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CIMBAR-MV Metal/Non-Metal

CIMBAR Performance Minerals · Surface

Controlled by John H Waters

Mt. Vernon, IN, Posey County, IN · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 1202507

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2023–2025
Latest incident: Oct 2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2021

128

citations

significant & substantial

$72,543

proposed penalties

$41,051

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	23,126	0	0	0.0
2025 Q3	574	0	0	0.0
2025 Q2	576	22	0	38194.4
2025 Q1	20,217	5	1	247.3
2024 Q4	23,067	28	4	1213.9
2024 Q2	560	6	0	10714.3
2024 Q1	589	0	0	0.0
2023 Q4	24,684	5	3	202.6

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

2025 · 2 incidents

October 9, 2025 IN · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

CIMBAR Performance Minerals · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was cleaning pellet mill turbilizer & one of the blades on the machine cut EE's right hand and smashed it

May 20, 2025 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS

CIMBAR Performance Minerals · Fall down stairs

Miner was carrying a motor tophat to JetMill #6 and slipped on the 3rd step on the stairs. Miner was holding the handrail in one hand and the motor top hat in the other.

2023 · 1 incident

September 19, 2023 IN · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

CIMBAR Performance Minerals · Struck by flying object

Employee was chasing an air leak at the dryer and when they went to adjust the couplings in the lines.. Upon tightening the PT it blew open and insulation particles got in their throat and ears.