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Salem Quarry: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Salem, Washington County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1200046

Salem Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
15
Years on record
1984–2013
Latest incident
Feb 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
21
citations
1
significant & substantial
$1,745
proposed penalties
$1,737
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $8 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Hanson Aggregates Midwest, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
28
inspections on record
383
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: 383 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Salem Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $670 in penalties contested before the Commission, $662 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-02.
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.
4.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
4.8%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 33.3% low, 66.7% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 29% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 100%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
1%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$670 proposed, $662 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 2013-01-10.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
LAKE 2013-141M Settlement Rae 2013 $262 → $262
LAKE 2013-201M Settlement Rae 2013 $208 → $200
LAKE 2012-287M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $100 → $100
LAKE 2013-235M Settlement Rae 2013 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2012-10-03, 13 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
14
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (14)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-10-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.33 0.17 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-10-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.54 2.03 0.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-17 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.39 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.67 1.34 0.50 Truck Driver
2007-03-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 1.42 0.20 Truck Driver
2004-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 2.45 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.4 0.17 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-10-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 1.49 0.32 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-15 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.57 10 0.16 Truck Driver
2003-10-15 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 5.63 10 0.56 Cleanup Man
2003-10-15 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.27 10 0.23 Truck Driver
2001-04-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2001-04-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-04-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 2.06 0.27 Truck Driver
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.

Salem Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.

Injury rate, 2012
ⓘ 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 2.48 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.14 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
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 6.52 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. Hoosier Stone & Concrete Corp 1950 to 1986
  2. Kentucky Stone Company 1986 to 1988
  3. Hanson Aggregates Midwest, LLC 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 1
2013 4
2012 11
2011 7
2010 11
2009 9
2008 9
2007 10
2006 11
2005 13
2004 14
2003 12
2002 12
2001 13
2000 12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Salem Quarry sits in Washington County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Washington County, Indiana · Population 28,167
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$61,358
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
2014 Q1 14 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,055 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,213 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,481 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,372 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 5,191 3 0 577.9
2012 Q3 6,935 3 1 432.6
2012 Q2 5,519 0 0 0.0
Show 49 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q1 5,850 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,301 2 0 465.0
2011 Q3 3,080 1 0 324.7
2011 Q2 2,227 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,090 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,259 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 4,140 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,107 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,767 2 0 419.6
2009 Q4 4,411 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,995 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,279 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,560 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,695 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,350 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,087 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,815 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,712 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,544 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,854 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,493 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,425 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,623 1 0 151.0
2006 Q2 4,674 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,837 1 0 171.3
2005 Q4 6,630 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,338 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 8,748 1 0 114.3
2005 Q1 7,971 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 10,998 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,788 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 8,619 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 8,397 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 8,241 2 0 242.7
2003 Q3 9,309 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 8,007 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,095 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 8,079 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 8,251 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 7,737 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,646 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 7,407 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 8,722 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 7,862 4 0 508.8
2001 Q1 7,104 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 7,222 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,702 1 0 129.8
2000 Q2 7,086 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,518 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

15 on file

2013 · 1 incident

February 13, 2013 IN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates Midwest, LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was changing the bolts and turning the left cutting edge of the bucket of the CAT 970F front-end loader. While doing so, the employee picked up an old, worn bolt that had been removed and the razor-like edge of the bolt cut employee's right middle finger.

2005 · 1 incident

September 1, 2005 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hanson Aggregates Midwest, LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee reported that the steering wheel on his haul truck "jumped" causing him to strike his right elbow.

1996 · 2 incidents

June 27, 1996 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates Midwest, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS CUTTING BELTING MATERIAL WHEN KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING JUST ABOVE RIGHT KNEE.

January 22, 1996 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates Midwest, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING OLD GASKET FROM MANIFOLD, WHEN SCRAPING DEVICE (PUTTY KNIFE) SLIPPED, CUTTIG LEFT THUMB.

1994 · 1 incident

October 25, 1994 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Aggregates Midwest, LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REPLACING DUST COVER ON FRONT OF LOADER, EMPLOYEE LOST FOOTING, FELL TWO FEET, STRIKING RIGHT WRIST AND BACK AGAINST BUCKET ARM CAUSING BRUISE AND STRAIN.

1993 · 1 incident

1992 · 1 incident

September 10, 1992 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates Midwest, LLC · Struck by flying object

EE WAS DRIVING A PIN BACK IN A TOOTH ON THE LOADER BUCKET AND A PIECE OF STEEL FLEW OFF THE PIN GOING INTO HIS LEFT ARM.

1991 · 1 incident

March 14, 1991 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Hanson Aggregates Midwest, LLC · Struck against stationary object

EE WAS STEPPING OFF BAKC OF WELDING TRUCK WHEN HE STEPPED ON A ROCK CAUSING HIS ANKLE ON HIS RIGHT FOOT TO SPRING.

1990 · 2 incidents

November 17, 1990 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Aggregates Midwest, LLC · Struck by falling object

BEFORE FEEDER WAS ENERGIZED HOPPER WAS BEING CLEANED WITH A PICK A ROCK APPROX 200LBS FELL UPON THE SIDE OF I NAME LEG CAUSING LEG TO BECOME BRUISED &* SKINNED

May 7, 1990 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hanson Aggregates Midwest, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS WELDING TWO PIECES OF METAL CHIP OF SLAG IMBEDDED IN LEFT EYE

1988 · 2 incidents

October 25, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky Stone Company · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME WAS UNSTOPPING #1 CONE CRUSHER AFTER COMPLETING THE JOB HE STEPPED DOWN AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON PLATFORM BRUISING KNEE LEG AND ANKLE X-RAYS WERE TAKEN

August 6, 1988 IN · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS REPLACING THE BUCKET ON A 275 B MICH. LOADER. TRYING TO ALIGN PENS, HE WAS USING A PRY BAR. THE PRY BAR SLIPPED AND SLAPPED THE TOP OF HIS FOOT.

1987 · 1 incident

October 12, 1987 IN · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER I.NAME PU7 SHOT OFF ROCKS HAD FALLEN IN ROADWAY HE STOPPED TO REMOVE ROCKS AND STRAINED HIS BACK.

1984 · 2 incidents

May 25, 1984 IN · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Hoosier Stone & Concrete Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRILL STEEL BROKE OFF-WHILE REMOVING STEEL-COUPLER SHATTERED-SMALL PCS OF STEEL WENT INTO ARM & CHEST.