Indiana Limestone Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface
EE STATES THAT WHILE ON HIS WAY TO THE WIRE SAWS TO ADJUST THE SPEED CONTROL HE STEPPED ON A ROCK TYWISTED HIS KNEE, FELL, BREAKING HIS LEFT LEG BELOW THE KNEE.
Mc Shain Quarry: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Indiana Limestone Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Kluesner Hugh
Lawrence County,
IN
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201437
Mc Shain Quarry has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1983.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 1983–1984
- Latest incident
- Jul 1984
Ownership history
- Indiana Limestone Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1986 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 |
| 1984 | 20 |
| 1983 | 9 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Mc Shain Quarry sits in Lawrence County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.5% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Lawrence County, Indiana · Population 45,077
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$65,551
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file1984 · 1 incident
1983 · 1 incident
Indiana Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EE STATES THAT WHILE CHANGING DRILLS ON CORE DRILL, HE WAS PULLING ON 2 PIPE WRENCHES HE FELT A STRAIN ON HIS RIGHT ABDOMEN WHICH LATER BECAME ENLARGED & A KNOT OT KERNEL FORMED..