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South Bend Sandpit: 87 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by RR Holdco, Inc.
South Bend, St Joseph County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202231

South Bend Sandpit has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
2002–2012
Latest incident
Sep 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
87
citations
12
significant & substantial
$11,993
proposed penalties
$10,809
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,184 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
50
inspections on record
713
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: 713 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

South Bend Sandpit has $12K 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
87 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-04.
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.
13.8%
significant & substantial
1.1%
high negligence or reckless
13.8%
reasonably likely or greater
33.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.3% low, 73.6% moderate, 1.1% 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.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 10 · 100%
60%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
31%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $3K 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 2011-12-08.
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 2012-211M Settlement Zielinski 2013 $2K → $2K
LAKE 2012-206M Settlement Zielinski 2013 $1K → $600
LAKE 2011-6M Settlement Zielinski 2011 $276 → $276
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: 2025-05-07
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg16
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (20)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-05-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.08 0.22 Laborer, Bullgang
2025-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2019-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 Utility Man
2015-05-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.82 10 0.08 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-05-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bobcat Operator
2011-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dragline Operator
2011-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2007-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2007-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-05-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2002-05-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-05-30 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.

South Bend Sandpit recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2009.

Injury rate, 2009
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.82 and the all-US-mining average was 3.36 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.27 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
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 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. Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 7
2024 8
2023 8
2022 8
2021 8
2020 8
2019 9
2018 9
2017 13
2016 8
2013 10
2012 10
2011 11
2010 12
2009 12
2008 12
2007 9
2006 8
2005 8
2004 7
2003 9
2002 7
2001 10
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

South Bend Sandpit 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
2026 Q2 3,809 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 3,026 3 0 991.4
2025 Q4 4,469 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,150 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,577 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,619 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,844 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,697 6 1 1277.4
Show 90 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,538 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,477 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,451 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,257 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,683 2 0 427.1
2023 Q1 3,532 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,431 2 1 582.9
2022 Q3 4,923 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,610 2 0 433.8
2022 Q1 3,368 1 0 296.9
2021 Q4 4,203 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,578 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,745 2 0 421.5
2021 Q1 3,139 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,204 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,532 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 4,241 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 3,335 1 0 299.9
2019 Q4 3,452 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,055 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,029 1 0 198.8
2019 Q1 1,692 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 3,381 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,864 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,431 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,273 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,126 1 0 242.4
2017 Q3 5,023 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 8,112 3 0 369.8
2017 Q1 2,492 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 3,235 1 0 309.1
2016 Q3 4,925 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,112 2 0 486.4
2016 Q1 2,097 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,639 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 4,329 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,875 2 0 410.3
2013 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,617 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,921 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,743 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 759 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,401 7 2 1296.1
2011 Q3 6,479 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,939 9 0 1822.2
2011 Q1 2,437 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,740 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 6,571 5 1 760.9
2010 Q2 6,028 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,894 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,292 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 7,697 1 0 129.9
2009 Q2 8,420 3 0 356.3
2009 Q1 2,216 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,045 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,552 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,349 3 1 472.5
2008 Q1 2,477 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 4,787 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,502 3 0 545.3
2007 Q2 5,296 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,479 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,852 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,033 3 2 596.1
2006 Q2 4,761 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,210 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,023 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,932 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,902 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,742 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,000 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,477 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,485 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,067 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,213 2 0 383.7
2003 Q3 5,259 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,160 2 0 480.8
2003 Q1 1,590 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,783 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,534 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,083 9 1 1770.6
2002 Q1 1,566 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,832 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,495 5 1 769.8
2001 Q2 5,171 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 2,706 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,862 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,350 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,971 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,700 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2012 · 1 incident

September 27, 2012 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a utility knife to cut a piece of urethane rubber. The utility knife slipped on the rubber causing the employee to cut his left forearm.

2009 · 1 incident

April 6, 2009 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was on the mine property after hours cutting wood. He collapsed and died on the mine property. Coroner ruled that he died of natural causes. Coroner determined that he died from massive heart failure from enlarged heart and advanced emphysema.

2007 · 3 incidents

November 30, 2007 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

While trying to loosen a 1 1/2 in bolt on a jaw crusher with a wrench, the employee felt a pull and pain in his upper right bicep.

July 20, 2007 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While exiting loader, employee's foot slipped. While grabbing the loader to stop his fall he felt a pop/twist in his right shoulder. EE did not report incident until 07/24/07. Employee was evaluated at occupational clinic & given restriction of Limit above shoulder work. No restrctions effective 07/27/07.

May 7, 2007 IN · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

While operating loader, the BAT warning light came on & alarm went off. EE looked behind him & saw smoke. EE called supervisor. They attempted to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher but were unsuccessful. Fire Dept responded. Loader was a total loss.

2003 · 1 incident

November 10, 2003 IN · Metal/Non-Metal
Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. · -

EE was climbing out of the loader and step on a stone that was on the step and slipped and fell. EE suffered a contusion to the left elbow. He was evaluated at Memorial Center for Occupational Health. Dr.indicated restrictions of maximum lifting, pushing and pulling of 5 lbs for the left arm 20 lbs total with limited use of the left arm.

2002 · 2 incidents

April 25, 2002 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances

EE WAS CUTTING A HOLE IN A STEEL PLATE. IT WAS WINDY & SPARKS FROM THE TORCH BLEW BACK & BURNT THROUGH HIS CLOTHES & BURNED HIS BELLY. WENT TO DOCTOR ON 5-1-02. HAD 2ND DEGREE BURN & PLACED ON RESTRICTED DUTY.

March 25, 2002 IN · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rieth-Riley Construction Co., Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TRYING TO UNHOOK CHAIN. EE NEEDED SOME SLACK. FINGER GOT PINCHED BETWEEN FORK & CHUTE.SENT IMMEDIATELY TO HAND SURGEON FOR DEBRIDGEMENT & TENDON REPAIR. TWO STITCHES REQUIRED.