Mining Incidents

US Aggregates-Swisher Plant Metal/Non-Metal

US Aggregates Inc · Surface
Controlled by The Heritage Group
Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202264

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
11
Years on record
2000–2023
Latest incident
Mar 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
70
citations
18
significant & substantial
$12,223
proposed penalties
$10,873
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 4,548 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 866 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,367 6 1 1782.0
2024 Q3 921 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,027 1 0 973.7
2024 Q1 3,715 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,673 5 4 1070.0
2023 Q3 596 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

11 on file

2023 · 1 incident

March 2, 2023 IN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
US Aggregates Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was opening a steel access door on the Wash Screen Deck when the door was found to be heavier than anticipated and smashed employee's left, index, and middle fingers between the door and another piece of metal.

2013 · 1 incident

May 24, 2013 IN · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heritage Aggregate, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting rubber skirt for an 8 X 20 wash screen. Employee was cutting a hole for a spray pipe to go through the skirt. Employee was finishing the inside corner when the knife cut out and contacted employee's left thumb on the first knuckle resulting in a laceration. Three stitches were required.

2012 · 1 incident

June 22, 2012 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Heritage Aggregate, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was opening a crusher. While adjusting the crusher, the jack fell over and employee reached out to grab it and then the head of the jack retracted catching the employee's right fingertips. He received fractured/crushed right 3 fingers. The right forefinger could not be repaired and the tip was removed. Employee returned to restricted work on 6-23-12.

2003 · 2 incidents

May 22, 2003 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING SKIRT BOARD RUBBER. DURING THE LAST FEW INCHES OF THE CUT THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND EMPLOYEE SUFFERED CUT ON RIGHT KNEE --RESULTING IN STITCHES.

February 24, 2003 IN · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND

COWORKER WAS WALKING ALONG AN USUED CONVEYOR, SLIPPED ON THE SNOW AND WHILE TRYING TO REGAIN HIS BALANCE, THE TORCH HE WAS USING TO CUT BOLTS OFF OLD IDLER CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE INJURED EE' S HAND AND LIT HIS GLOVE.

2002 · 1 incident

October 22, 2002 IN · Metal/Non-Metal coal sampler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING BUCKET FROM LOWERED TAILGATE OF TRUCK WHEN SHE SAID "SHE FELT IT HAPPEN INSTANTLY." SHE SAID IT INSTANTLY "FELT LIKE A PULLED MUSCLE."

2001 · 3 incidents

August 28, 2001 IN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON CRUSHER WITH A MODIFIED FACTORY WRENCH WHEN HIS HAND SLIPPED AND HIS FINGER STRUCK THE KNEE BRACE ON THE TOWER. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS DIAGN OSED WITH A FRACTURED TIP TO HIS LEFT RING FINGER AND AN AVULSED FINGER NAIL. OFFICE WAS NOT ADVISED OF INCIDENT UNTIL 8/30/01.

August 24, 2001 IN · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING BELT WITH A UTILITY KNIFE WHEN THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIS RIGHT THIGH. THE LACERATION REQUIRED THREE STITCHES. HE WAS RELEASED WITH NO WORK RESTRICTIONS.

April 17, 2001 IN · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING ROCK UNDERNEATH CRUSHER HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS BACK. HE SOUGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT AND WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THORACIC STRAIN AND RELEASED TO RESTRICTED DUTY.

2000 · 2 incidents

May 10, 2000 IN · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator POWERED HAULAGE
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE ENTERED THE CRANE HOUSE AND HIS FOOT STRUCK A PRYBAR THAT WAS LEANING AGAINST THE FRAMEWORK. THE BAR WAS KNOCKED INTO A MOVING DRUM CAUSING IT TO SWING BACK AND MOMENTARILY PIN HIS LEFT THI GH BETWEEN THE FRAMEWORK AND BAR. THE PRESSURE CAUSED A BRUISE ON EE'S LEFT THIGH.

March 22, 2000 IN · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS DESCENDING A STEPLADDER. AS HE REACHED THE LAST RUNG HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LEFT CALF. BELIEVING IT TO BE A MUSCLE CRAMP, HE CONTINUED TO WORK UNTIL ABOUT 2:00 PM WHEN HE SOUGHT ME DICAL ATTENTION. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A TORN CALF MUSCLE. HE WAS OFF WORK UNTIL MARCH 27, WHEN HE RETURNED TO WORK WITH RESTRUCTIONS.