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SO. MILFORD PIT: 48 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by William Gene Clifford
Wolcottville, Lagrange County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202115

SO. MILFORD PIT has $5K 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
7
Years on record
1997–2023
Latest incident
Jan 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
48
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,954
proposed penalties
$4,954
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Clifford Aggregate Incorporated's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
54
inspections on record
673
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: 673 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

SO. MILFORD PIT has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-22.
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.
20.8%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
22.9%
reasonably likely or greater
43.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 35.4% low, 64.6% 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: 2023-09-27
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg8
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-09-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2015-04-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-04-21 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.36 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-08-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2012-08-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2001-08-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 0.91 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-08-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 0.83 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2001-04-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 0.53 0.74 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.
Ownership history
  1. Irving Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1991 to 2022
  2. Clifford Aggregate Incorporated 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 5
2024 7
2023 9
2022 6
2021 6
2020 6
2019 5
2018 6
2017 6
2016 5
2015 5
2014 6
2013 6
2012 7
2011 5
2010 5
2009 5
2008 5
2007 5
2006 5
2005 4
2004 5
2003 5
2002 3
2001 4
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SO. MILFORD PIT sits in LaGrange 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.
LaGrange County, Indiana · Population 40,596
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$83,741
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
2026 Q2 2,457 1 1 407.0
2026 Q1 1,608 1 0 621.9
2025 Q4 2,626 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,713 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,972 2 0 672.9
2025 Q1 2,475 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,391 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,373 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,985 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,272 1 0 305.6
2023 Q4 3,697 2 1 541.0
2023 Q3 3,152 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,650 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,991 1 0 334.3
2022 Q4 2,601 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,575 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,194 4 2 1823.2
2022 Q1 1,431 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,110 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,686 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,092 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,357 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,412 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,366 2 0 845.3
2020 Q2 1,953 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,235 1 0 809.7
2019 Q4 1,889 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,852 1 0 540.0
2019 Q2 2,015 2 0 992.6
2019 Q1 1,221 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,013 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,779 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,490 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 863 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,107 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,965 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,280 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,103 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,901 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,832 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,715 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,431 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,152 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,237 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,249 1 1 800.6
2015 Q1 1,095 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,356 2 1 1474.9
2014 Q3 1,706 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,129 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,208 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,721 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,629 1 0 613.9
2013 Q2 1,183 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,076 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,979 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,954 2 0 1023.5
2012 Q2 1,715 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,563 1 0 639.8
2011 Q4 1,644 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,174 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 890 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,354 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,648 1 0 606.8
2010 Q3 1,710 1 0 584.8
2010 Q2 1,507 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,841 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,674 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,051 2 0 975.1
2009 Q2 2,464 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,039 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,548 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,813 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,684 1 0 372.6
2008 Q1 2,205 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,091 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,055 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,746 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,443 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,828 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,545 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,747 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,771 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,042 3 0 1469.1
2005 Q3 2,872 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,682 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,135 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,496 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,621 1 0 276.2
2004 Q2 3,691 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,645 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,001 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,194 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,167 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,347 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,695 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,023 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,935 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,953 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,180 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,633 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,701 12 3 3242.4
2001 Q1 2,630 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,732 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,315 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,732 2 1 1154.7
2000 Q1 4,065 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2023 · 1 incident

January 17, 2023 IN · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Clifford Aggregate Incorporated · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING STRING A NEW BELT ON THE SREENING CONVEYOR. EE HAD LEFT HAND ON THE RAIL OF THE CONVEYOR. THE CHAIN THEY WERE USING FLIFFED OFF THE 4X4 BAR AND HIT EE'S HAND. EE RECEIVED A BROKEN INDEX FINGER ON LEFT HAND FROM THE CHAIN AND 4X4 WOOD BLOCK. EE WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM HOSP.

2015 · 1 incident

June 29, 2015 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Irving Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was getting into his loader and missed the last step and fell. He hit his chin on the upper step and cut his left hand on the door latch

2014 · 2 incidents

October 17, 2014 IN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Irving Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

On 10/7/14 I was contacted by ee and was advised that he had been doing mechanical repairs around the wash plant and felt pains in his left shoulder. EE refused medical attention at this time. On 10/20/14 ee contacted me and stated that he had set up dr apt for 10/20/14. On 10/21/14 and stated, that he needed to have shoulder surgery and it was scheduled for 10/29/14.

February 14, 2014 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Irving Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Reported to Irvings on 02-14-14 no medical action taken, On 4-24-14 MRI requested showed Rotator Cuff Sprain, No lost time Working, Pain Level higher Talked with Medical on 5-21-14 Requested time off. Surg on shoulder off work on 6-3-14 will be off app. 3 Months. Slipped on ice exit a loader

2013 · 1 incident

December 13, 2013 IN · Metal/Non-Metal draftsman, surveyor/transit work supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Irving Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was helping put a new starter in a loader. Stated that he was pulling on the starter and he had a sharp pain in his left shoulder

2003 · 1 incident

November 5, 2003 IN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Irving Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARRYING BELT SCRAPER - SLIPPED ON PEA GRAVEL - LANDED ON BACK - BELT SCRAPER LANDED ON FOREHEAD - 5 CM LACERATION - 12 SUTURES

1997 · 1 incident

October 20, 1997 IN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Irving Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE STARTING MOTOR ON DRAGLINE WOULD NOT START AND EE ATTEMPTED TO HAND CRANK THE STARTING MOTOR WHEN THE ENGINE KICKED AND THE CRANK STRUCK HIS ARM.