Mining Incidents

IMI/McCordsville Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John Tiberi
McCordsville, Hamilton County, IN  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1200355

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
2001–2015
Latest incident
May 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
87
citations
31
significant & substantial
$11,161
proposed penalties
$11,061
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
2018 Q3 2,214 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,608 1 0 131.4
2018 Q1 5,980 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,003 2 0 333.2
2017 Q3 6,574 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,329 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 8,181 3 3 366.7
2016 Q4 2,191 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

10 on file

2015 · 2 incidents

May 19, 2015 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Irving Materials Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The injured employee was moving a safety cone into the after hours location. As he was walking back to his machine on the quarry floor, he lost his balance and fell on level ground, causing an injury to his right hand

April 21, 2015 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Irving Materials Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting a skirt board rubber with a utility knife when the knife cut his right leg just above the knee. He was on his knees cutting the skirt board rubber pulling the knife towards his knee when the knife slipped off the rubber and cut his leg. He was taken to the emergency room for treatment where he received 1 stitch.

2014 · 1 incident

January 20, 2014 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Irving Materials Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

The injured employee was moving a steel beam into position inside a feed hopper with another employee. The beam became temporarily lodged in the hopper. The other employee pulled on one end of the beam to dislodge it. when the beam became dislodged, it pinched the thumb of injured employee and cut the skin requiring stitches to the injured thumb

2012 · 1 incident

February 8, 2012 IN · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Irving Materials Inc · Fall from machine

Driver was told by IMI to go to level 3 to dump load, While going to level 3 driver lost control of truck on incline & jumped out prior to truck going over embankment Driver suffered injuries to his shoulder, minor cuts to arms & knees Trim off location should have been on level 1. Incline to level 3 is not safe for a loaded dump truck. No sign was posted as to the % of the incline

2008 · 1 incident

September 2, 2008 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Irving Materials Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Trying to clear splitmaster & fell, tearing left chest muscle.

2007 · 1 incident

November 7, 2007 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Irving Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operating a Loader

2002 · 3 incidents

August 13, 2002 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Irving Materials Inc · Struck against a moving object

LOADER OPERATOR WAS HAULING FILL STONE TO STOCKPILE AREA. HE SAID HE WAS DRIVING TOO FAST DOWN A SMALL INCLINE WHICH UPSET THE BALANCE OF THE LOADER. HE TENSED UP ON THE STEERING WHEEL AND ACC IDENTALLY SHIFTED THE LOADER INTO REVERSE. HE WAS TROWN AGAINST THE STEERING WHEEL AND THEN BACK IN THE SEAT AT AN AKWARD ANGLE, THUS STRAINING HIS BACK.

August 2, 2002 IN · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Irving Materials Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE HAD MAIN MOTOR ON DREDGE OVERHEAT AND STOP. COOLANT OVERFLOWED INTO CATCH BUCKET. EE TOOK MMEASURES TO RELIEVE PRESSURE WITH COOLANT HOLDING TANK. WHEN HE THOUGHT PRESSURE WAS RELIEVE D HE REMOVED THE COOLANT TANK CAP. PRESSURE WAS NOT RELIEVED FULLY AND HOT COOLANT SPRAYED ON BACK AND ARMS CAUSING 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS.

January 7, 2002 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Irving Materials Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

INJURED WAS LIFTING A 104" PIECE OF 4" CHANNELSTEEL TO BE INSTALLED UNDER THE PRIMARY GRIZZLY. AS HE LIFTED, HE TWISTED TO PLACE THE CHANNEL ON A CONVEYOR BELT BELOW THE GRIZZLY. AT THAT TIME HIS BACK SPASM STARTED, INCAPACTITATING HIM.

2001 · 1 incident

April 17, 2001 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Irving Materials Inc · Struck by falling object

PERSON WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH TO CUT A COLLECTION/DISTRIBUTION BOX OFF OF A BEAM. THE BEAM WAS NOT SECURE, AND FELL ON EE'S FOOT AFTER BOX WAS CUT OFF.