US Aggregates-Fairview Quarry has $3K 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
13
Years on record
1983–2002
Latest incident
Apr 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
32
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,993
proposed penalties
$2,973
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $20 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: 432 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
US Aggregates-Fairview Quarry has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
32 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $592 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-05-12.
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.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 16% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 80%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 20%
75%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
56%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $592 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 2012-04-17.
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: 2026-08-12
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg4
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (10)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-08-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-22
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2007-09-19
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2006-06-27
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Washer Operator
2006-06-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2000-08-30
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2000-08-30
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
4.09
Truck Driver
2000-08-30
Unlisted Particulate, total, <1% Qtz
0
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
3
2025
2
2024
1
2016
1
2015
2
2014
3
2013
3
2012
3
2011
4
2010
3
2009
3
2008
3
2007
2
2006
2
2005
3
2004
4
2003
3
2002
3
2001
4
2000
6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
US Aggregates-Fairview Quarry sits in Randolph County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Randolph County, Indiana · Population 24,425
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$61,121
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
WHILE INSTALLING TAIL PULLEY, THE PULLEY SLID SIDEWAYS ON OPPSITE SIDE. HE REACHED TO STOP PULLEY AND IT SLID OFF OF HIS SIDE CAUSING IT TO SMASH HIS FINGER BETWEENT HE PULLEY AND FRAME OF THE CONVEYOR HE REQUIRED STITCHES.
2000 · 1 incident
December 20, 2000IN · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
INJURED WAS PUTTING TOOLS AWAY IN TOOL BOX IN PICK UP TRUCK. HE PUT RIGHT FOOT ON BUMPER OF PICK UP TRUCK AND WHILE SWINGING LEFT LEG UP, HIS RIGHT KNEE SNAPPED.
1992 · 1 incident
September 11, 1992IN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
INJURED WAS CLEANING CHUTE FROM SIDE OF CRUSHER HE HAD 1 FOOT ON LADDER & 1 FOOT ON CRUSHER BOTTOM OF LADDER GAVE WAY SWUNG OUT & DROPPED HIM ONTHE GROUND
1989 · 1 incident
September 6, 1989IN · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorMACHINERY
INJURED WAS ON HOOD OF TRUCK FIXING VENT IN FRON OF WINDSHIELD TO KEEP WATER FROM RUNNING INSIDE OF TRUCK WENT TO GET UP AND HAND SLIPPED BACK UNDER HER ALSO PULLED TENDON IN BACK
1986 · 1 incident
July 29, 1986IN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
INJURED WAS PUSHING ON LEVER TO OPEN BIN, TO AVOID TRIPPING ON CEMENT BLOCKS USED TO PROP PIPE TO THE BIN, INJURED HUNG ONTO THE LEVER AND PROBABLY PULLED THE LIGAMENTS IN THE RIGHT SHOULDER.