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Mining

Owen County mining company ordered to pay $110,000 in penalties

Clayton Baumgarth

Eagle Stone, Inc., which operated Gosport Stone, a crushed limestone mining operation, had safety violations from 2019 to 2022.
Limestone plant in Gary cited 29 times for health and safety violations

Joanie Dugan

The Buffington Plant, owned by Carmeuse Lime and Stone Inc., received 29 citations in a recent impact inspection. Six of those were considered significant and substantial.
Sheriff: Indiana coal miner dies in underground accident

Associated Press

The incident occurred late Friday at the Sunrise mine in Oaktown in Knox County, near the border with Illinois, Sullivan County Sheriff Clark Cottom said.