US Aggregates-Springville Plant has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
12
Years on record
2010–2025
Latest incident
Mar 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
65
citations
18
significant & substantial
$10,103
proposed penalties
$10,103
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: 773 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-Springville Plant has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
65 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $400 in penalties contested before the Commission, $400 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-22.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 50%
Stood as issued
2 · 50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$400 proposed, $400 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 2012-07-31.
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: 2025-04-22
7%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
24
samples
14
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz41 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz6
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz5
Show the individual readings (24)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-10-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.89
0.74
1.20
Bulldozer Operator
2025-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-04-22
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
Truck Driver
2025-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-04-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-07
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.66
10
0.07
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-03-07
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.51
10
0.15
Utility Man
2023-03-07
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0
10
0.00
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-07
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
1.2
10
0.12
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-07
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
0.24
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-07
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.29
10
0.03
Cleanup Man
2021-07-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-07-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2021-07-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-09-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.4
10
0.04
Bobcat Operator
2014-09-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Truck Driver
2014-09-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-11-23
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2010-10-21
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-10-21
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Laborer, Bullgang
2010-10-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.93
0.17
Truck Driver
2010-10-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.42
2.5
0.17
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.
US Aggregates-Springville Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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
2026
10
2025
12
2024
10
2023
10
2022
9
2021
9
2020
9
2019
9
2018
8
2017
8
2016
7
2015
11
2014
9
2013
12
2012
18
2011
19
2010
5
2009
1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
US Aggregates-Springville Plant sits in Lawrence County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Lawrence County, Indiana · Population 45,077
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$65,551
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
7,754
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
3,350
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
6,970
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
8,393
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
7,418
1
0
134.8
2025 Q1
7,464
12
5
1607.7
2024 Q4
5,945
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
6,157
0
0
0.0
Show 59 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
6,673
2
0
299.7
2024 Q1
6,017
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
6,022
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
7,144
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
6,829
5
1
732.2
2023 Q1
6,490
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
5,787
1
0
172.8
2022 Q3
5,044
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
5,882
1
0
170.0
2022 Q1
5,245
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
5,242
1
1
190.8
2021 Q3
6,312
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
5,822
2
1
343.5
2021 Q1
5,127
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
4,854
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
5,878
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
5,899
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
5,551
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
4,642
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
6,206
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
6,469
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
5,550
2
0
360.4
2018 Q4
5,149
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
6,383
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
6,522
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
4,574
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
3,918
2
1
510.5
2017 Q3
5,611
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
5,728
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
4,489
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
4,989
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
5,272
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
4,670
4
0
856.5
2016 Q1
2,607
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
7,559
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
7,861
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
6,739
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
4,963
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
6,777
4
2
590.2
2014 Q3
6,090
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
5,430
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
4,226
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
6,604
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
6,943
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
8,574
1
0
116.6
2013 Q1
9,667
1
0
103.4
2012 Q4
13,614
3
1
220.4
2012 Q3
16,158
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
12,240
2
0
163.4
2012 Q1
12,024
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
12,658
3
1
237.0
2011 Q3
12,265
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
12,394
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
8,812
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
2,351
6
3
2552.1
2010 Q3
3,222
1
0
310.4
2010 Q2
3,089
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
2,425
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
192
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
12 on file
2025 · 1 incident
March 6, 2025IN · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
Cleaning catch box, a rock was jammed inside. Another employee threw a rock down into the hole while the injured employee reached down to get a different rock. Rock struck injured employee's hand.
January 5, 2017IN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Exiting excavator cab onto the tracks, which were icy. Employee did not use 3 point contact, went out face first, and slipped to the ground, but landed on their feet. Employee initially indicated they were not hurt.
Loosening the closed side setting. His hand was on the hydraulic ram, used to make the adjustment. It retracted, pinching his LT ring finger with 1300 psi of pressure.
Employee was tightening a large bolt with a ratchet. The ratchet slipped and employee's right hand struck solid steel structure smashing his right pinky finger between the structure and the ratchet. Employee's right (pinky) 5th finger was crushed. Employee was restricted.
2012 · 4 incidents
August 9, 2012IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was using a wrench to take a bolt loose at the wash deck. The nut broke loose and employee's wrist hit a bolt down below causing a sprain and contusion to his left wrist. Employee is restricted. No lost time.
Employee was walking across the lot near the plant to measure a piece of steel to cut. Employee was walking on uneven ground, he felt his ankle give out and he fell to the ground. Employee received a sprained right ankle. Employee was off work.
Employee was walking down small hill on road by the Lab. His feet slipped and went out from under him causing him to fall to the ground and landing on his right side. The hill was snow covered. Employee had a contusion to his right elbow and right ribs. He was restricted but there was work for him within the restrictions.
2011 · 2 incidents
October 22, 2011IN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee was repairing the screen deck and was working on a piece of steel to bend it backwards using a sledge hammer. The sledge hammer bounced and employee lost grip and his right hand slipped and struck a metal burr on sheet of steel. Employee received a laceration to his right 5th finger. Stitches were required. No lost or restricted time.
June 9, 2011IN · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Employee was tightening screw bolt with electric impact. A foreign body flew between safety glasses and his left eye. Employee worked the rest of the day. Next day had to go to the company clinic. Employee was diagnosed with conjunctivitis, irritation and laceration in his left eye. Employee was given a prescription. No lost or restricted time.
2010 · 1 incident
March 9, 2010IN · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
This person is not an employee of Springville Plant ID #12-02429. Driver was removing tie-down straps from the load while removing a strap the load shifted striking the driver's ankle. Driver received a fractured left ankle. Driver is employed by David Graham Trucking.