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Noblesville Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

U. S. Aggregates, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by The Heritage Group

Noblesville, Hamilton County, IN · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1202074

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 7
Years on record: 2004–2006
Latest incident: May 2006

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2003

citations

significant & substantial

$300

proposed penalties

$300

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	Per 1M hrs
2007 Q2	508	0	0.0
2007 Q1	792	0	0.0
2006 Q4	730	0	0.0
2006 Q3	1,600	0	0.0
2006 Q1	1,043	0	0.0
2005 Q4	972	2	2057.6
2005 Q3	9,213	0	0.0
2005 Q2	9,424	2	212.2

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

2006 · 2 incidents

May 15, 2006 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE

U. S. Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by falling object

Employee was helping to move the plant. Employee was unhooking chains off the beam and the loader backed up and hit the beam causing the beam to fall over and falling on employee's left leg causing a sprain to his left ankle and a contusion/strain to his left calf. He is restricted to sitting work only.

March 13, 2006 IN · Metal/Non-Metal INUNDATION

U. S. Aggregates, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Had excessive amount of rain. The river went out of its banks and the pit area was flooded. There was no production on Monday 3-13 and Tuesday 3-14-06. The water started to recede and production started back up on Wednesday 3-15-06.

2005 · 2 incidents

April 26, 2005 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

U. S. Aggregates, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was working on gates at the front entrance. He was using a hammer to drive a pin out of a hinge on the front gate. A piece of metal flew up and hit employee on the chin. The piece of metal went through his chin and chipped a lower tooth. Dermabond was used to close the laceration in his chin.

January 6, 2005 IN · Metal/Non-Metal INUNDATION

U. S. Aggregates, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

Plant had melting snow and 5 3/4" of rain the week of January 2 to the 8th. There was wide spread flooding in Noblesville. There was no damage to equipment of to any buildings. There were no injuries.

2004 · 3 incidents

December 29, 2004 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

U. S. Aggregates, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was picking mud and rocks off the conveyor belt and when he pulled rocks, his shoulder popped. Employee received a dislocated right shoulder and is restricted.

November 18, 2004 IN · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

U. S. Aggregates, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was under the fuel tank using a wrench to tighten a bolt on the vertical swing shaft on the dragline. Employee felt pain but did not report it until two days later. He thought he would be o.k. but had to go to the doctor. He recieved a right shoulder rotator cuff-Tendonitis. Employee is restricted.

September 27, 2004 IN · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE

U. S. Aggregates, Inc. · Accident type, without injuries

An employee was operating the front-end loader (Kawasaki 115Z111) when it caught fire. Employee looked back and the loader was on fire. The fire was large and hot. The local Fire Department responded and extinguished it after 1 hour. There were no injuries. An ee reported the fire to MSHA via telephone on 9-29-04, 9:30 A.M.