Mining Incidents

Eshelman Sand & Gravel: 71 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Eshelman Excavating Inc · Surface
Legioner, Noble County, IN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1202150

Eshelman Sand & Gravel has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
71
citations
16
significant & substantial
$8,758
proposed penalties
$8,758
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
36
inspections on record
395
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: 395 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Eshelman Sand & Gravel has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
71 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-23.
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.
22.5%
significant & substantial
5.6%
high negligence or reckless
22.5%
reasonably likely or greater
31.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.0% low, 87.3% moderate, 5.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2026-03-24
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-03-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2024-07-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2021-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-05-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.86 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Eshelman Excavating Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 3
2023 3
2022 2
2021 3
2020 3
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 4
2012 4
2011 4
2010 3
2009 4
2008 3
2007 4
2006 3
2005 3
2004 2
2003 3
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Eshelman Sand & Gravel sits in Noble 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.
Noble County, Indiana · Population 47,417
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$70,908
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 568 3 0 5281.7
2025 Q4 1,053 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,161 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,137 1 0 879.5
2025 Q1 597 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 936 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 810 8 2 9876.5
2024 Q2 720 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q1 553 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 920 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 317 3 3 9463.7
2023 Q2 680 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 109 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 651 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 667 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 802 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 643 7 2 10886.5
2021 Q4 618 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,051 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,118 5 1 4472.3
2021 Q1 358 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 571 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,025 4 1 3902.4
2020 Q2 388 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 838 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,003 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,141 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,158 4 0 3454.2
2019 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,029 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,112 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 654 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 663 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,129 5 1 4428.7
2017 Q3 1,166 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,148 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 767 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 939 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,209 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 84 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 554 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 979 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,074 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 13 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 893 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,167 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,151 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 151 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 609 3 0 4926.1
2013 Q3 974 4 0 4106.8
2013 Q2 1,134 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 174 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 783 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,046 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 977 4 0 4094.2
2012 Q1 231 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 654 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,117 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 981 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 559 5 3 8944.5
2010 Q3 701 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 594 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 159 4 1 25157.2
2009 Q4 484 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 808 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 725 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 315 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 798 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,152 2 1 1736.1
2008 Q2 1,175 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 401 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 972 2 0 2057.6
2007 Q3 1,571 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,221 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 116 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 606 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,444 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,343 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 245 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 774 3 0 3876.0
2005 Q3 1,118 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,414 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 51 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 730 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,124 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,355 1 0 738.0
2004 Q1 0 0 0
2003 Q4 1,287 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,257 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,391 1 0 718.9
2003 Q1 166 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 858 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,269 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,018 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 928 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1,087 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,038 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 376 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,017 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,079 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 160 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.