Data / Mines / Indiana / Buffington Plant
Buffington Plant, Lake County, Indiana: 451 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Buffington Plant is an active lime processing facility in Lake County, Indiana, operated by Carmeuse Lime & Stone Inc with 52 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1200426). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 451 citations and orders there with $986,976 in proposed penalties, and 10 accident reports were filed there, with 9 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1200426
- Status
- Active since February 25, 1976
- Main commodity
- Lime
- Mine type
- Facility
- County
- Lake County, Indiana
- Nearest town
- Gary
- Operator
- Carmeuse Lime & Stone Inc
- Parent company
- Carmeuse Holding SA
- Employees
- 52
- MSHA field office
- Peru IL Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 451
- Significant and substantial
- 99 (22.0%)
- Closure orders
- 6
- High negligence or reckless
- 13
- Proposed penalties
- $986,976
- Amount paid so far
- $718,450
- Inspections
- 23
- Inspector hours on site
- 944
- Citations per inspection
- 19.61 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 10
- Injury and illness cases
- 9
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- June 22, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 43 ($9,752 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 104 | 35 | $390,135 | 3 |
| 2023 | 178 | 26 | $260,208 | 1 |
| 2024 | 47 | 4 | $166,440 | 1 |
| 2025 | 53 | 7 | $66,827 | 2 |
| 2026 | 69 | 27 | $103,366 | 2 |
Standards cited most at Buffington Plant
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 69 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 43 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 33 |
| 30 CFR 56.12030 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 32 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 26 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 22 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 22 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 19 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 17 |
| 30 CFR 56.12018 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 15 |
| 30 CFR 56.18002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 13 |
| 30 CFR 56.11002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 9 |
| 30 CFR 56.12019 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 56.14132 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 56.4200 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
Injury and illness cases at Buffington Plant
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 4 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 5 |
What the accident reports at Buffington Plant describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 7 |
| Fire | 1 |
| Disorders (repeated trauma) | 1 |
| Slip or fall of person | 1 |
Other open mines in Lake County, Indiana
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Lake Stone | Singleton Stone, LLC | Lake County, IN | Dimension limestone | 22 | 23 |
| US Aggregates-Lowell Quarry | US Aggregates LLC | Lake County, IN | Crushed, broken limestone | 19 | 19 |
| Fast Pack 1 Portable 1 | Fred Weber, Inc. | Lake County, IN | Crushed, broken limestone | 2 | 2 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.