Mining Incidents

Stinesville Facility: 58 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Stinesville, Monroe County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1202347

Stinesville Facility has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2003–2008
Latest incident
Feb 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
58
citations
22
significant & substantial
$16,646
proposed penalties
$2,844
paid to date
17% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $13,802 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2003
25
inspections on record
313
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: 313 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Stinesville Facility has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $11K outstanding across 2 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$14K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$11K
outstanding
57 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $5K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-11-17.
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.
38.6%
significant & substantial
15.8%
high negligence or reckless
38.6%
reasonably likely or greater
38.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.8% low, 61.4% moderate, 15.8% 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.
12 citations taken to the federal commission · 21% of citations on record
  • Settled 12 · 100%
100%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
57%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$5K proposed, $2K 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 2008-12-09.
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 2009-148M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $4K → $1K
LAKE 2009-149M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $900 → $900
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: 2010-11-18, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-11-18 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-11-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 1.81 0.38 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-03-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Mobile Crane Operator
2004-03-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Stone Polisher/Cutter
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.

Stinesville Facility 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
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 * 8.81 8.81 0.000
2007 * 18.59 18.59 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. American Limestone LLC 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 11
2009 16
2008 17
2007 15
2006 9
2005 5
2004 3
2003 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Stinesville Facility sits in Monroe 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.
Monroe County, Indiana · Population 139,822
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$63,372
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
2010 Q4 3,194 17 11 5322.5
2010 Q3 7,200 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,240 4 0 1234.6
2010 Q1 2,240 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 8,400 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 8,600 1 0 116.3
2009 Q2 8,340 3 2 359.7
2009 Q1 5,441 0 0 0.0
Show 23 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4 4,321 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,867 13 4 2671.0
2008 Q2 6,646 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 6,875 2 1 290.9
2007 Q4 6,242 1 0 160.2
2007 Q3 6,484 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,127 1 0 195.0
2007 Q1 3,662 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,888 5 1 1286.0
2006 Q3 5,373 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,884 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,496 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,397 1 0 417.2
2005 Q3 2,360 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,438 4 1 1640.7
2005 Q1 1,756 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,703 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,374 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,492 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,387 2 1 1442.0
2003 Q4 1,494 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,468 4 1 2724.8
2003 Q2 1,449 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2008 · 1 incident

February 7, 2008 IN · Metal/Non-Metal driller, highwall operator, highwall drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
American Limestone LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee said he walked of ledge and fell 10 to 12 feet.

2007 · 2 incidents

October 8, 2007 IN · Metal/Non-Metal stone finishing and sizing personnel, stone/rock cut/polish/saw operator, splitter, cutter, trimmer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Limestone LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Was moving broken slabs with fork lift and couldn't get fork under piece. Got off fork and shoved slab on fork.

2006 · 1 incident

June 13, 2006 IN · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management POWERED HAULAGE
American Limestone LLC · Struck by flying object

Was changing forks to bucket ad right side tilt arm wouldn't move so we raised bucket upa and was tilting at same time when right side tilt arm pin exploded, and hit him in the arm and waist.

2003 · 1 incident