Mining Incidents

Maple Hill Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Bloomington, Monroe County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201039

Maple Hill Quarry has $28K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

Watch this mine

Email me when a new MSHA incident is filed at Maple Hill Quarry.

Fatalities
2
Total incidents
38
Years on record
1989–2006
Latest incident
Apr 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
35
citations
9
significant & substantial
$27,880
proposed penalties
$27,880
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
32
inspections on record
528
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: 528 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Maple Hill Quarry has $28K 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.
$28K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
33 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-10-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2010 Q3 4,443 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,727 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,813 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,303 1 0 232.4
2009 Q3 5,287 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,002 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,522 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 5,370 0 0 0.0
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 6,046 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,489 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,727 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,942 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,213 1 0 161.0
2007 Q2 2,663 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 513 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,829 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,519 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,575 7 3 1064.6
2006 Q1 4,825 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,938 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,510 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,852 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,485 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,478 3 0 547.6
2004 Q3 5,005 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,523 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,437 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,301 2 0 377.3
2003 Q3 5,417 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,519 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,125 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,224 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,649 1 0 130.7
2002 Q2 5,493 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,756 1 0 173.7
2001 Q4 7,315 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 7,597 1 0 131.6
2001 Q2 8,248 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,846 1 0 171.1
2000 Q4 6,490 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,113 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,077 17 6 2402.1
2000 Q1 5,621 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

2 recorded
April 21, 2006 IN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man Fatality · FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

Two men were drilling bottom line when a seam in the next cut back gave way. The piece of stone that broke loose was large enough to crush both men. One man was fatally crushed and the other is in critical condition.

June 12, 2000 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS DIGGING OUT BLOCKS FROM BLOCK STACK. HE HAD REMOVED TWO BLOCKS FROM THE STACK, AND PARKED HIS OADER ABOUT 15 FEET AWAY FROM THE BLOCKS. HE THEN GOT OUT OF THE LOADER TO EXAMINE THE TWO BLOCKS WHICH WERE ABOUT 4 FEET APART. THE BACK BLOCK WAS UNSTABLE AND TIPPED FORWARD FATALLY CRUSHING HIM BETWEEN IT AND THE FRONT BLOCK.

Reportable incidents

36 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2006 · 1 incident

April 21, 2006 IN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

Two men were drilling bottom line when a seam in the next cut back gave way. The piece of stone that broke loose was large enough to crush both men. One man was fatally crushed and the other is in critical condition.

2005 · 1 incident

January 7, 2005 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE STARTED CAT D8 BULLDOZER & STEPPED DOWN ON ROCK, THE ROCK ROLLED & HE SPRAINED HIS RIGHT ANKLE.

2004 · 1 incident

April 28, 2004 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DRILLING DOG HOLE IN STONE WHEN THE DRILL BIT CAUGHT HIS RIGHT PANT LEG, TWISTING HIS PANTS CAUSING THE ABRASION

2003 · 2 incidents

December 10, 2003 IN · Metal/Non-Metal

EE CLIMBED LADDER TO REPAIR WATER LINE ON SAW. WHEN HE WAS DONE HE WAS CLIMBING DOWN, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL OFF LADDER.

August 7, 2003 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS WELDING A PIN ON A TEREX 72-81 LOADER WHEN HOT SLAG RAN INTO HIS WELDING GLOVE. HE SUSTAINED A 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HIS LEFT WRIST.

2002 · 1 incident

2001 · 2 incidents

December 7, 2001 IN · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

EE WAS STANDING ON TOP OF LIMBESTONE BLOCK OPERATING A DRILL. HE SLIPPED ON MUD, SCRAPING HIS RIGHT LEG ON THE BLOCK.

August 8, 2001 IN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS STANDING BY QUARRY SAW, TURNED AROUND AND SLIPPED IN A MUD POCKET, THEN FELL AND BROKE HIS RIGHT LEG FEMUR.

2000 · 2 incidents

May 5, 2000 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TAKING DRILL BIT OFF OF DRILL WHEN THE DRILL BIT ROLLED AND CUT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.

March 14, 2000 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS CHIPPING LIMESTONE BLOCK WITH A PICK TO BRACE THE BLOCK ON THE SAW WHEN DUST FROM BLOCK ENTERED EYE AROUND THE SIDE OF SAFETY GLASSES.

1999 · 3 incidents

October 30, 1999 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS BREAKING A LIMESTONE CUT WHEN CUT MOVED. EE THEN SLIPPED, STRAINING LEFT HIP

September 14, 1999 IN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING A PICK TO CREATE A SMALL INDENTATION IN THE SIDE OF A BLOCK OF STONE SO HE COULD BRACE IT WITH A PIECE OF WOOD PRIOR TO SAWING THE BLOCK. A SMALL PIECE OF STONE CAME UP UNDER HIS SAFETY GLASSES AND LODGED IN HIS LEFT EYE. EE WATS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES TINY ABRASION ON LEFT CORNEA.

