Bluffton Stone Company operator
Controlled by
Brent Gerken; Michael J Gerken
MSHA operator ID: L10940
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 30
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1989–2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
153
citations
33
significant & substantial
$25,080
proposed penalties
$24,476
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $604 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
75
inspections on record
1,186
inspection hours
12.9
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.153 citations across 1,186 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$25K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$24K
paid to date
$604
outstanding
148 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 8 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 7 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 6 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 6 non-fatal
- FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS 1 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 1 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2022
1
2019
1
2011
1
2007
1
2006
3
2004
3
2003
1
2002
3
2001
3
2000
1
1999
1
1998
1
1997
3
1996
2
1995
1
1994
1
1991
2
1989
1
Mines on record
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