Mining Incidents

Quality Magnetite LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Quality Magnetite LLC · Facility
Controlled by QMAG Investors LP
Mt Vernon, Posey County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202459

Quality Magnetite LLC has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $369 outstanding across 1 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 2013
23
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,004
proposed penalties
$2,635
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $369 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
37
inspections on record
432
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: 432 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Quality Magnetite LLC has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $369 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$369
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-08.
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 1,015 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,020 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,450 2 0 1379.3
2025 Q1 1,184 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,027 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,061 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,067 0 0 0.0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,008 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 980 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,043 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,137 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,099 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,046 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,047 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 956 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 977 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 912 1 0 1096.5
2021 Q2 1,239 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,492 2 0 1340.5
2020 Q4 1,245 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,244 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,034 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,347 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 853 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,329 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,480 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,609 3 1 1864.5
2018 Q4 2,094 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,217 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,836 1 0 544.7
2018 Q1 1,674 1 0 597.4
2017 Q3 1,881 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,409 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,459 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,839 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,678 2 1 1191.9
2016 Q2 1,379 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,364 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,935 4 1 2067.2
2015 Q3 1,680 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,874 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,961 1 0 509.9
2014 Q4 1,784 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,954 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,017 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,002 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,866 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,393 2 1 835.8
2013 Q2 2,561 1 0 390.5
2013 Q1 181 2 0 11049.7

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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