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Babcock Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Rensselaer, Jasper County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1200005

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2012
Latest incident
Sep 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
46
citations
10
significant & substantial
$4,337
proposed penalties
$4,337
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2017 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 24 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 252 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2012 · 1 incident

September 28, 2012 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Material Service · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An operator sustained a laceration to his left thigh that required sutures to close the wound. The injured miner was kneeling on the ground attempting to cut larger slots in a skirt board rubber. While cutting across the top part of the slots the razor knife got hung up. When more force was applied he lost control of the knife causing it to strike him in the upper left thigh.

2011 · 1 incident

December 15, 2011 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Hanson Material Service · Struck against stationary object

A loader operator was walking across the garage when he sustained an injury to his left lower leg as it struck against a tongue of a trailer while he was attempting to step over it. The incident occurred at the end of his shift on December 15 however, he did not seek medical treatment until Monday, December 19 by that time the wound had become infected.

2010 · 2 incidents

December 10, 2010 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hanson Material Service · Struck by flying object

The injured employee was chipping slag from a weld with a chipping hammer and had a foreign body entered his left eye behind his safety glasses.

May 7, 2010 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Material Service · Fall from ladders

The injured miner was changing oil in primary crusher feeder. To access the feeder he was using a six foot step ladder. He fell from the ladder an undetermined height and struck his head/body on the ground causing his injuries.

2009 · 1 incident

March 11, 2009 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Material Service · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The injured miner was attempting to remove a skirt board rubber that needed replacing. The weather conditions were such that the skirt rubber was frozen in place. As the injured miner jerked on the skirt rubber in an attempt to free it he strained his back.

2004 · 1 incident

June 10, 2004 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Material Service · Fall onto or against objects

The employee was performing a routine inspection when he tripped on a stone and fell lacerating his hand. This injury required sutures making it a recordable injury.

2000 · 1 incident

January 26, 2000 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hanson Material Service · Struck by falling object

THE INJURED COMPLETED A REPAIR ASSIGNMENT IN THE TUNNEL AREA AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PULLING THE BURNING CART OUT OF THE AREA. A FRESH COAT OF SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND WHEN THE EE STEPPED OUT OF THE TUNNEL AND HE SLIPPED AND PULLED THE CARTON HIS CHEST AND FACE.