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Empire Quarry, Lawrence County, Indiana: 17 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Empire Quarry is an active dimension limestone surface mine in Lawrence County, Indiana, operated by In Limestone Co. with 17 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1201061). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 17 citations and orders there with $4,247 in proposed penalties, and 2 accident reports were filed there, with 2 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1201061
- Status
- Active since July 15, 2015
- Main commodity
- Dimension limestone
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Lawrence County, Indiana
- Nearest town
- Oolitic
- Operator
- In Limestone Co.
- Parent company
- Polycor Inc
- Employees
- 17
- MSHA field office
- Mooresville in Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 17
- Significant and substantial
- 6 (35.3%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $4,247
- Amount paid so far
- $4,247
- Inspections
- 16
- Inspector hours on site
- 203
- Citations per inspection
- 1.06 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 2
- Injury and illness cases
- 2
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- September 29, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 1 ($143 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 | 5 | 2 | $1,356 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | $143 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | $944 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | $1,804 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Empire Quarry
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 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.12018 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.16001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.31 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.15001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 46.11 | Training at sand, gravel and surface stone mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12030 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.9301 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 62.175 | Occupational noise exposure | 1 |
| 30 CFR 62.174 | Occupational noise exposure | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.12014 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.16006 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Empire Quarry
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 1 |
What the accident reports at Empire Quarry describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 1 |
| Disorders (repeated trauma) | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Empire Quarry
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hand tools (not powered) | 1 |
Other open mines in Lawrence County, Indiana
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Plant | Lehigh Cement Company LLC | Lawrence County, IN | Cement | 120 | 452 |
| Nikirk Limestone | Nikirk Construction, Inc. | Lawrence County, IN | Dimension limestone | 6 | 30 |
| US Aggregates-Springville Plant | US Aggregates LLC | Lawrence County, IN | Crushed, broken limestone | 9 | 25 |
| Blackwell Limestone Products LLC | Blackwell Limestone Products LLC | Lawrence County, IN | Crushed, broken stone | 12 | 24 |
| Eureka Underground | In Limestone Co. | Lawrence County, IN | Dimension limestone | 13 | 18 |
| Mitchell Quarry | Rogers Group Inc | Lawrence County, IN | Crushed, broken limestone | 24 | 7 |
| Root Quarry | Indiana Quarries & Carvers LLC | Lawrence County, IN | Crushed, broken limestone | 5 | 5 |
| Phoenix Eureka a | Indian Creek Stone Products | Lawrence County, IN | Dimension limestone | 4 | 2 |
| Earthworks Quarry Site #7 | Earthworks, Inc. | Lawrence County, IN | Dimension stone | 5 | 1 |
| Tanyard Quarry | Legacy Limestone LLC | Lawrence County, IN | Dimension limestone | 1 | 1 |
| Indian Creek Quarry | Indian Creek Stone Products | Lawrence County, IN | Dimension limestone | 4 | 0 |
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.