Mining Incidents

Richmond Plant #2: 11 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by The Heritage Group
Richmond, Wayne County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202270

Richmond Plant #2 has $802 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
2
Years on record
2002–2003
Latest incident
Feb 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
11
citations
3
significant & substantial
$802
proposed penalties
$802
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
15
inspections on record
130
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: 130 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Richmond Plant #2 has $802 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.
$802
proposed penalties
$802
current assessed
$802
paid to date
$0
outstanding
11 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-07-19.
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.
27.3%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
27.3%
reasonably likely or greater
27.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.2% low, 81.8% moderate, 0.0% 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: 2002-07-09, 24 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2002-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.33 0.10 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 0.6 0.60 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.08 0.25 Supervisor, Co. Official
2002-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 0.8 0.66 Screen/Scalper Operator
2002-07-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.41 0.13 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. U. S. Aggregates, Inc. 2000 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2007 8
2006 8
2005 7
2004 7
2003 7
2002 6
2001 7
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Richmond Plant #2 sits in Wayne County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Wayne County, Indiana · Population 66,377
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,652
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
2007 Q4 3,464 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,991 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,635 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,957 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,813 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,994 1 0 200.2
2006 Q2 4,881 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,677 0 0 0.0
Show 24 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 3,684 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,407 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,369 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,425 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,916 3 1 766.1
2004 Q3 3,652 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,887 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,534 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,103 1 0 243.7
2003 Q3 4,462 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,522 2 1 567.9
2003 Q1 3,116 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,454 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,226 4 1 1239.9
2002 Q2 3,185 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,879 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,424 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,477 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,615 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,469 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 0 0 0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 1,287 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2003 · 1 incident

February 10, 2003 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
U. S. Aggregates, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS GETTING OFF LADDER WHEN HIS FEET GOT ON THE GROUND HE SLIPPED ON THE SNOW & ICE & FELL BACKWARDS INTO THE FUEL TANK STRIKING HIS HAND AND CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS HAND. EE RECEIVED STITCHES.

2002 · 1 incident

October 31, 2002 IN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
U. S. Aggregates, Inc. · Fall from ladders

EE WAS INSTALLING A LIGHT. EE WAS CLIMBING OF THE ELECTRIC TRAILER ONTO A LADDER. EE FELL OFF THE LADDER AND HIT HIS RIBS ON THE STAIWAY. EE WAS RESTRICTED AND RECEIVED A PRESCRIPTION.