Mining Incidents

Metamora Pit: 37 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Kenneth T Wanstrath
Metamora, Franklin County, IN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1202049

Metamora Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 2007
37
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,846
proposed penalties
$4,668
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $178 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
26
inspections on record
230
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: 230 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Metamora Pit has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
37 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-25.
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.
24.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
24.3%
reasonably likely or greater
32.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.8% low, 89.2% 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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 100%
80%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
41%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $1K 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 2022-08-03.
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 2022-0069 Settlement Manning 2022 $863 → $848
LAKE 2012-168M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $363 → $200
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: 2021-09-29, 4 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Hydrating 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. Harrison Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 2
2024 2
2023 2
2022 2
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 1
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 0
2007 1
2006 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Metamora Pit sits in Franklin County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Franklin County, Indiana · Population 22,929
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$79,702
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 956 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 920 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 814 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,057 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,004 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 448 1 0 2232.1
2024 Q4 946 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,143 0 0 0.0
Show 72 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 999 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 304 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 706 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,096 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 783 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 224 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 529 3 1 5671.1
2022 Q3 1,114 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,004 2 0 1992.0
2022 Q1 480 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 972 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,230 6 4 4878.0
2021 Q2 1,029 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 483 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 720 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,195 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,112 4 0 3597.1
2020 Q1 224 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,166 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,151 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,285 1 0 778.2
2019 Q1 296 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 693 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,102 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,146 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 184 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 946 1 0 1057.1
2017 Q3 1,086 4 1 3683.2
2017 Q2 1,004 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 192 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 615 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 974 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,264 2 1 1582.3
2016 Q1 353 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,071 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,205 3 0 2489.6
2015 Q2 1,033 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 644 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,165 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,063 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,041 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 488 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,080 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,143 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,164 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 516 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 126 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 0 0
2012 Q2 16 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 163 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 523 5 1 9560.2
2011 Q2 492 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 48 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 256 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 117 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 48 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 240 4 1 16666.7
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 420 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,193 1 0 838.2
2007 Q2 399 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 527 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 337 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.