Indiana Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE BACKED INTO ANOTHER EMPLOYEE SWINGING A HAMMER AND THE HAMMER HIT HIM ON THE RIGHT ELBOW.
National Quarry: 10 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Indiana Limestone Company Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Resilience Capital Partners
Monroe County,
IN
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201336
MSHA record for National Quarry (mine ID 1201336). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 10
- Years on record
- 1983–1990
- Latest incident
- Jul 1990
Ownership history
- Indiana Limestone Company Inc 1950 to 1986
- Indiana Limestone Company Inc 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
National Quarry sits in Monroe County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Monroe County, Indiana · Population 139,822
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$63,372
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
10 on file1990 · 3 incidents
Indiana Limestone Company Inc · Struck by flying object
TIRE BLEW OUT ON CHERRY PICKER THROWING ROCK & HITTING EMPL ON RIGHT ELBOW.
Indiana Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE GOT HIS RIGHT FOOT TNAGLED UP IN A RROPE THAT IS ATTACHED TO AN AIR BAG CAUSING HIM TOTWIST HIS RIGHT ANKLE.
1989 · 1 incident
September 29, 1989
IN · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Indiana Limestone Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPL WAS THROWING BLOCKING TIMBER OFF SEMITRAILER & ONE FELL ON RIGHT FOOT BREAKING IT. TIMBER WAS 4'X10"X10".
1988 · 2 incidents
Indiana Limestone Company Inc · Struck by flying object
EMPL HOLDING ONTO AIR BAG.AIR BAG FLEW OUT,JERKING HIM OFF CUT RESULTING IN BOTH ANKLES BROKEN.
Indiana Limestone Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING CUT WITH AIR ABG.THERE WAS ICE ON CUT.AIR BAG SLID AND WENT STRIGHT IN COMING DOWN ON EMPLOYEE'S CHECT.
1986 · 1 incident
Indiana Limestone Company Inc · Struck by falling object
EMPLOYEE STATES3THAT WHILE PERFORMING REGULAR DUTIES AS A DERRICK HELPER A ROCK TIPPED OVER FELL ON EMPLOYEES RIGHT HAND
1984 · 2 incidents
Indiana Limestone Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE CARRYING A BUCKET OF SAND TO THE WIRE SAWS HE STOOPED DOWN AND WALKED UNDER THE WIRE SAW STRANDS AND PULLED MUSCLES IN HIS BACK.
April 12, 1984
IN · Metal/Non-Metal
crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Indiana Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE STATES THAT WHILE HELPING PLACE DOG INTO BLOCK TO MOVE SAME, AS THE CHAIN AND DOG WAS BEING TIGHTENED HIS RIGHT HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN DOG AND BLOCK.
1983 · 1 incident
Indiana Limestone Company Inc · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects
EMP STATES THAT WHILE CLEANING ICE OFF OF WIRE SAW STAND HE CAUGHT HIS GLOVE BETWEEN SHEAVE AND WIRE CABLE AS IT WAS RUNNING WIRE PULLED HAND INTO AND AROUND SHEAVE SEVERING TIP OF INDEX FING FINGER