Mining Incidents

Yard 78 - Bloomfield Metal/Non-Metal

VCNA Prairie LLC · Surface
Controlled by VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS
Bloomfield, Greene County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202260

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2003–2010
Latest incident
Jul 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
76
citations
15
significant & substantial
$8,575
proposed penalties
$8,575
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
2025 Q4 2,684 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,777 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 551 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,780 2 1 1123.6
2024 Q2 1,680 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 497 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,575 2 0 1269.8
2022 Q4 2,179 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

3 on file

2010 · 2 incidents

July 10, 2010 IN · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
VCNA Prairie Aggregates IN, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee had been working on an inclined screen, started walking down a flight of stairs and his hip started hurting.

2003 · 1 incident

September 12, 2003 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Prairie Material Sales Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS STANDING ON CATWALK THAT SURROUNDS SCREEN & ATTEMPTED TO LIFT A 2" SCREEN UP TO A CO-WORKER WHO WAS ON TOP OF SCREEN. WHILE LIFTING THE SCREEN, EE FELT A PULLING SENSATION IN HIS RIGHT GROIN AREA. HE WAS SENT TO 1ST HEALTH CARE & WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN INGUINAL HERNIA.