Mining Incidents

Lincoln Park Stone Stinesville Quarry: 138 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kenneth E Steiner Jr
Stinesville, Monroe County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202362

Lincoln Park Stone Stinesville Quarry has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
20
Years on record
2005–2022
Latest incident
May 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2004
138
citations
38
significant & substantial
$23,823
proposed penalties
$22,766
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,057 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2004
58
inspections on record
975
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: 975 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Lincoln Park Stone Stinesville Quarry has $24K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$24K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
138 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-04.
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.
27.5%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
27.5%
reasonably likely or greater
36.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.2% low, 76.8% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
12 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 11 · 92%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 8%
40%
S&S designation survived the contest
Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 10 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
72%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $2K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2025-08-11.
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 2009-94M Withdrawal Lesnick 2010 $3K → $0
LAKE 2014-0672 Settlement Rae 2014 $873 → $392
LAKE 2025-0122 Settlement Lewis 2026 $735 → $648
LAKE 2011-385M Settlement Harner 2011 $334 → $100
LAKE 2011-761M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $324 → $262
LAKE 2013-580M Settlement Lewis 2013 $243 → $100
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: 2025-03-04
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
17
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz6
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (21)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-03-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Belt Crew
2017-09-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.99 0.24 Backhoe Operator
2017-09-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-11-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-11-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.27 10 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-03-31 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 4.52 10 0.45 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-04-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Backhoe Operator
2009-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-05-30 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.28 10 0.13 Truck Driver
2007-05-30 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 4.33 10 0.43 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-05-30 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.72 10 0.07 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2007-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 2.63 0.15 Backhoe Operator
2007-05-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Backhoe Operator
2007-05-23 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.84 10 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-06-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-11-22 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.2 10 0.22 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-09-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 3.1 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-09-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 2.68 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-09-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2004-09-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.82 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-09-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Washer 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.

Lincoln Park Stone Stinesville Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2015.

Injury rate, 2015
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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.26 and the all-US-mining average was 2.72 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.16 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
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 35.45 17.73 0.000
2012 * 9.30 0.00 0.000
2011 * 7.78 0.00 0.000
2010 * 7.78 0.00 0.000
2009 * 18.01 9.01 0.000
2008 * 0.00 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. S & G Excavating, Inc. 2004 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 8
2024 7
2023 8
2022 8
2021 7
2020 8
2019 6
2018 5
2017 5
2016 8
2015 9
2014 10
2013 9
2012 9
2011 10
2010 11
2009 10
2008 9
2007 8
2006 8
2005 6
2004 7
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Lincoln Park Stone Stinesville Quarry sits in Monroe 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.
Monroe County, Indiana · Population 139,822
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$63,372
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 Q2 4,185 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 4,147 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,109 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,815 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,413 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,570 2 2 560.2
2024 Q4 4,488 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,334 8 2 1845.9
Show 80 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,443 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,660 4 0 1092.9
2023 Q4 3,838 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,402 1 0 227.2
2023 Q2 4,547 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,497 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,376 2 0 457.0
2022 Q3 4,478 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,547 1 0 219.9
2022 Q1 4,686 2 0 426.8
2021 Q4 4,237 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,470 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,581 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,423 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,544 1 0 220.1
2020 Q3 4,607 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,212 2 1 383.7
2020 Q1 5,381 1 0 185.8
2019 Q4 4,853 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,442 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,627 2 0 761.3
2019 Q1 2,334 3 1 1285.3
2018 Q4 2,685 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,523 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,557 2 0 782.2
2018 Q1 1,999 2 0 1000.5
2017 Q4 2,434 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,845 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,269 5 1 1529.5
2017 Q1 3,001 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,448 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,732 1 0 211.3
2016 Q2 5,300 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 5,012 3 0 598.6
2015 Q4 5,589 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,587 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 5,880 3 0 510.2
2015 Q1 4,997 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 6,581 5 1 759.8
2014 Q3 6,063 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 5,868 2 1 340.8
2014 Q1 4,574 3 1 655.9
2013 Q4 5,913 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,683 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,518 3 0 543.7
2013 Q1 5,450 6 0 1100.9
2012 Q4 5,499 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,056 3 1 593.4
2012 Q2 5,861 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,095 3 1 588.8
2011 Q4 6,004 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 6,463 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,062 5 3 708.0
2011 Q1 6,169 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,773 4 2 692.9
2010 Q3 6,939 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 6,327 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 6,677 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,710 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,890 5 4 848.9
2009 Q2 5,840 1 0 171.2
2009 Q1 4,770 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,874 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,091 4 2 656.7
2008 Q2 6,019 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,998 6 1 1000.3
2007 Q4 5,556 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,700 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,135 3 1 725.5
2007 Q1 4,636 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,284 1 1 189.3
2006 Q3 7,430 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 4,005 4 1 998.8
2006 Q1 2,566 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,928 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,185 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,469 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,824 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,478 2 1 575.0
2004 Q3 3,914 3 0 766.5
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

