Earthworks Quarry Site #7 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2021–2026
Latest incident
Aug 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
10
citations
2
significant & substantial
$1,683
proposed penalties
$550
paid to date
33% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,133 gap.
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: 200 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Earthworks Quarry Site #7 has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $1K 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$550
paid to date
$1K
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-02.
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.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2023-08-02, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2023-08-02
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.45
10
0.05
Cutting Mach Operator
2023-08-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-08-02
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
7
2025
6
2024
5
2023
4
2022
5
2021
5
2020
3
2019
2
2018
2
2017
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Earthworks Quarry Site #7 sits in Lawrence County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Lawrence County, Indiana · Population 45,077
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$65,551
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
3,572
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
2,332
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
2,953
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
3,277
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
2,140
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,141
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
2,270
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
2,370
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
2,263
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
1,850
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
1,914
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
2,115
1
0
472.8
2023 Q2
2,162
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
2,042
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
2,085
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
1,911
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
1,773
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
1,865
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
1,786
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
2,150
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
1,786
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
561
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
923
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,309
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
886
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
159
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
472
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
953
1
0
1049.3
2019 Q1
40
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
375
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
1,577
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
1,150
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
50
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
978
3
1
3067.5
2017 Q3
1,500
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
2,240
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
25
1
0
40000.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2026 · 1 incident
August 14, 2026IN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
While trimming cable, knife slipped and cut their left leg.
2022 · 1 incident
May 25, 2022IN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Earthworks, Inc. · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
ee was chaining down blocks of stone on flatbed trailer, felt a pop in EE's right forearm/elbow. Was taken to ER and released to full duty with no restrictions the same day
2021 · 1 incident
October 13, 2021IN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was greasing equipment at start of shift about daylight. EE moved the grease bucket and stepped backwards off a 1-2 foot drop twisting their right knee and right ankle.