Thorntown Plant #2 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2005–2014
Latest incident
May 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
28
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,725
proposed penalties
$2,725
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
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.
Thorntown Plant #2 has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-09-15.
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.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $0 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2011-07-11.
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.
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: 2013-04-25, 13 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2013-04-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Laborer, Bullgang
2013-04-25
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Thorntown Plant #2 recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2007.
Injury rate, 2007
ⓘ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 3.30 and the all-US-mining average was 3.77 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.21 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
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
9.16
0.00
0.000
2005 *
29.17
9.72
0.000
2003 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2023
1
2016
3
2015
6
2014
8
2013
8
2012
8
2011
8
2010
8
2009
8
2008
9
2007
8
2006
8
2005
8
2004
8
2003
9
2002
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Thorntown Plant #2 sits in Boone 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.
Boone County, Indiana · Population 72,827
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$104,865
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
2023 Q3
160
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
439
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
619
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
3,122
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
3,716
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
4,087
2
0
489.4
2015 Q2
4,491
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,916
0
0
0.0
Show 51 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2014 Q4
4,647
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
4,427
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
4,462
2
0
448.2
2014 Q1
2,734
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
4,567
1
0
219.0
2013 Q3
4,272
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
4,188
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
3,846
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
4,813
1
0
207.8
2012 Q3
4,971
3
2
603.5
2012 Q2
5,230
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
4,181
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
4,766
2
0
419.6
2011 Q3
5,275
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
4,808
3
1
624.0
2011 Q1
4,098
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
4,529
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
6,427
1
0
155.6
2010 Q2
5,089
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
3,451
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
4,421
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
4,394
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
4,121
3
0
728.0
2009 Q1
3,029
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
4,497
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
4,370
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
4,183
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
4,312
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
5,041
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
6,051
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
4,753
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
4,461
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
5,269
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
5,275
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
5,679
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
5,621
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
5,546
1
0
180.3
2005 Q3
5,331
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
5,521
1
0
181.1
2005 Q1
4,169
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
4,458
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
5,448
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
5,381
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
4,653
3
0
644.7
2003 Q4
4,853
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
6,218
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
6,421
1
0
155.7
2003 Q1
6,094
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
6,093
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
5,930
4
1
674.5
2002 Q2
8,250
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
2014 · 1 incident
May 27, 2014IN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee inside screen deck, another employee slid screen down to him. While pulling screen towards him, the screen cloth caught employee's right index finger. The sharp edge of screen cloth cut right index finger, requiring sutures.
2011 · 1 incident
June 16, 2011IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was working on the jaw crusher. Employee lifted a 30-pound take-up bearing and stepped back and had a sudden pain in his middle back causing him to double over. Employee received a strain/possible muscle spasm to his middle back. Employee has lost time and restricted time. He has not returned to full duty at this time.
2009 · 1 incident
March 16, 2009IN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was walking to the water pumps to prime. Employee stepped down where two catwalks connect and rolled his left ankle. Employee received a sprain to his left ankle. Employee was to return to restricted duty on 3-17-09.
2006 · 1 incident
June 29, 2006IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was walking from one location to another at the plant and stepped on a raised area of ground and turned his right ankle. Employee received a sprain to his right ankle and is restricted to light duty work.
2005 · 3 incidents
November 30, 2005IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was working on the processing plant. He was guiding a new metal chute into position when his finger got caught between the chute and an angle iron. Employee received a laceration to his left index finger. He received stitches. There is no lost or restricted time.
June 24, 2005IN · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was working on the loader. Employee slipped off the Hydro Tank and fell partly to the ground. His supervisor was close by and caught him before he hit the ground. Employee hit his right leg on the tank causing a laceration that required several stitches. There was no lost or restricted time.
January 27, 2005IN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was putting a cable on a truck to pull it out of the mud. Employee stepped in a hole on frozen ground and turned his ankle. Employee left work and went to the hospital and then called his supervisor that evening and told him that he injured himself on the job. He received a bad sprain to his left ankle. He was given an air cast. Pending per workers comp.