Mining Incidents

Columbia City Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by The Heritage Group
Columbia City, Whitley County, IN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1202472

Columbia City has $3K 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
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
19
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,771
proposed penalties
$2,620
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $151 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
20
inspections on record
238
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: 238 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Columbia City has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
18 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-26.
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 1,786 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,524 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,402 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,290 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,148 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,499 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,175 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,309 0 0 0.0
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q3 2,371 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,348 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,192 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,456 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,189 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,067 2 0 967.6
2022 Q1 2,016 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,364 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,567 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,127 4 3 1880.6
2021 Q1 1,388 4 1 2881.8
2020 Q4 2,496 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,470 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,412 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,957 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,621 2 0 763.1
2019 Q3 2,635 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,297 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,900 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,494 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,677 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,092 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,446 1 1 691.6
2017 Q4 1,941 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,956 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,757 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,327 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,641 4 1 2437.5
2016 Q3 1,733 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,422 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 544 1 0 1838.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 17, 2026 IN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Speedway Sand and Gravel,LLC. · Struck by flying object

Pulling Poly Deck panels out using pin extractor tool. While hammering tool into place the tool popped out from poly deck panels. Struck employee in the mouth causing their lip to bleed and chipping a tooth.

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