Mining Incidents

Nikirk Limestone Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Julie Nikirk
Oolitic, Lawrence County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202440

Nikirk Limestone has $11K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2012
61
citations
16
significant & substantial
$11,297
proposed penalties
$11,297
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2012
25
inspections on record
401
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: 401 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Nikirk Limestone has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-09-18.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 3,795 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,014 3 0 747.4
2025 Q2 3,851 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,086 9 2 2202.6
2024 Q4 4,151 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,787 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,792 4 0 1054.9
2024 Q1 3,634 4 1 1100.7
Show 48 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,465 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,589 8 4 2229.0
2023 Q2 3,454 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,967 1 0 337.0
2022 Q4 2,958 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,010 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,678 1 0 373.4
2022 Q1 2,416 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,105 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,593 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,798 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 930 2 0 2150.5
2020 Q4 3,685 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,879 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,099 3 1 731.9
2020 Q1 2,881 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,165 3 1 720.3
2019 Q3 3,650 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,785 4 1 1436.3
2019 Q1 2,111 2 1 947.4
2018 Q4 3,300 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,514 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,973 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,398 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,174 5 1 1575.3
2017 Q3 2,444 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,747 4 2 1456.1
2017 Q1 928 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,572 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,072 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,817 2 1 710.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 3,340 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,815 1 0 355.2
2015 Q2 2,258 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 560 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,224 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,294 1 0 435.9
2014 Q2 2,304 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,461 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,476 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,798 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,857 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 824 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,444 3 1 1227.5
2012 Q3 2,829 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,584 1 0 631.3
2012 Q1 120 0 0 0.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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