Mining Incidents

LITTLETON & SONS SAND & SUPPLY I: 60 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Dawn Littleton
Indianapolis, Marion County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201450

LITTLETON & SONS SAND & SUPPLY I has $6K 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
4
Years on record
1999–2000
Latest incident
Apr 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
60
citations
6
significant & substantial
$5,923
proposed penalties
$5,923
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
35
inspections on record
298
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: 298 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

LITTLETON & SONS SAND & SUPPLY I has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
60 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-01-07.
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.
10.0%
significant & substantial
6.7%
high negligence or reckless
10.0%
reasonably likely or greater
40.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.3% low, 80.0% moderate, 6.7% 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: 2023-09-26
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-09-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-10-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.97 0.98 0.99 Front-end Loader 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. Littleton & Sons Sand & Supply Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 1
2024 3
2023 5
2022 4
2010 3
2009 3
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 3
2004 4
2003 4
2002 4
2001 5
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

LITTLETON & SONS SAND & SUPPLY I sits in Marion 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.
Marion County, Indiana · Population 971,822
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$63,450
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
2025 Q2 699 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 576 2 0 3472.2
2024 Q4 1,081 1 0 925.1
2024 Q3 2,120 6 0 2830.2
2024 Q2 1,420 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,425 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,301 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,486 0 0 0.0
Show 45 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 3,708 2 1 539.4
2023 Q1 2,351 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,853 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,222 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,401 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,013 2 0 993.5
2010 Q1 306 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 150 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 150 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,010 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,002 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,960 1 0 510.2
2008 Q3 2,880 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,040 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,040 3 0 595.2
2007 Q4 2,084 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,868 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,763 9 1 5104.9
2007 Q1 2,946 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,863 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,640 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,704 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 0 0 0
2005 Q2 3,094 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 0 0 0
2004 Q4 2,587 4 0 1546.2
2004 Q3 2,571 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,635 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,134 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,663 10 1 3755.2
2003 Q3 1,448 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,079 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,363 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,297 7 2 3047.5
2002 Q3 1,581 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,862 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,875 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,088 4 1 3676.5
2001 Q3 2,363 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,747 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,314 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,097 2 0 953.7
2000 Q3 2,712 4 0 1474.9
2000 Q2 2,459 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,612 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2000 · 2 incidents

March 31, 2000 IN · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator ELECTRICAL
Littleton & Sons Sand & Supply Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS HOOKING UP BATTERY CABLES TO A KAWASAKI LOADER. HE DID SO IMPROPERLY AND THE BATTERY EXPLODED INTO FACE AND EYE.

1999 · 2 incidents

August 30, 1999 IN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Littleton & Sons Sand & Supply Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE CRANING SAND, CABLE BROKE LOOSE AND 12" OF CABLE BACK LASHED AND ENTERED OPERATORS MID-SECTION.

June 22, 1999 IN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger OTHER
Littleton & Sons Sand & Supply Inc · Struck by flying object

WHILE OPERATING CRANE, METAL CAMEE OFF CABLE, THE WIND BLEW IT BACK INTI MY FACE, WEDGING METAL IN MY LEFT EYE.