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: 93 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Fidler, Inc. has $946 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.
$946
proposed penalties
$946
current assessed
$946
paid to date
$0
outstanding
14 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-07-21.
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: 2003-05-06, 23 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-05-06
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-05-06
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2003-05-06
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
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
2006
0
2005
2
2004
4
2003
5
2002
4
2001
7
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Fidler, Inc. sits in Elkhart County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Elkhart County, Indiana · Population 206,868
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$65,617
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
2006 Q2
0
0
0
2006 Q1
0
0
0
2005 Q4
391
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
381
1
0
2624.7
2005 Q2
585
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
313
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
1,179
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
280
0
0
0.0
Show 17 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2004 Q2
768
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
791
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,209
2
0
1654.3
2003 Q3
1,667
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
1,862
5
2
2685.3
2002 Q4
1,354
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,567
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,912
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
1,347
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
1,586
1
0
630.5
2001 Q3
2,085
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
2,112
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
1,335
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
1,664
2
0
1201.9
2000 Q3
2,104
1
0
475.3
2000 Q2
1,969
2
1
1015.7
2000 Q1
1,535
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2001 · 2 incidents
August 21, 2001IN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Fidler Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances
SMALL PIECE OF SLAG WENT INTO THE BOOT OF EE CAUSING BURN. THE BURN BECAME INFECTED. WENT TO DR ON THE 22ND.
February 7, 2001IN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
SMALL PIECE OF RUST WENT AROUND SAFETY GLASSES AND GOT CAUGHT INTO EE S EYE. IRRIGATED AT PLANT SIDE THEN WHEN TO SEE A PHYSICIAN. PHYSICIAN GAVE EE A PATCH AND PRESCRIPTION OINTMENT.
1990 · 1 incident
August 7, 1990IN · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CH9CKING THE SAND SCREW MOTOR TO SEE WHY IT WAS OVERHEATING, AND IN FEELING THE MOTOR GOT HIS FINGER IN A GREASE ZERT HOLE. WHICH WAS ALSO WHERE THE BLADE FIN.