Saturn Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THEY WERE BRING DOWN CRUSHER. EE WAS PUTTING A TIRE ON THE CRUSHER AND STRAIN HIS BACK.
Saturn Materials, Inc.: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal
Saturn Materials Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Ball Talbert
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516075
Saturn Materials, Inc. has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1987.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 1987–1998
- Latest incident
- May 1998
Ownership history
- Saturn Materials Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 |
| 1997 | 9 |
| 1996 | 26 |
| 1995 | 27 |
| 1994 | 20 |
| 1993 | 21 |
| 1992 | 24 |
| 1991 | 20 |
| 1990 | 26 |
| 1989 | 24 |
| 1988 | 17 |
| 1987 | 16 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Saturn Materials, Inc. sits in Pike County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 5.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Pike County, Kentucky · Population 57,466
5.1%
Mining share of county employment
$42,179
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000; earlier incidents are counted but not rate-adjusted, though reported hours reach back to 1983. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file1998 · 1 incident
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1995 · 1 incident
July 20, 1995
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator
POWERED HAULAGE
Saturn Materials Inc · Struck by powered moving object
INJURED EE AND OTHER WORKER LOADING SHEET METAL. INJURED EE HOLDING METAL WHILE OTHER WORKER BACKING TRUCK UP, THE TRUCK STRUCK THE METAL AND THE IMPACT KNOCKED INJURED EE DOWN BREAKING INJURE D EE ARM.
1987 · 1 incident
Saturn Materials Inc · Struck by flying object
I.NAME STEPPED 2UT FROM BEHIND A LOADER JUST SECONDS AFTER A SHOT WAS PUT OFF HE WAS INJURED BY FLYING ROCK AN AMBULANCE WAS CALLED IMMEDIATELY SMALL ROCK HIT HIS HIP AND ARM GOT BRUISED SOME NO BROKEN BONE8