2022 · 1 incident

May 12, 2022 IN · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent OTHER
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was walking across the stockpile area when the wind blew dust into EE's eye. Employee went to optic facility who told EE it looked like EE had removed the object from EE's eye prior to visit. They examined EE and gave EE some drops for the eye and said EE would be fine. The drops were prescription thus the reason for this report as the incident was minor.

2019 · 3 incidents

November 6, 2019 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was changing the skirting on the 53 x conveyor when EE's hand slipped and hit the tail pulley guard causing a 1" cut to EE's right palmar surface. Fabricated tail pulley guard.

August 9, 2019 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
S & G Excavating, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Confirming audiogram on 8/9/19 showed a standard threshold shift.

August 9, 2019 IN · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
S & G Excavating, Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Confirming audiogram on 8/9/19 showed a standard threshold shift.

2017 · 2 incidents

August 17, 2017 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Pulled on a hose and it cut the arm had to get 5 stitches.

May 10, 2017 IN · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was ascending the catwalk to reach the #2 conveyor when their foot slipped. Employee swung their arm out to stabilize themselves and in doing so struck the 53X chute with a flat head on blow. (No cut, laceration or puncture). Employee said they thought they were fine but condition worsened.

2013 · 4 incidents

June 17, 2013 IN · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Aggravation of injury reported on 5/1/13. Employee twisted knee while installing silt fence aggravating his knee injury. Went to Dr on 7/17/13 who told him to take 2 days off work, then report to work with no restrictions. This report is submitted to add 2 missed days to the accident.

May 31, 2013 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was fueling his excavator and while waiting for it to fill the wind blew dust into his right eye.

April 19, 2013 IN · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was stepping off of a mini excavator and twisted his knee.No real pain or discomfort at time so he didn't call the accident in. Called 2 days later to say he had pain. Sent him to clinic and the diagnosed a strain. He returned for a follow up exam and they requested a MRI. MRI revealed he had a torn meniscus so today he was scheduled for surgery on 5/9/13.

February 25, 2013 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was stooping over to go under the #6 conveyor (en-route to repair a flashing on the # 2 conveyor hopper) when his hard hat fell off. He picked the hard hat up then stood to replace it and struck his head on the conveyor framework.

2012 · 1 incident

June 13, 2012 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing rocks from a plugged cone crusher when a rock became dislodged and struck his finger. Employee suffered a fractured distal phalange on his left ring finger.

2011 · 1 incident

May 26, 2011 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was cutting a hole in belting when the knife went through the belting while being drawn over the belting and cut the EE's right thigh.

2010 · 1 incident

September 18, 2010 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was walking behind his haul truck in the parking lot to retrieve a grease gun and said his knee just gave out. The surface was smooth with no obstructions.

2009 · 2 incidents

September 25, 2009 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was placing a roll of belting (to be used on a conveyor) onto the fork lift and when he removed his pry bar it pinched his finger. (Pry bar did the pinching). The fork lift was not in motion, cut caused by the pry bar.

February 25, 2009 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was using a cutting torch to cut a piece of steel(on his back beneath the work) and a piece of hot metal entered his ear canal.

2007 · 2 incidents

December 7, 2007 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was cleaning rock spillage in the screen room with another employee (shoveling rocks back onto the screen surface). The other employee threw a rock toward the screen and struck the employee on top of the head. Employee states hard hat had fallen off as he was coninually reaching down.

September 15, 2007 IN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was in a jaw crushers hammering a piece of steel to flatten it out when he missed and struck the side his foot. fractured the most distal phalanpe of his r. pinky toe.

2006 · 2 incidents

September 2, 2006 IN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was digging soil from a footing he was forming. When he rotated to throw the dirt from his shovel, his foot did not pivot causing him to twist his knee. The injury did not bother him for over a week before the pain began to intensify. Became reportable today 11/2/06.

August 10, 2006 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was winding a garden hose up and when swinging his hand back to retreive more hose it struck the corner of an electrical box that had a bent area on it. The bent corner cut his hand.

2005 · 1 incident

February 24, 2005 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
S & G Excavating, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A U-belt had jumped a pulley and EE was pulling on the belt while another employee was prying the belt over to the next pulley when the shaft went over center catching EE's hand between the belt and the pulley.