March 25, 1999 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS BENDING TO ROLL A STONE AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

1998 · 2 incidents

September 15, 1998 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SWINGING 10LB BREAKING HAMMER AND STRAINED LOWER BACK

1996 · 1 incident

June 18, 1996 IN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FIRE
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS EXTINGUISHING FIRE ON GENERATOR WHEN GENERATOR WHEN GENERATOR EXHAUST FAN BLEW EXTINGUISHING AGENT UNDER SAFETY GLASSES AND INTO EYES.

1995 · 1 incident

July 14, 1995 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS ATTACHING WHIP CABLE TO BACK OF FRONT END LOADER WHEN HE DROPPED A PIN ON HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER, CAUSING LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER MIDDLE KNUCKLE.

1993 · 2 incidents

September 28, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BREAKING CUT OF LIMESTONE WITH LOADER HELPING. THE CUT BROKE AND TILTED BACKWARD. BRIAN FELL FORWARD OFF OF CUT ABOUT 5 FEET TO THE QUARRY FLOOR.

July 20, 1993 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BELLY PAN FROM BOTTOM OF BULLDOZER. HE HAD REMOVED ALL THE BOLTS BUT ONE. HE WAS REMOVING LAST BOLT WHEN IT BROKE. THE BELLY PAN FELL CAUSING LACERATION TO RIGHT FOREARM.

1992 · 3 incidents

October 5, 1992 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Fall from ladders

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN SIDE LADDER ON LOADER, HAD SOME OIL ON BOTTOM OF BOOT AND WAS HOLDING RAIL WITH LEFT HAND. HE SLIPPED AND HIT LEFT SHOULDER AGAINST TIRE LUG ON LOADER.

July 27, 1992 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

54736YEE WAS STANDING ON WET SAW TRACK & SLIPPED FALLING FORWARD SUSTAINED COMPOUND FRACTURE OF ONE RIB & ALLEGED NECK MUSCLE

March 10, 1992 IN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PICK ON A BLOCK OF INDIANA LIMESTONE.SMALL PIECE OF LIMESTONE FLEW OFF AND BECAME EMBEDDED IN EMPLOYEES LEFT EYE.

1991 · 5 incidents

July 23, 1991 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS STRIKING STEEL WEDGE WITH BREAKING HAMMER. PIECE OF STEEL CAME OFF WEDGE & STRUCK EMPL ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER. RIGHT INDEX FINGER WAS LACERATED REQUIRING THREE SUTURES.

May 31, 1991 IN · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME & ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE HAMMERING ON STEEL WEDGES USED TO BREASK LIMESTONE WHEN A PIECE OF STEEL CAME OFF A WEDGE & HIT I NAME IN THE LEFT ARM

April 18, 1991 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE PICKED UP BLOCKING TIMBER INSTEAD OF DRAGGING IT AND STRAINED HIS UPPER BACK.

1990 · 5 incidents

November 17, 1990 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

SLIPPED WHILE CUTTING METAL BURNING L FOREAM

October 25, 1990 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS GUIDING STONE SAWING MACHINE ONTO TRACK WHEN CHAIN HOLDING SAW (BEING CONTROLLED BY CRANE) SLIPPED CATCHING RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN SAW AND CHAIN. EMPLOYEE LOST RIGHT THUMB NAIL AND R EQUIRED 5 STITCHES IN RIGHT THUMB. RELEASED TO RETURN TO WORK.

August 1, 1990 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Struck by falling object

WHILE BREAKING LIMESTONE CUT, TOP BLOCK MOVED, BREAKING LADDER FROM GROUND TO CUT. BROKEN LADDER HIT EMPLOYEE ON NECK AND WRIST.

May 1, 1990 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE AND WITNESS WERE ATTEMPTING TO LIFT A 10-0X0-5X0-8 TIMBER WHEN EMPLOYEE PULLED HIS RIGHT LOWER BACK.

1989 · 4 incidents

October 16, 1989 IN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
B G Hoadley Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING ON TO AIRBAG WHILE TURNING A CUT OF LIMESTONE. ADJACENT AIRBAG POPPED OUT OF CUT BEFORE DELATING. EMPLOYEE RAN, AIRBAG BOUNCED ON GROUND AND HIT EMPLOYEE ON RIGHT SIDE OF BODY.

For insurers, brokers, and safety consultants

The full compliance file on Maple Hill Quarry

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.