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mining safety

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.
Feds penalize Indiana mine operator for 'knowingly' putting miner safety at risk

Sarah Vaughan

Workers at the Francisco mine in southeastern Indiana were at risk when a mine manager failed to act as a drill released potentially-explosive methane in July 2018.