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Middlebury Plant 1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Barney C Beer
Middlebury, Elkhart County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202181

Middlebury Plant 1 has $8K 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
3
Years on record
2018–2023
Latest incident
Aug 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
67
citations
13
significant & substantial
$7,968
proposed penalties
$7,968
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
49
inspections on record
539
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: 539 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Middlebury Plant 1 has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-24.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 Q4 1,524 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,672 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,633 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,536 1 0 651.0
2024 Q4 1,685 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,608 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,952 5 2 2561.5
2024 Q1 1,541 5 2 3244.6
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,561 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,571 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,762 2 0 1135.1
2023 Q1 1,593 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,467 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,662 1 0 601.7
2022 Q2 1,707 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,722 2 1 1161.4
2021 Q4 1,591 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,489 2 0 1343.2
2021 Q2 1,312 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,420 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,830 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,806 2 1 1107.4
2020 Q2 1,765 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,477 2 0 1354.1
2019 Q4 1,626 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,747 1 0 572.4
2019 Q2 1,838 1 0 544.1
2019 Q1 1,284 1 0 778.8
2018 Q4 1,553 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,810 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,773 4 0 2256.1
2018 Q1 1,341 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,650 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,826 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,092 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,440 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,589 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,831 2 0 1092.3
2016 Q2 2,367 1 1 422.5
2016 Q1 1,255 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,763 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,920 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,865 2 1 1072.4
2015 Q1 1,059 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,709 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,826 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,831 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 901 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,624 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,605 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,151 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 613 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,032 1 0 969.0
2012 Q3 1,123 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,125 1 0 888.9
2012 Q1 538 1 0 1858.7
2011 Q4 1,033 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,152 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,051 5 1 4757.4
2011 Q1 576 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,031 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,146 1 0 872.6
2010 Q2 1,264 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 535 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,478 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,823 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,273 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 807 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,530 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,035 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,246 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,608 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,571 2 0 1273.1
2007 Q3 2,525 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,622 2 0 762.8
2007 Q1 2,298 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,151 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,594 1 0 385.5
2006 Q2 2,518 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,531 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,410 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,915 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,861 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,425 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,191 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,806 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,325 1 0 430.1
2004 Q1 2,099 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,311 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,792 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,066 5 1 1229.7
2003 Q1 2,377 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,752 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,139 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,803 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,185 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,250 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,841 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,522 2 0 567.9
2001 Q1 2,530 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,489 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,918 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,366 10 3 2970.9
2000 Q1 2,366 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2023 · 1 incident

August 21, 2023 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elkhart County Gravel, Inc. · Fall from machine

The loader operator was climbing up the ladder to start the day and EE's hands slipped off the railing and EE fell over back wards and landed on EE's back and head.

2019 · 1 incident

January 23, 2019 IN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Elkhart County Gravel, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Frozen rain from night before created icy conditions outside making everything extremely slippery. Miner was attempting to apply salt to walk ways and fell doing so.

2018 · 1 incident

January 30, 2018 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Elkhart County Gravel, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Miner was operating a skid steer loader. Operator was exiting machine too fast, lost grip and balanced and fell back in to seat. The operator was taken to a doctors office. The operator dislocated finger and bruised ribs. To prevent this injury in the future the operator was advised to exit the machine slower and more carefully. Operator can return to work Monday.

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