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Us Aggregates Richmond Plant: 38 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

US Aggregates LLC · Surface
Controlled by The Heritage Group
Richmond, Wayne County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202212

Us Aggregates Richmond Plant has $5K 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
3
Years on record
2001–2019
Latest incident
Jul 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
38
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,729
proposed penalties
$4,729
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See US Aggregates LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
38
inspections on record
480
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: 480 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 Richmond Plant has $5K 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $100 in penalties contested before the Commission, $100 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-10-09.
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.
18.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
18.4%
reasonably likely or greater
7.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 23.7% low, 76.3% moderate, 0.0% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$100 proposed, $100 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 2011-10-20.
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 2012-70M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $100 → $100
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: 2022-05-23, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
9
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-05-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Hydrating Plant Operator
2022-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-07-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2014-04-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.78 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-05-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Utility Man
2009-05-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
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.
Ownership history
  1. U. S. Aggregates, Inc. 1997 to 2026
  2. US Aggregates LLC 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 7
2024 6
2023 7
2022 7
2021 6
2020 6
2019 5
2018 5
2017 5
2016 6
2015 6
2014 5
2013 6
2012 7
2011 8
2010 8
2009 6
2008 7
2007 6
2002 0
2001 1
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Us Aggregates Richmond Plant sits in Wayne 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.
Wayne County, Indiana · Population 66,377
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,652
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 4,036 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2,938 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 4,278 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 4,666 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,104 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,960 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,530 2 0 566.6
2024 Q3 3,278 0 0 0.0
Show 78 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,630 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,193 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,876 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,433 3 0 676.7
2023 Q2 4,399 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,514 2 0 569.2
2022 Q4 3,992 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,424 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,076 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,894 2 0 691.1
2021 Q4 3,678 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,854 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,099 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,181 2 2 628.7
2020 Q4 3,463 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,274 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,942 3 0 761.0
2020 Q1 3,358 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,882 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,564 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,225 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,812 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,938 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,879 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,843 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,921 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,777 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,321 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,247 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,993 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,806 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,452 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,875 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,899 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 4,018 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,987 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,859 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,279 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 2,249 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,994 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,398 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,747 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,685 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,542 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 3,669 2 0 545.1
2013 Q1 2,272 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,975 2 0 672.3
2012 Q3 3,740 1 0 267.4
2012 Q2 3,693 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,607 3 0 1150.7
2011 Q4 3,717 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,051 2 0 493.7
2011 Q2 3,960 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,398 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,469 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,487 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,740 4 1 696.9
2010 Q1 3,269 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,847 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,689 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,024 1 0 330.7
2009 Q1 1,957 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 3,586 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 4,366 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,772 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2,947 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 910 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 1,338 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,353 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 5,014 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,084 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,386 2 1 590.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2019 · 1 incident

July 8, 2019 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U. S. Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Using hammer to loosen wedge pins on desander. After removing wedges, leaned down to remove rubber spacers. Sand material fell from above, landing on the right side of face, entering an eye. EE was wearing safety glasses at the time. They tried flushing eye, but they needed to be seen by an eye doctor, who had to use a tool to get the eye cleared of debris.

2010 · 1 incident

July 6, 2010 IN · Metal/Non-Metal quality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistant HANDLING OF MATERIALS
U. S. Aggregates, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

On 7-6-10 employee was lifting gas cylinders and twisted lower back but did not report it until 7-21 to his supervisor. Employee thought his back was better and no action was taken. On 7-26, employee could not come to work due to back pain. He was sent to the doctor to be checked and treated. He received a lumbar strain. He is off work.

2001 · 1 incident

January 22, 2001 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
U. S. Aggregates, Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE WAS WALKING TO GET A CROWBAR FOR ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AND SLIPPED ON ICE. EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LEG WENT FORWARD CAUSING EE TO FALL BACK ON HIS RIGHT ANKLE. HIS ANKLE WAS BROKEN.