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IMI/Kewanna Sand & Gravel: 72 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John Tiberi
Kewanna, Fulton County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1200646

IMI/Kewanna Sand & Gravel has $11K 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
11
Years on record
2001–2011
Latest incident
Jan 2011
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
72
citations
9
significant & substantial
$10,673
proposed penalties
$10,673
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Irving Materials Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
26
inspections on record
477
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: 477 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

IMI/Kewanna Sand & Gravel has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-04-24.
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.
12.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
12.5%
reasonably likely or greater
38.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 27.8% low, 72.2% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2013-01-30, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Arsenic fumes2
Show the individual readings (41)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2013-01-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-01-30 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 Backhoe Operator
2013-01-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-27 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Utility Man
2010-01-27 Copper fumes 8.88 300 0.03 Utility Man
2010-01-27 Iron oxide fumes 2.04 20 0.10 Utility Man
2010-01-27 Lead fumes 8.09 450 0.02 Utility Man
2010-01-27 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.12 20 0.01 Utility Man
2010-01-27 Manganese fumes 0.23 5 0.05 Utility Man
2010-01-27 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Utility Man
2010-01-27 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Utility Man
2010-01-27 Zinc oxide fumes 0.01 10 0.00 Utility Man
2010-01-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-27 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.76 Utility Man
2010-01-27 Arsenic fumes 0 500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-27 Beryllium fumes 0 2 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-27 Cadmium oxide fumes 0.16 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-27 Chromium, insoluble 0.05 1 0.05 Welder, etc.
2010-01-27 Cobalt fumes 0.43 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-27 Copper fumes 34.5 100 0.35 Welder, etc.
2010-01-27 Iron oxide fumes 1.27 10 0.13 Welder, etc.
2010-01-27 Lead fumes 0.89 150 0.01 Welder, etc.
2010-01-27 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.04 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-27 Manganese fumes 0.47 5 0.09 Welder, etc.
2010-01-27 Molybdenum fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-27 Nickel fumes 0.03 1 0.03 Welder, etc.
2010-01-27 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-27 Zinc oxide fumes 0 5 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-01-27 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Utility Man
2010-01-27 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Utility Man
2010-01-27 Cadmium oxide fumes 2.96 100 0.03 Utility Man
2010-01-27 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Utility Man
2010-01-27 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Utility Man
2005-06-15 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Truck Driver
2005-06-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2004-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.76 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 2.16 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.63 0.22 Backhoe 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.

IMI/Kewanna Sand & Gravel recorded 9.57 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.

Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.57
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.56 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.26 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2011 * 9.57 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 7.40 0.00 0.000
2005 * 6.19 6.19 0.000
2004 * 18.65 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Cowles Sand & Gravel Inc 1950 to 2003
  2. Irving Materials Inc 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2015 3
2014 2
2013 8
2012 9
2011 10
2010 11
2009 10
2008 11
2007 14
2006 14
2005 20
2004 11
2003 8
2002 9
2001 6
2000 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

IMI/Kewanna Sand & Gravel sits in Fulton 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.
Fulton County, Indiana · Population 20,411
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$62,878
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
2015 Q2 739 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 851 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 999 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,140 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,041 1 0 960.6
2014 Q1 1,147 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,842 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,827 0 0 0.0
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2 4,698 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,044 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,891 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,433 10 1 2255.8
2012 Q2 4,615 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,544 4 0 880.3
2011 Q4 4,942 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,220 1 0 191.6
2011 Q2 5,116 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 5,626 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,142 6 0 1166.9
2010 Q3 5,081 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,091 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,641 2 0 430.9
2009 Q4 4,385 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 4,930 7 3 1419.9
2009 Q2 4,589 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,388 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,425 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,386 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,509 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,961 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,587 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,608 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,615 14 2 2116.4
2007 Q1 7,110 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 7,045 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,121 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,604 10 1 1514.2
2006 Q1 6,274 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,597 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,734 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 9,572 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 11,402 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,231 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,007 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,379 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,835 4 1 827.3
2003 Q4 5,019 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,925 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 5,195 5 0 962.5
2003 Q1 840 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,520 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,510 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,270 4 1 638.0
2002 Q1 2,260 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,720 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,580 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,380 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,220 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,190 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 4,520 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,960 3 0 757.6
2000 Q1 2,400 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2011 · 1 incident

January 14, 2011 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Irving Materials Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was hard surface welding. When he lifted up his welding helmet, the surface he was welding began to pop and a piece of slag got in the corner of his right eye.

2010 · 1 incident

February 4, 2010 IN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Irving Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee picked up piece of steel to weld on top of dragline bucket. Holding piece at chest level twisted slightly to install piece and his back popped.

2009 · 2 incidents

March 23, 2009 IN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Irving Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was getting off dragline, stepped on track and slipped and fell between track and frame. He caught left arm on handrail.

March 2, 2009 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Irving Materials Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

Building new hand rail, another IMI EE heated the hand rail to form it. EE walking up stairs, grabbed rail and burned right palm, not knowing that the hand rail had been heated up.

2008 · 1 incident

November 25, 2008 IN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Irving Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE was at the store to pick (2) 12V equipment batteries when he picked it up, he said his back popped, and took him to his knees.

2006 · 2 incidents

August 24, 2006 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Irving Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was exiting haul truck when his wedding ring became caught on the lid of the truck bed cutting his ring finger on his left hand. The laceration required three stitches.

February 3, 2006 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Irving Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OFF A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT & WHEN HE TOUCHED THE GROUND HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE.

2005 · 1 incident

October 10, 2005 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Irving Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE hurt back by moving 100 pound anvils out of VSI crusher. He attached a hook to the anvils and pulled them up and out.

2004 · 2 incidents

August 10, 2004 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Irving Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING IMPACT TO TAKE NUT OFF A SQUARE LEAD BOLT IN WHICH THE BRACKET HAD A PIECE ON IT TO KEEP THE BOLT FROM SPINNING, BUT THE BOLT SPUN OUT AS EE WAS PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE BOLT WITH HIS FINGER. THE BOLT CAUGHT EE'S FINGER, CAUSING A LACERATION.

June 9, 2004 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Irving Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE CHAIN SAW JUMPED OFF OF THE BAR. IT HIS A SMALL TREE LIMB WHICH SENT IT INTO HIS LEG CUTTING THROUGH HIS JEANS AND LEAVING A LACERATION THAT REQUIRED STITCHES.

2001 · 1 incident