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EDWARDS: 55 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

USB INDIANA, LLC · Surface
Controlled by RemSom, LLC
Mooresville, Morgan County, IN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1200341

EDWARDS has $7K 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
6
Years on record
1993–2013
Latest incident
Apr 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
55
citations
13
significant & substantial
$7,264
proposed penalties
$7,064
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $200 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See USB INDIANA, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
54
inspections on record
459
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: 459 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

EDWARDS has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
55 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $800 in penalties contested before the Commission, $600 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-08-31.
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.
23.6%
significant & substantial
3.6%
high negligence or reckless
23.6%
reasonably likely or greater
54.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 27.3% low, 69.1% moderate, 3.6% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 2% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
100%
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%
25%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$800 proposed, $600 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 2006-06-16.
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 2006-128M Settlement Lesnick 2006 $800 → $600
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: 2018-06-07, 8 years ago
50%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz21 over
  • Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz5
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-09-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.5 0.93 1.61 Utility Man
2018-06-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2017-09-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 0.71 0.80 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-03 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 3.83 Truck Driver
2004-08-03 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 4.93 Scraper Operator
2004-08-03 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 5.39 Truck Driver
2004-08-03 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 0.69 Scraper Operator
2004-08-03 Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz 2.62 Truck Driver
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.
Ownership history
  1. General Shale Products Corp 1950 to 1986
  2. General Shale Products Corp 1986 to 1999
  3. General Shale Products Llc 1999 to 2004
  4. General Shale Brick Inc 2004 to 2021
  5. USB Indiana, LLC 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 1
2024 1
2023 3
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 3
2018 3
2017 4
2016 3
2015 3
2014 2
2013 3
2012 3
2011 5
2010 3
2009 3
2008 5
2007 6
2006 6
2005 6
2004 7
2003 7
2002 7
2001 7
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

EDWARDS sits in Morgan County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Morgan County, Indiana · Population 72,202
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$79,088
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 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 278 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 927 1 0 1078.7
2023 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 27 0 0 0.0
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q4 37 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 29 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 29 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 750 1 0 1333.3
2021 Q2 280 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 259 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 550 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 544 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 167 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 798 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,980 1 0 505.1
2019 Q2 1,150 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 986 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,614 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,010 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,080 1 0 925.9
2017 Q3 2,190 1 0 456.6
2017 Q2 1,910 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,909 1 0 523.8
2016 Q2 1,314 3 0 2283.1
2016 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 630 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,604 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 990 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,220 1 0 450.5
2014 Q2 1,374 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,102 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,262 1 0 792.4
2013 Q2 990 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 30 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,199 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,971 2 1 1014.7
2011 Q4 243 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,104 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,434 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 841 4 1 4756.2
2010 Q4 0 0 0
2010 Q3 1,088 4 2 3676.5
2010 Q2 1,347 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 997 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 640 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 97 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,780 1 0 561.8
2008 Q3 2,421 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,993 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,585 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,888 1 0 529.7
2007 Q3 2,337 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,388 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,015 1 1 985.2
2006 Q4 2,445 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,660 2 0 751.9
2006 Q2 2,676 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,595 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,713 1 1 368.6
2005 Q3 2,773 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,632 1 0 379.9
2005 Q1 2,736 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,862 1 0 349.4
2004 Q3 3,030 7 1 2310.2
2004 Q2 2,741 2 0 729.7
2004 Q1 2,137 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,234 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,358 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,283 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,127 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,403 1 0 293.9
2002 Q3 3,245 1 0 308.2
2002 Q2 3,362 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,168 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,885 4 1 1386.5
2001 Q3 3,277 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,330 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,463 2 0 577.5
2000 Q4 3,487 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,464 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,124 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,904 3 1 1033.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2013 · 1 incident

April 30, 2013 IN · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant MACHINERY
General Shale Brick Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee was training on a Cat 627G, first day, he was fully trained and was attempting his first pull when he was turning and hit a bump. The employee was "whipped" forward and seated hard. He has a compression fracture of his L2 vertebra in his lower back.

2011 · 1 incident

July 7, 2011 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
General Shale Brick Inc · Fall from machine

Employee was shutting door on the 966 Unloader (cat loader) employee's foot slipped and he fell off the unloader to the ground (about 8 ft) causing laceration to left knee, requiring stitches along with contusions & scrapes to left side of face.

1997 · 1 incident

July 2, 1997 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Shale Products Corp · Struck against stationary object

WORKER WAS ATTEMPTING TO ENTER TRUCK WHEN HE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE DOOR FRAME CAUSING SCALP LACERATION REQUIRING FIVE SUTURES.

1996 · 2 incidents

November 8, 1996 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
General Shale Products Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WORKER AND ANOTHER EE WERE REPLACING THE CUTTING EDGE ON A SCRAPER PAN. IN DOING SO, ONE WORKER WAS HOLDING THE SCRAPER BLADE IN PLACE AND OTHER WAS REPLACING EDGE. INJURED WORKER EXPERIENCED PAIN IN GROIN AREA WHILE DOING THIS JOB.

September 26, 1996 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
General Shale Products Corp · Struck against a moving object

WORKER WAS OPERATING 627 CAT SCRAPER PAN IN MINING AREA. WHILE TRAVELING OVER ROUGH TERRAIN, THE AIR RIDE SEAT FAILED TO WORK PROPERLY, THROWING HIM AGAINST THE ROOF CAUSING THE SAFETY RESTRAI NTS TO STRAIN HIS MIDSECTION. UPON INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT THE SHOCK ON THE SEAT WAS BROKEN. WORKER SUFFERED A UNILATERAL INGUINAL HERNIA.

1993 · 1 incident

July 6, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
General Shale Products Corp · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS RETRIEVING A LOAD WHEN THE LEFT STEERING CYLINDER BROKE CAUSING THE TRACTOR-SCRAPER COMBINATION TO JACKKNIFE NAD STRIKE THE NEAR HIGH WALL OF SHALE. THE IMPACT OF EMPLOYEE AGAINS T HIS DOOR CAUSED INJURY TO HIS LEFT SHOULDER. NO SPECIFIC DIAGNOSIS WAS MADE. DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE WAS PERFORMED 10-14-93.