Employee was pulling the guard out of a conveyor with another employee for maintenance. The weight of the guard shifted pinching the employee's left thumb between the guard and conveyor. This resulted in a cut or tear of the skin next to the thumb nail. Required stitches. There was no damage to the thumb nail. Employee was wearing gloves at the time of the incident.
Yard 72 - Waverly Metal/Non-Metal
VCNA Prairie LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
VOTORANTIM CIMENTOS
Mooresville,
Morgan County,
IN
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1202318
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 2
- Years on record
- 2015–2018
- Latest incident
- Jan 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
47
citations
6
significant & substantial
$6,943
proposed penalties
$6,943
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 | 4,031 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 546 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 2,601 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 491 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 3,940 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 552 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,165 | 3 | 1 | 947.9 |
| 2023 Q4 | 3,473 | 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
2 on file2018 · 1 incident
January 24, 2018
IN · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
HANDLING OF MATERIALS
VCNA Prairie LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
2015 · 1 incident
July 31, 2015
IN · Metal/Non-Metal
maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
VCNA Prairie LLC · Fall onto or against objects
Employee was performing an end of shift inspection of the plant. He noticed what he thought was a splice in the belt had torn loose on the short sand stacker conveyor. He began to walk towards the belt and became distracted by the splice, he tripped over a raised sand spoil and fell forward and scraped his head on the conveyor/catwalk.