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Laughery Gravel Company: 7 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Laughery Gravel Company · Surface
Controlled by Bill Schmaltz
Aurora, Dearborn County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1200694

Laughery Gravel Company has $612 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
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
7
citations
1
significant & substantial
$612
proposed penalties
$612
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
10
inspections on record
68
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: 68 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Laughery Gravel Company has $612 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.
$612
proposed penalties
$612
current assessed
$612
paid to date
$0
outstanding
7 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $60 in penalties contested before the Commission, $60 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2005-08-24.
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.
14.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
14.3%
reasonably likely or greater
14.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 100.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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 2004-71-M Default Lesnick 2004 $60 → $60
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: 2003-11-13, 22 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2003-11-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant 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. Laughery Gravel Company 1950 to present
  2. Dravo Natural Resources Company Inc 1978 to 1985
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2006 1
2005 2
2004 2
2003 2
2002 2
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Laughery Gravel Company sits in Dearborn County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Dearborn County, Indiana · Population 50,828
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$82,693
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 Q3 20 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 15 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q4 97 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 182 3 1 16483.5
2005 Q2 165 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 120 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 325 0 0 0.0
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2004 Q3 260 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 340 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 515 1 0 1941.7
2003 Q3 670 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 465 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 470 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 780 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 745 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 348 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 325 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 730 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 755 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 387 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 520 3 0 5769.2
2000 Q3 990 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 168 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.