
2022 * 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. CIMBAR Performance Minerals 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 41
2025 40
2024 44
2023 43
2022 36
2021 35
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

CIMBAR-MV sits in Posey County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Posey County, Indiana · Population 25,163
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$79,124
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 24,907 10 0 401.5
2026 Q1 22,891 12 2 524.2
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
Show 12 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 23,930 6 0 250.7
2024 Q1 25,306 0 0 0.0
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.