North Vernon Quarry has $325 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1985–2000
Latest incident
Mar 2000
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
5
citations
0
significant & substantial
$325
proposed penalties
$325
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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: 216 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
North Vernon Quarry has $325 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$325
proposed penalties
$325
current assessed
$325
paid to date
$0
outstanding
5 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-02-27.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 20% of citations on record
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2008-05-05.
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: 2003-03-04, 23 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz1
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2003-03-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-23
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.15
1.16
0.99
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-07-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2002-07-23
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.13
10
0.11
Dry Screen Plant 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.
North Vernon Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2003.
Injury rate, 2003
ⓘ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 3.76 and the all-US-mining average was 4.43 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.97 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
2003 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2002 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
5.83
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
2013
0
2012
1
2011
2
2010
1
2009
1
2008
5
2007
6
2006
6
2005
5
2004
6
2003
14
2002
17
2001
15
2000
15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
North Vernon Quarry sits in Jennings County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Jennings County, Indiana · Population 27,584
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$68,476
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
2013 Q3
0
0
0
2013 Q2
0
0
0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
2012 Q4
0
0
0
2012 Q3
0
0
0
2012 Q2
0
0
0
2012 Q1
51
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
94
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2011 Q3
113
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
190
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
0
0
0
2010 Q4
20
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
32
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
0
0
0
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
215
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
10
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
0
0
0
2009 Q1
0
0
0
2008 Q4
1,720
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
3,122
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,387
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
2,697
1
0
370.8
2007 Q4
2,792
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
4,816
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
2,788
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
4,733
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
4,583
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
3,778
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
5,507
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
4,184
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
3,750
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
4,264
1
0
234.5
2005 Q2
2,854
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
3,459
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
1,566
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,443
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
5,892
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,873
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
6,252
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
3,857
1
0
259.3
2002 Q4
7,291
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
7,991
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
7,677
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
6,667
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
7,235
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
5,156
2
0
387.9
2001 Q2
8,070
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
8,123
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
8,161
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
9,434
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
8,103
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
8,629
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
9 on file
2000 · 1 incident
March 13, 2000IN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS USING ARAKE TO REMOVE BUILDUP FROM UNDER SWING JAW CHUTE. AS MATERIAL STARTED TO MOVE, A LARGE SIZE ROCK HIT EE ON LEFT HAND AND MASHED SMALL FINGER.
HE WAS GETTING 3NTO R-35 TRUCK TO BEGIN DAYS WORK. HE HAD WATER COOLER IN RT HAND HE WAS GOING UP LADDER WITH LEFT HAND ON THE HANDRAIL WHEN WATER COOLER SWUNG TO HIS REAR CAUSING HIS L EFT KNEE TO TWIST. 3
June 24, 1987IN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
I NAME WAS CLIMBING UP ONE OF THE PLANT SUPPORT POSTS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PLANT AND WAS PULLING HIMSELF INTO AN OPENING BY A CHAIN WHICH WAS ACROSS THE OPENING.THE CHAIN CAME LOOSE CAUSING I NAME TO FALL ABOUT 8\TO THE GROUND.
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