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DIX RIVER SURFACE Metal/Non-Metal

Dix River Stone Inc · Surface

Controlled by Tommy Owens

Lancaster, Kentucky, Garrard County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1516138

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2005
Latest incident: Mar 2005

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$14,939

proposed penalties

$5,776

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Quarterly safety rates

Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA

Quarter	Hours worked	Citations	S&S	Per 1M hrs
2008 Q4	2,159	0	0	0.0
2008 Q3	229	1	0	4366.8
2008 Q2	4,000	0	0	0.0
2008 Q1	4,000	0	0	0.0
2007 Q4	4,000	0	0	0.0
2007 Q3	4,300	11	2	2558.1
2007 Q2	4,300	0	0	0.0
2007 Q1	4,300	1	0	232.6

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2005 · 1 incident

March 14, 2005 KY · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor ELECTRICAL

Dix River Stone Inc · Flash burns (electric)

A fuse box had exploded earlier in the day. The plant operator was taken to the medical center, checked for burns and released later the same day. The box was inspected, repaired and checked again. Afterwards, the quarry supervisor started the plant but the same box exploded again causing second degree burns to his face and hands.