Mining Incidents

GREENCASTLE PLANT: 8 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Putnam County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201080

MSHA record for GREENCASTLE PLANT (mine ID 1201080). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1985–1989
Latest incident
Dec 1989
Ownership history
  1. France Stone Company 1950 to 1986
  2. France Stone Company 1986 to 1988
  3. Hanson Aggregates Midwest Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

GREENCASTLE PLANT sits in Putnam County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
Putnam County, Indiana · Population 37,091
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$76,182
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

1989 · 1 incident

December 13, 1989 IN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates Midwest Inc · Struck against stationary object

TAKING MOTOR OFF CONVEY BELT WORKING IN TIGHT PLACE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF NUT CAUSING TO SLIP AGAINST MOTOR MOUNT BRUISING 3 FINGER

1987 · 1 incident

June 22, 1987 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
France Stone Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE MOVING GR5SS AND CUTTING WEEDS AND BRUSH-SOMETHING GOT IN EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT EYE.

1986 · 2 incidents

July 29, 1986 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
France Stone Company · Fall down stairs

COMING DOWN STA9IS AFTER CHECKING BINS SLIPPED ON STAIRS SPRAINING RT ANKLE

July 23, 1986 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
France Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPLACING PIPE 2N FURNACE IN STONE BIN-WHILE MOVING PIPE INTO POSITION-PIPE ROLLED OVER CATCHING LEFT HAND BETWEEN PIPE & BUILT-UP HARDENED STONE-BREAKING BONE IN LEFT HAND THAT CONNECTS TO LI TTLE FINGER JOI3T

1985 · 4 incidents

November 13, 1985 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
France Stone Company · Fall down stairs

EE WAS COMING D2WN FLIGHT OF STAIRS WITH TOOLS AFTER DOING MAINTENANCE WORK HIS FOOT MISSED LAST STEP DOWN CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE HIS BALANCE & STRIKE AGAINST BEAM ON STAIRS WITH RIGHT SIDE ON S %*@%* PLIERS 2E WAS CARRYIUNG IN RIGHT HAND FRACTURING #8 & #9 RIBS ON RIGHT SIDE.

July 2, 1985 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
France Stone Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE DOING HOUSECLEANING MILL WENT TO MOVE RING GEAR FROM OUTSIDE DOOR WQHILE ROLLING GEAR IT SLIPPED & FELL ON RT FOOT MASHING STEEL TOE ON SHOE BRUISING & MASHING 4TH TOE ON RT FOOT.

April 8, 1985 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
France Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE LOADING TRUCK ROLL CAGE FORK LIFT CAME OFF STRIKING EMPLOYEE ON BACK STRUCK GLASSES AND BROKE FRAMES

January 30, 1985 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator NONPOWERED HAULAGE
France Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IT IS OUR UNDERSTNADING THE IN AME WAS WHEELING 50 # BAGS OF PULVERIZED LIMESTONE ONTO CUSTOMERS TRUCK WHILE DUMPING WHEELING CART HE HURT HIS BACK ACCORDING TO ANOTHER EMP THE CART HAD NEVER BEEN DUMPED YET WHEN OTHER EMP FINISHED JOB ALLEGED INJURY