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: 136 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
PLANT #5 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
35 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $517 in penalties contested before the Commission, $517 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-10-22.
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.
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: 2002-06-05, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
3
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
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Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2002-06-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.18
0.81
0.22
Truck Driver
2002-06-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader 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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2005
0
2004
6
2003
8
2002
6
2001
7
2000
9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
PLANT #5 sits in St. Joseph County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
St. Joseph County, Indiana · Population 272,574
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,885
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
2005 Q1
0
0
0
2004 Q4
632
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
4,161
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
3,983
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
1,534
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
3,314
5
2
1508.8
2003 Q3
3,859
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
3,976
14
1
3521.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2003 Q1
848
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
2,055
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
4,058
2
0
492.9
2002 Q2
4,088
7
1
1712.3
2002 Q1
1,480
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
3,333
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
4,447
7
2
1574.1
2001 Q2
3,534
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
156
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
4,484
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
4,563
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
5,275
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,134
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
5 on file
1996 · 2 incidents
October 22, 1996IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
ALLEGES THAT ON 10-22-96 SOMETHING POPPED IN HIS R-SHOULDER WHILE SWINGING A SLEDGE HAMMER. THE INDICDENT WAS REPORTED INFORMALLY FOLLOWING OCCURRENCE. ON 12-10-96 EMPKLOYEE BEGAN TO MISS W ORK. ON 12-16-96 THE COMPANY LEARNED THAT HIS DAYS AWAY FORM WORK WERE ATTRIBUTABLE TOTHE OCTOBER INCIDENT.
September 18, 1996IN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A BREAKER PLATE FROM THE WORK PLATFORM WHEN HE EXPERIENCED A SHARP PININ HIS RIGHT ARM. EE WAS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS REFERRED TO AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON FOR PO SSIBLE TORN BICEP MUSCLE.
EMPL WAS SITTING IN CHAIR IN SUPERINTENDENT'F OFFICE WHEN HE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS & COLLAPSED ONTO FLOOR. AMBULANCE WAS SUMMONED & HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL. EMPL HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS HAVI NG SOME FORM OF HEART DISEASE. HE DID NOT STOP BREATHING & IT WAS NOT NECESSARY TO PERFORM CPR. EMPL IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING TREATMENT.
1987 · 1 incident
July 13, 1987IN · Metal/Non-Metalcrane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, riggerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS RE4OVING BUCKET FROM 7500 LOADER WHEN AFTER REMOVING THE PIN THE BUCKET LINK SWUNG DOWN CATCHING HIS RIGHT THUMB BETWEEN LINK AND FRAME RESULTING IN A LACERATION.
VANDALS HAD DAMAGED THE PRIMARY CRUSHER DRIVE ELECTRIC MOTOR AND IT WAS BEING REMOVED FOR REPAIR. THE INJURED WAS GOING BACK TO HIS PICKUP TRUCK TO GET A WRENCH WHEN HIS FEET SLIPPED ON THE WE T CONVEYOR BELT CAUSING HIM TO FALL APPORX. 4\ TO CONCRETE.
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