Mining Incidents

US Aggregates-Monon Quarry: 79 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

US Aggregates LLC · Surface
Controlled by The Heritage Group
Monon, White County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1200194

US Aggregates-Monon Quarry has $20K 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
9
Years on record
1996–2010
Latest incident
Sep 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
79
citations
29
significant & substantial
$20,331
proposed penalties
$20,331
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
68
inspections on record
986
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: 986 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-Monon Quarry has $20K 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.
$20K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-29.
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.
36.7%
significant & substantial
3.8%
high negligence or reckless
36.7%
reasonably likely or greater
38.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 15.2% low, 81.0% moderate, 3.8% 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: 2016-05-26, 10 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
27
samples
20
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz14
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (27)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-05-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-05-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-05-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-03-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.87 2.62 0.33 Cleanup Man
2011-03-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.94 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-03-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.56 10 0.06 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-07-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2008-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2008-07-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.6 10 0.06 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2005-06-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.56 10 0.06 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-17 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.22 10 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-17 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 5.35 10 0.54 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2003-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-12-02 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.94 0.10 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-12-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.29 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-07-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-07-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-07-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.17 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-07-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-21 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.18 10 0.12 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.88 10 0.09 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-05-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.38 10 0.04 Washer Operator
2001-05-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.52 10 0.05 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.

US Aggregates-Monon Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.

Injury rate, 2023
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 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.61 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
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 9.22 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2003 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2002 * 13.33 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 7.98 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. Medusa Aggregates Company 1950 to 1978
  2. Medusa Aggregates Company 1979 to 1982
  3. Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. 1982 to 2011
  4. Heritage Aggregates, LLC 2011 to 2020
  5. US Aggregates Inc 2020 to 2026
  6. US Aggregates LLC 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 9
2024 6
2023 8
2022 6
2021 6
2020 7
2019 4
2018 3
2017 7
2016 8
2015 8
2014 8
2013 7
2012 7
2011 7
2010 8
2009 6
2008 8
2007 8
2006 7
2005 6
2004 7
2003 8
2002 13
2001 9
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

US Aggregates-Monon Quarry sits in White 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.
White County, Indiana · Population 24,709
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$66,143
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 5,001 2 0 399.9
2026 Q1 3,285 1 0 304.4
2025 Q4 4,826 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,072 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,282 1 0 189.3
2025 Q1 4,511 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,303 5 3 1513.8
2024 Q3 3,240 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,118 6 3 1457.0
2024 Q1 4,393 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,185 6 3 1433.7
2023 Q3 6,273 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 5,818 1 0 171.9
2023 Q1 4,018 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 5,098 2 0 392.3
2022 Q3 3,507 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,368 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 3,145 2 0 635.9
2021 Q4 2,630 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,399 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,676 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,374 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,128 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,524 2 0 567.5
2020 Q2 4,795 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,742 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,318 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,205 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,320 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,058 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,685 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,027 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,084 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,532 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,137 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,107 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,950 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,775 3 2 794.7
2016 Q4 4,674 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,957 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,525 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,745 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,763 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,054 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,288 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,833 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,061 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,860 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,329 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,562 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 5,299 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 5,224 1 0 191.4
2013 Q2 4,925 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 3,819 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,214 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,614 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,746 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,968 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,668 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,070 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,353 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,710 1 0 369.0
2010 Q4 3,845 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,581 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,247 1 0 190.6
2010 Q1 4,184 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 5,029 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 5,173 2 0 386.6
2009 Q2 5,361 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,308 1 0 302.3
2008 Q4 3,864 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,293 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,664 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,043 1 0 247.3
2007 Q4 4,988 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,322 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,294 5 1 794.4
2007 Q1 5,322 2 0 375.8
2006 Q4 4,944 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,945 2 1 336.4
2006 Q2 5,548 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,261 2 0 380.2
2005 Q4 5,290 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,389 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,639 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 2,970 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 5,112 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,020 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,897 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,523 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,845 2 0 412.8
2003 Q3 5,653 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,257 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,941 1 1 340.0
2002 Q4 7,112 6 5 843.6
2002 Q3 8,694 3 1 345.1
2002 Q2 9,473 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,736 1 0 211.1
2001 Q4 6,687 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 6,624 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,396 3 1 556.0
2001 Q1 3,586 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,756 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,716 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,393 6 2 1112.6
2000 Q1 5,209 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2010 · 1 incident

