Milltown Rock Quarry has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 6 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
1990–2022
Latest incident
Jan 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
141
citations
35
significant & substantial
$22,859
proposed penalties
$21,960
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $899 gap.
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.
141 citations across 1,499 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Milltown Rock Quarry has $23K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 6 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.
$23K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
138 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $954 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-23.
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.
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.
8citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Settled
7 · 88%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 13%
43%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 7 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
46%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $954 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 2022-04-19.
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.
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: 2025-08-12
5%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
29
samples
20
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz21 over
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz13
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (29)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2002-05-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.47
0.46
1.02
Truck Driver
2025-08-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-08-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2025-08-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-08-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-02-28
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.52
10
0.05
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-02-28
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
5.8
10
0.58
Truck Driver
2023-02-28
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.92
10
0.09
Forklift Operator
2023-02-28
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.39
10
0.04
Bulldozer Operator
2023-02-28
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.88
10
0.09
Mechanic
2020-03-12
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
10
0.03
Truck Driver
2020-03-12
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.33
10
0.03
Laborer, Bullgang
2020-03-12
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-04-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.67
2.9
0.23
Laborer, Bullgang
2016-04-05
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Cleanup Man
2016-04-05
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.35
10
0.04
Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-09-26
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.88
10
0.09
Drill Operator, Rotary
2012-09-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-04-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2008-08-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-08-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2008-08-27
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-02-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.46
10
0.05
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-02-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-09-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-09-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-09-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Truck Driver
2002-05-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-07
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.55
10
0.06
Front-end Loader Operator
Area samples (mill and shop air)
Last sampled: 2021-03-23, 5 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Area sampled
2021-03-23
ANALYZED BULK DUST MASS
0
SF ACTIVE MINING
2021-03-23
QUARTZ (BULK DUST)
0
SF ACTIVE MINING
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.
Milltown Rock Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘThis rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.61 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year
total case rate
days-away
fatal
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
4.86
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
19
2025
18
2024
18
2023
18
2022
17
2021
46
2020
21
2019
19
2018
18
2017
19
2016
18
2015
19
2014
16
2013
16
2012
16
2011
17
2010
14
2009
14
2008
16
2007
15
2006
14
2005
14
2004
14
2003
14
2002
14
2001
14
2000
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Milltown Rock Quarry sits in Harrison County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Harrison County, Indiana · Population 39,785
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$72,468
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
12,043
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
11,053
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
10,738
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
10,441
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
10,156
1
0
98.5
2025 Q1
8,443
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
9,137
1
1
109.4
2024 Q3
8,910
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
9,496
1
0
105.3
2024 Q1
8,857
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
7,934
3
0
378.1
2023 Q3
9,365
2
0
213.6
2023 Q2
9,022
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
9,455
4
1
423.1
2022 Q4
9,214
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
11,329
3
0
264.8
2022 Q2
10,098
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
10,479
2
1
190.9
2021 Q4
10,701
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
11,104
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
11,481
4
1
348.4
2021 Q1
11,898
1
0
84.0
2020 Q4
11,913
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
12,215
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
10,964
2
1
182.4
2020 Q1
11,625
3
1
258.1
2019 Q4
10,507
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
11,407
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
11,397
4
4
351.0
2019 Q1
9,914
1
1
100.9
2018 Q4
8,525
3
1
351.9
2018 Q3
9,847
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
11,290
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
10,808
7
1
647.7
2017 Q4
10,280
4
1
389.1
2017 Q3
12,488
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
10,265
3
0
292.3
2017 Q1
9,724
2
1
205.7
2016 Q4
10,818
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
10,417
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
9,980
2
1
200.4
2016 Q1
9,592
3
1
312.8
2015 Q4
9,727
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
10,631
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
11,025
4
1
362.8
2015 Q1
10,010
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
9,737
6
0
616.2
2014 Q3
9,775
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
8,522
6
2
704.1
2014 Q1
7,989
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
8,738
3
0
343.3
2013 Q3
9,571
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
8,327
2
1
240.2
2013 Q1
9,301
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
9,902
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
9,232
4
1
433.3
2012 Q2
7,724
4
2
517.9
2012 Q1
8,751
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
9,735
4
0
410.9
2011 Q3
10,625
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
10,025
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
8,695
2
0
230.0
2010 Q4
8,001
4
0
499.9
2010 Q3
7,973
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
9,016
7
3
776.4
2010 Q1
6,804
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
4,967
3
2
604.0
2009 Q3
7,954
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
7,956
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
8,381
2
0
238.6
2008 Q4
8,664
1
0
115.4
2008 Q3
9,092
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
9,579
1
0
104.4
2008 Q1
8,213
2
0
243.5
2007 Q4
9,109
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
8,809
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
7,562
1
0
132.2
2007 Q1
7,588
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
7,531
1
0
132.8
2006 Q3
7,252
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
8,353
2
1
239.4
2006 Q1
8,836
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
8,424
2
0
237.4
2005 Q3
8,718
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
8,446
2
1
236.8
2005 Q1
7,723
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
8,104
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
8,419
2
0
237.6
2004 Q2
8,326
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
8,053
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
8,506
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
8,405
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
8,007
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
8,407
1
1
118.9
2002 Q4
8,721
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
8,583
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
8,719
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
8,716
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
8,442
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
8,518
1
0
117.4
2001 Q2
8,489
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
8,681
1
0
115.2
2000 Q4
8,698
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
7,725
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
7,580
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,027
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file
2022 · 1 incident
January 11, 2022IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
The employee is an end dump driver. He got out of his end dump to pick up a rock that had fallen off his truck onto the haul road. When he picked it up he felt a pull or twist in his foot.
June 15, 2009IN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Pit truck driver went to get out of the truck and his back felt stiff. The next morning he called in because he could not get out of bed. He went to the dr. and was told he had a pinched nerve in his lower back and would be off work the rest of the week.
1999 · 1 incident
December 28, 1999IN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS