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.
258 citations across 1,281 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Napoleon Quarry has $136K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 8 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.
$136K
proposed penalties
$84K
current assessed
$84K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
258 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $290K in penalties contested before the Commission, $53K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-15.
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.
15citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Settled
13 · 87%
Vacated or withdrawn
2 · 13%
7%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 14 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
79%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$83K proposed, $17K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2023-11-20.
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: 2025-09-25
25%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
29
samples
20
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz163 over
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz42 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (29)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2022-08-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
2.54
1.43
1.78
Truck Driver
2005-06-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.75
1.69
1.04
Truck Driver
2005-06-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
3.2
1.43
2.24
Truck Driver
2002-07-16
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
19.07
10
1.91
Truck Driver
2002-07-16
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
14.29
10
1.43
Truck Driver
2025-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-25
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.23
1.37
0.17
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-11-02
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
Truck Driver
2022-11-02
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
Truck Driver
2022-08-17
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2022-08-17
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-04-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.6
2.15
0.28
Truck Loader
2015-04-01
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.62
1.75
0.35
Truck Loader
2011-04-06
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.71
1.72
0.41
Truck Driver
2011-04-06
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Laborer, Bullgang
2007-01-31
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
10
0.03
Truck Loader
2007-01-31
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.28
1.56
0.82
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-09-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.46
1.32
0.35
Truck Driver
2005-09-13
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.53
1.29
0.41
Truck Driver
2005-06-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.17
0.89
0.19
Truck Driver
2003-02-04
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.39
10
0.24
Truck Driver
2003-02-04
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
8.02
10
0.80
Truck Driver
2002-07-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.27
1.86
0.68
Truck Driver
2002-07-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.52
0.92
0.57
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.9
1.48
0.61
Laborer, Bullgang
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.
Napoleon 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 *
8.82
8.82
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
8.77
8.77
0.000
2021 *
8.42
8.42
0.000
2020 *
15.28
7.64
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
8.73
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
11
2025
11
2024
11
2023
11
2022
11
2021
11
2020
13
2019
12
2018
11
2017
12
2016
9
2015
10
2014
9
2013
10
2012
12
2011
10
2010
12
2009
11
2008
12
2007
13
2006
12
2005
12
2004
12
2003
12
2002
12
2001
13
2000
14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Napoleon Quarry sits in Ripley County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Ripley County, Indiana · Population 29,039
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$71,084
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
A rock wedged in feeder, employee was using a sledge hammer to break the rock. The hammerhead came off handle mid swing and their right hand ring finger slammed down and hit the rock and steel causing fracture to finger.
2022 · 1 incident
February 2, 2022IN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee stepped out of stockpile truck. Employee thought they stepped on rock and lost their balance. Employee fell on left arm to break fall. Then felt short of breath. Went to hospital ER to get checked.
2018 · 1 incident
June 5, 2018IN · Metal/Non-Metalcrusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/workerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was holding slug wrench while tightening crusher bolts. Another employee hit wrench. IE lost control of IE's grip on wrench and smashed left hand between wrench and crusher.
2017 · 2 incidents
December 27, 2017IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was using left hand to hold plow bolt head while turning nut with impact wrench. Bolt spun in left hand causing deep cut requiring 19 stitches.
2012 · 1 incident
January 5, 2012IN · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manMACHINERY
Employee reached gloved hand around fan motor shroud when he was replacing hood prop.Fan blade cut tip of rt index finger. He was taken to ER where finger was stitched.
2010 · 1 incident
December 10, 2010IN · Metal/Non-Metalblaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkeyHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was helping load shot. Carrying buckets of stone to use as stemming. He felt pull to groin area. Thought he was going to be Ok but could not get out of bed next morning.
2009 · 2 incidents
May 20, 2009IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
While running Hydraulic stone splitter, when blade of hydraulic stone splitter was engaged (depressed) the stone sprung back and smashed left pinky finger on left hand and smashed nail, resulting in removal of finger nail with 5 stitches.
February 17, 2009IN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Miner went to turn flat rock on conveyor and got Right Hand (glove only) wedged under rock, when miner went to pull hand free, he bruised/ strained wrist bone on that hand. Conditions were dry that day.
2006 · 1 incident
September 25, 2006IN · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS CLIMBING UP STEPS TO 980C LOADER. HE WAS CARRYING GREASE GUN AND 3 TUBES OF GREASE. ON 2ND STEP UP HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL BACK LANDING ON HIS DERRIERE. THE NEXT DAY HE HAD OCCATIO NAL BACK PAIN AND THE 2ND DAY (SAT) HE WAS UNABLE TO WALK COMFORTABLY.
1997 · 1 incident
August 11, 1997IN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMP WAS CRIMPING TERMINAL ON BATTERY CABLE USING A CRIMPING TOOL. A PIECE OF METAL CAME OFF HEAD OF CRIMPING TOOL WHEN IT WAS HIT BY HAMMER. METAL PIECE EMBEDDED INTO EMPS FINGER. EMP WAS USIN G THE TOOL PROPERLY. DR REMOVED PIECE OF METAL. WOUND REQUIRED TWO STITCHES.
1991 · 1 incident
October 3, 1991IN · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING CAT 641 SCRAPER DOWN AN INCLINE ROAD. HE LOOKED BACKWARD TO LOOK AT THE REAR OF SCRAPER (WHICH HE HAD RUN OFF THE LEFT OF THE ROAD). WHILE LOOKING BACK HE RAN THE FRONT OF F THE ROAD.
1988 · 1 incident
May 6, 1988IN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS MANEUVERING A CHUTE INSIDE OF A BIN INTO POSITION TO INSTALL BOLTS HE STEPPED ONTO A PLANK AND THE BOARD SLIPPED HE FELL APPROX. 15 FT INTO THE BIN AND LANDED ON A PILE OF 1 INCH HE HAS 1 CHIPPED VERTEBRA AND 1 CRACKED VERTEBRA.
1987 · 2 incidents
September 9, 1987IN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
ANOTHER EMPLOYE9 DROVE SERVICE TRUCK I NAME WAS RIDING IN AND PARKED IT IN A MUD PUDDLE. HE NOT WANTING TO GET HIS FEET WET, CLIMBED FROM THE BED ONTO THE TRUCK HOOD. HE WALKED ACROSS THE TRUC K HOOD AND WHEN3DISMOUNTING, TRIPPED ON THE ANTENNA, LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL ON HIS RIGHT ELBOW.
July 21, 1987IN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CH5NGING A 10:00X22 TRUCK TIRE.THE RIM FELL ON HIS TOE.HE WAS NOT WEARING REQUIRED HARD-TOED SHOES AT THE TIME.THE RIM FRACTURED HIS BIG TOE ON THE LEFT FOOT.
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