September 8, 2010 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a fouled metal strap out of the primary feeder with a torch. When strap cut through stored energy in the metal strap (not recognized) caused the strap to swing toward the employee striking his right forearm resulting in a broken bone.

2006 · 1 incident

June 5, 2006 IN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using knife to cut belting to place on back of scalping screen when the knife slipped and lacerated left inner thigh.

2002 · 2 incidents

October 10, 2002 IN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE PULLED ON OVERHEAD STARTER ROPE FOR HONDA ENGINE. LATER INT HE DAY, EE COMPLAINED OF TIGHTNESS AND SORENESS IN BACK.

August 10, 2002 IN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Struck by falling object

EE WAS MONITORING PROGRESS OF WASH SCREEN SHAFT REMOVAL. WHEN THE SHAFT DROPPED OUT, IT UNEXPECTEDLY SLID ALONG A HANDRAIL & CREATED A CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT RESULTED IN A URETHANE SCREEN PANEL TIPPING OVER FROM STORED POSITION. EE HAD MOVED BACKWARD & LOST FOOTING FALLING TO THE SAME SURFACE IN LINE WITH THE SCREEN TRAJECTORY. CUT RT EYEBROW.

2000 · 1 incident

July 13, 2000 IN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS PREPARING TO REPLACE A BEARING ON THE WASH SCREEN. AS HE WAS TRYING TO TAP OFF THE INNER RACE BY HITTING IT WITH A HAMMER HE FELT SOMETHING HIT HIM IN THE LEG. AFTER COMPLETING THE JOB HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION. A PIECE OF METAL WAS REMOVED FROM HIS UPPER THIGH WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES. DIVISION OFFICE WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF INCIDENT UNTIL 7-31-00.

1999 · 2 incidents

August 30, 1999 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

AS EE WAS DESCENDING LOADER HE SLIPPED ON THE LAST STEP AND FELL STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER AND ELBOW ON GROUND. ON 9-1 HE SOUGHT MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WAS RETURNED TO WORK WITH RESTRICTIONS F OR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

August 16, 1999 IN · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE A KING FROM A PUMP DISCHARGE HOSE USING A COME-A-ALONG, ATTACHED TO THE PLATFORM STRUCTURE OF AN AERIAL MANLIFT DEVICE. WHEN TENSION WAS APPLIED BY WITHDRAWING THE PLATFORM, THE COME-A-ALONG HANDLE FLIPPED AROUNDSTRIKING AND MOVING THE SAFETY BAR ON THE PLATFORM. THE SAFETY BAR PINCHED HIS THUMB AGAINST THE MAIN BAR.

1997 · 1 incident

July 15, 1997 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BEHIND MAINTENANCE TRUCK WHEN HE CAM EINTO CONTACT WITH A STEEL STRAP. THIS RESULTED IN A LACERATION TO HIS FOREHEAD WHICH REQUIRED STITCHES.

1996 · 1 incident

April 1, 1996 IN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING A PUNCH ON THE INSIDE OF THE TRACKS ON A CRANE. HIS TASK WAS TO KEEP THE PUNCH CENTERED ON A DRIVE CHAIN LINK PIN THAT ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING OUT BY STRIKING THE OP POSITE END OF THE PUNCH ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TRACKS. APPEARS TAHT A SPLINTER OF STEEL FROM THEPIN DISLODGED STRIKING THE HOLDER'S RIGHT WRIST, BY PASSING BETWEEN GLOVE AND JACKET SLEEVE.