Mining Incidents

Columbia City Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by The Heritage Group
Columbia City, Whitley County, IN  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1202472

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2026
Latest incident
Feb 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
19
citations
6
significant & substantial
$2,620
proposed penalties
$2,620
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 1,786 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,402 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,290 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,859 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 572 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 635 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 609 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,192 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

1 on file

2026 · 1 incident

February 17, 2026 IN · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Speedway Sand and Gravel,LLC. · Struck by flying object

Pulling Poly Deck panels out using pin extractor tool. While hammering tool into place the tool popped out from poly deck panels. Struck employee in the mouth causing their lip to bleed and chipping a tooth.