US Aggregates-Swisher Plant has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2000–2023
Latest incident
Mar 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
70
citations
18
significant & substantial
$12,223
proposed penalties
$10,873
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,350 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: 977 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2023-03-06.
On record since 2023.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
US Aggregates-Swisher Plant has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
69 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $891 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-19.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
0%
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%
67%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$741 proposed, $241 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 2016-12-15.
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: 2024-12-20
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (13)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-12-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2024-04-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2019-04-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-04-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-04-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Hydrating Plant Operator
2016-04-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-04-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2015-04-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.06
0.12
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-02-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-02-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2011-02-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dragline Operator
2007-04-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2001-05-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.16
0.73
0.22
Washer 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-Swisher Plant recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.
Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ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 2.56 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Indiana, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.26 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
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2009 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2006 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
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
7
2025
8
2024
7
2023
7
2022
7
2021
6
2020
5
2019
7
2018
8
2017
8
2016
9
2015
8
2014
8
2013
8
2012
10
2011
10
2010
10
2009
8
2008
8
2007
8
2006
8
2005
10
2004
9
2003
10
2002
10
2001
14
2000
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
US Aggregates-Swisher Plant sits in Tippecanoe 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.
Tippecanoe County, Indiana · Population 187,399
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$58,622
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
3,096
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
3,302
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
4,548
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
4,757
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
4,580
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
2,915
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
3,367
6
1
1782.0
2024 Q3
3,495
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
4,093
1
0
244.3
2024 Q1
3,715
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
4,673
5
4
1070.0
2023 Q3
4,990
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
3,633
3
0
825.8
2023 Q1
3,842
3
2
780.8
2022 Q4
4,362
1
0
229.3
2022 Q3
4,667
2
0
428.5
2022 Q2
4,605
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
3,473
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
3,919
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
3,853
1
0
259.5
2021 Q2
3,181
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
2,354
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
2,717
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
2,948
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
3,291
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
2,731
2
0
732.3
2019 Q4
3,084
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
3,760
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
4,051
1
0
246.9
2019 Q1
3,128
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
3,253
1
0
307.4
2018 Q3
3,881
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
3,964
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
3,530
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
3,233
1
0
309.3
2017 Q3
4,046
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
3,882
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
2,907
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
4,153
1
0
240.8
2016 Q3
4,569
1
0
218.9
2016 Q2
3,457
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
3,051
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
3,609
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
4,696
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
4,567
2
0
437.9
2015 Q1
2,872
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
4,353
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
4,373
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
4,084
1
0
244.9
2014 Q1
4,039
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
4,679
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
5,086
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
5,079
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
3,940
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
4,559
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
4,948
1
0
202.1
2012 Q2
6,001
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
4,359
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
4,445
1
0
225.0
2011 Q3
6,775
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
6,291
1
0
159.0
2011 Q1
5,227
1
0
191.3
2010 Q4
4,967
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
5,311
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
6,248
1
0
160.1
2010 Q1
5,586
0
0
0.0
2009 Q4
5,029
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
5,348
1
1
187.0
2009 Q2
6,042
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
4,918
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
4,850
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
5,984
1
0
167.1
2008 Q2
5,646
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
3,995
1
0
250.3
2007 Q4
5,640
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
5,757
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
7,325
1
0
136.5
2007 Q1
4,818
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
4,967
4
2
805.3
2006 Q3
5,747
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
6,163
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
6,528
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
6,310
7
0
1109.4
2005 Q3
6,507
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
6,315
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,142
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
5,281
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
5,445
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
5,448
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
5,587
3
1
537.0
2003 Q4
7,408
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
8,639
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
11,484
1
0
87.1
2003 Q1
6,647
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
10,249
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
9,434
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
10,968
2
0
182.3
2002 Q1
7,068
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
7,525
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
9,793
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
11,987
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
7,588
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
8,689
2
1
230.2
2000 Q3
7,899
2
2
253.2
2000 Q2
5,805
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,398
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
11 on file
2023 · 1 incident
March 2, 2023IN · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
US Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee was opening a steel access door on the Wash Screen Deck when the door was found to be heavier than anticipated and smashed employee's left, index, and middle fingers between the door and another piece of metal.
Employee was cutting rubber skirt for an 8 X 20 wash screen. Employee was cutting a hole for a spray pipe to go through the skirt. Employee was finishing the inside corner when the knife cut out and contacted employee's left thumb on the first knuckle resulting in a laceration. Three stitches were required.
2012 · 1 incident
June 22, 2012IN · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was opening a crusher. While adjusting the crusher, the jack fell over and employee reached out to grab it and then the head of the jack retracted catching the employee's right fingertips. He received fractured/crushed right 3 fingers. The right forefinger could not be repaired and the tip was removed. Employee returned to restricted work on 6-23-12.
2003 · 2 incidents
May 22, 2003IN · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING SKIRT BOARD RUBBER. DURING THE LAST FEW INCHES OF THE CUT THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE SUFFERED CUT ON RIGHT KNEE --RESULTING IN STITCHES.
COWORKER WAS WALKING ALONG AN USUED CONVEYOR, SLIPPED ON THE SNOW AND WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE, THE TORCH HE WAS USING TO CUT BOLTS OFF OLD IDLER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE INJURED EE' S HAND AND LIT HIS GLOVE.
EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON CRUSHER WITH A MODIFIED FACTORY WRENCH WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HIS FINGER STRUCK THE KNEE BRACE ON THE TOWER. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS DIAGN OSED WITH A FRACTURED TIP TO HIS LEFT RING FINGER AND AN AVULSED FINGER NAIL. OFFICE WAS NOT ADVISED OF INCIDENT UNTIL 8/30/01.
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT THIGH. THE LACERATION REQUIRED THREE STITCHES. HE WAS RELEASED WITH NO WORK RESTRICTIONS.
April 17, 2001IN · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ROCK UNDERNEATH CRUSHER HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THORACIC STRAIN AND RELEASED TO RESTRICTED DUTY.
EE ENTERED THE CRANE HOUSE AND HIS FOOT STRUCK A PRYBAR THAT WAS LEANING AGAINST THE FRAMEWORK. THE BAR WAS KNOCKED INTO A MOVING DRUM CAUSING IT TO SWING BACK AND MOMENTARILY PIN HIS LEFT THI GH BETWEEN THE FRAMEWORK AND BAR. THE PRESSURE CAUSED A BRUISE ON EE'S LEFT THIGH.
March 22, 2000IN · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING A STEPLADDER. AS HE REACHED THE LAST RUNG HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT CALF. BELIEVING IT TO BE A MUSCLE CRAMP, HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL ABOUT 2:00 PM WHEN HE SOUGHT ME DICAL ATTENTION. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A TORN CALF MUSCLE. HE WAS OFF WORK UNTIL MARCH 27, WHEN HE RETURNED TO WORK WITH RESTRUCTIONS.