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: 709 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Montezuma Plant has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
92 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-05.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 67%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 33%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
55%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$549 proposed, $248 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2022-04-24.
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: 2026-06-30
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-06-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-03-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-03-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-26
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2016-04-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
1.12
0.17
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-02-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-02-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Mucking Mach. Operator
2006-06-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-06-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-06-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dragline Operator
2002-04-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
6
2025
4
2024
4
2023
5
2022
4
2021
3
2020
4
2019
5
2018
4
2017
3
2016
4
2015
3
2014
4
2013
3
2012
3
2011
5
2010
4
2009
6
2008
5
2007
4
2006
5
2005
4
2004
4
2003
4
2002
6
2001
4
2000
4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Montezuma Plant sits in Parke County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Parke County, Indiana · Population 16,346
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$66,776
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
2,204
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
3,360
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
2,376
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,553
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
2,430
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
1,838
2
1
1088.1
2024 Q4
2,525
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
2,396
3
0
1252.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
2,268
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
1,808
3
0
1659.3
2023 Q4
2,381
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
2,525
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
2,103
2
0
951.0
2023 Q1
1,530
2
1
1307.2
2022 Q4
1,319
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
1,246
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
1,924
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
1,814
1
0
551.3
2021 Q4
1,675
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
1,469
1
0
680.7
2021 Q2
787
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
226
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
1,621
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
1,840
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,998
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
2,369
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
3,584
6
1
1674.1
2019 Q3
3,311
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
2,755
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
2,084
1
0
479.8
2018 Q4
1,847
3
1
1624.3
2018 Q3
1,975
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
1,592
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
689
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
1,450
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
1,456
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
1,393
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
1,036
1
0
965.3
2016 Q4
1,524
1
0
656.2
2016 Q3
1,764
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
1,289
3
0
2327.4
2016 Q1
1,291
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
1,704
2
1
1173.7
2015 Q3
1,868
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,536
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
1,051
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,054
1
0
486.9
2014 Q3
2,057
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
1,991
2
0
1004.5
2014 Q1
1,114
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
2,114
2
2
946.1
2013 Q3
1,690
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
1,618
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,106
1
0
904.2
2012 Q4
1,583
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
1,589
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
1,722
2
0
1161.4
2012 Q1
2,395
4
0
1670.1
2011 Q4
1,927
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
2,446
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
2,296
2
2
871.1
2011 Q1
1,791
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
1,667
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
2,244
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
1,875
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
1,699
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
2,484
5
1
2012.9
2009 Q3
3,420
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
2,598
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
1,991
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
2,019
3
0
1485.9
2008 Q3
2,461
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
2,133
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
2,601
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
1,879
3
1
1596.6
2007 Q3
1,815
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
2,439
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
2,386
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
2,556
3
1
1173.7
2006 Q3
3,124
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
2,482
3
1
1208.7
2006 Q1
2,566
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
2,510
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
2,426
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
2,151
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
1,655
1
0
604.2
2004 Q4
2,885
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,912
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,081
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,330
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
1,758
6
1
3413.0
2003 Q3
1,499
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
2,558
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
2,240
2
1
892.9
2002 Q4
2,572
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
4,357
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
4,085
3
2
734.4
2002 Q1
2,036
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
2,322
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
2,498
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
1,995
1
0
501.3
2001 Q1
1,601
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
891
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
1,644
9
1
5474.5
2000 Q2
2,159
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
1,500
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
2013 · 2 incidents
December 9, 2013IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
S & G Excavating Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Injured employee was assisting the superintendent adjust the lagging on the pea gravel belt. The guard that had been removed to make the adjustments slid down and pinched the employee's hand where he had hold of a piece of bracing. (Pinched palm surface).
May 16, 2013IN · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was removing rocks that had become wedged on the feeder, plate when the removal of one, rock allowed another to roll onto his finger and pinching his right middle finger. Fracture & nail bed evulsions.
Accident did not become recordable until 7/21/08. EE was ascending the ladder to the pug mill (used as a feeder to the USI crusher), when he missed a rung, causing him to fall to the ground on his feet.
2007 · 1 incident
June 8, 2007IN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS LOOSENING A PIPE WITH A PIPE WRENCH WHEN HE FELT A POP IN HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. HE DIDN'T THINK HE WAS REALLY HURT SO DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT TO THE OFFICE. HE SAID IT WORSENED TIL HE WENT TO THE DR. WHO TOLD HIM HE HAD DAMAGED HIS ROTATOR CUFF. HE REPORTED THE ACCIDENT ON 12-12-01.
1998 · 1 incident
July 27, 1998IN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSTRIKING OR BUMPING
EE WAS BENEATH THE SAND FLUME PIPE (CHECKING FOR LEAKS) WHEN HE RAISED UP AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON. THE EE HAD REMOVED HIS HARD HAT WHILE BENDING DOWN AND HAD NOT REPLACED IT WHEN HE STOOD UP. (WAS STILL IN HIS HAND.)