Mining Incidents

New Point Stone Co - Napoleon Quarry: 26 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Napoleon, Ripley County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202437

New Point Stone Co - Napoleon Quarry 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
9
Years on record
2011–2025
Latest incident
Sep 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
26
citations
7
significant & substantial
$8,409
proposed penalties
$8,409
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
40
inspections on record
308
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: 308 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

New Point Stone Co - Napoleon Quarry 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
26 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-24.
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.
26.9%
significant & substantial
15.4%
high negligence or reckless
26.9%
reasonably likely or greater
34.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 3.8% none, 0.0% low, 80.8% moderate, 15.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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: 2025-09-24
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2025-09-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-04-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.75 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-07-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.4 1.19 0.34 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2015-09-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.26 0.11 Stone Polisher/Cutter
2012-11-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.76 0.11 Laborer, Bullgang
2012-11-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.45 1.31 0.34 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.
Ownership history
  1. Ohio Stone of Indiana, Inc 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 9
2025 9
2024 9
2023 8
2022 9
2021 8
2020 10
2019 8
2018 7
2017 8
2016 8
2015 8
2014 7
2013 5
2012 5
2011 5
2010 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

New Point Stone Co - 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
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2026 Q2 4,503 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,573 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,115 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,953 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,052 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,416 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,546 1 0 282.0
2024 Q3 3,651 0 0 0.0
Show 56 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,717 2 0 424.0
2024 Q1 5,090 1 0 196.5
2023 Q4 4,010 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,115 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,002 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,176 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,335 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,039 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,532 2 1 441.3
2022 Q1 3,355 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 3,506 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,747 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,242 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,160 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,657 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 6,351 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,696 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,037 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,773 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,438 2 0 450.7
2019 Q2 4,332 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,258 5 0 2214.3
2018 Q4 3,050 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,934 1 1 202.7
2018 Q2 5,191 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,715 1 1 368.3
2017 Q4 3,548 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,951 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 6,254 3 2 479.7
2017 Q1 2,969 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 4,167 1 1 240.0
2016 Q3 4,930 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,254 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,348 1 0 425.9
2015 Q4 3,653 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,060 1 1 246.3
2015 Q2 4,904 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,934 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,359 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,333 1 0 230.8
2014 Q2 3,557 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 643 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,159 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,165 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,826 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,780 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,285 1 0 437.6
2012 Q3 3,010 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,940 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,922 1 0 520.3
2011 Q4 2,412 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,952 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,734 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,461 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,330 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,270 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

September 16, 2025 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Ohio Stone of Indiana, Inc · Struck by falling object

Miner was processing a slab of stone on the hydraulic splitter when EE rolled the stone back a piece fell off and hit EE's steel toed boot on top and bruised the top of EE's foot.

September 8, 2025 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Ohio Stone of Indiana, Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee twisted with a piece of landscape stone / flatrock in hand hurting EE's lower back

2021 · 1 incident

June 25, 2021 IN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec POWERED HAULAGE
Ohio Stone of Indiana, Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee had a piece of stone on the forks of a skid steer getting ready to load the stone splitter table when EE lost control of the machine and stone came off making skid steer rock back and forth severely and allowing employee to hit the lap bar / hold down bar with EE's chest fracturing a rib

2020 · 1 incident

August 31, 2020 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Ohio Stone of Indiana, Inc · Struck by flying object

It was a dry warm day and Employee was running a hydraulic stone splitter making Dimension type stone for Landscape type rock (Flatrock). When splitter came down to split stone a small piece hit Employee in right cheek causing Employee to fall backward and hit the back of Employee's head on a pallet causing cut to the back of head as well.

2019 · 1 incident

June 11, 2019 IN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
Ohio Stone of Indiana, Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While holding a piece of stone on our Hydraulic stone splitter to be snapped / split into dimension stone. When stone was snapped it jarred EE's Right hand / wrist. Thinking EE's wrist was only sprained EE continued to work the rest of the day. Later that evening while at home EE's wrist continued to hurt and EE went to the hospital and Dr's determined it was broken.

2017 · 1 incident

March 1, 2017 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Ohio Stone of Indiana, Inc · Struck by falling object

While feed table was being loaded with flat rock the skid steer operator pushed the table of stone / flat rock forward and a piece of stone fell off causing it to hit victim on the left foot / ankle. Employees are taught to stay away from table while being loaded.

2015 · 1 incident

August 3, 2015 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ohio Stone of Indiana, Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee / Crew member decided to load a piece of stone on a 3ft splitter table by hand instead of waiting on a machine (skid steer) to load table, resulting in a pulled muscle in his lower back.

2013 · 1 incident

February 18, 2013 IN · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Ohio Stone of Indiana, Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While pushing flat rock / landscape stone to the 3 ft splitter to dimensionalize stone, employee felt pain & discomfort in left shoulder. He worked till lunch at 11:00 am and then decided to go to Dr. due to discomfort / pain in that shoulder. Conditions in that area were dry, partly cloudy and 30 degrees.

2011 · 1 incident

September 15, 2011 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Ohio Stone of Indiana, Inc · Struck against stationary object

While employee was running to the restroom, he tripped/slipped on a rock and twisted left ankle causing a sprain to left ankle.