Mining Incidents

Louisville Yard Metal/Non-Metal

Nugent Sand Company · Facility
Louisville, Jefferson County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1516865

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
18
Years on record
2000–2023
Latest incident
Feb 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
92
citations
17
significant & substantial
$15,798
proposed penalties
$15,722
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
2025 Q4 20,864 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 21,006 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 19,929 1 0 50.2
2025 Q1 17,726 1 0 56.4
2024 Q4 21,222 1 0 47.1
2024 Q3 20,794 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 21,616 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 18,346 0 0 0.0
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

18 on file

2023 · 1 incident

February 28, 2023 KY · Metal/Non-Metal belt vulcanizer POWERED HAULAGE
Nugent Sand Company · Struck against stationary object

Going up in man-lift and vulcanizer started to slide out they grabbed the vulcanizer and caused laceration to left hand.

2016 · 1 incident

March 1, 2016 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nugent Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Setting workstation table back in place after mounting chop saw cord became trapped behind table, removing cord from behind table. Laceration to left hand ring finger

2014 · 2 incidents

October 20, 2014 KY · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nugent Sand Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee picked up 5HP motor being moved from the towboat to the electrical shop. As he was carrying the motor to the pump flat he encountered un-level surface. He over extended and lost his balance, as he was going down slowly, his right hand was caught between the motor and barge surface. His fourth finger was cut (bursting laceration)

April 7, 2014 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nugent Sand Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Installing clam bucket on excavator, trying to hook up hydraulic line on 375L excavator CLCN05 hydraulic line to bucket, popping in right elbow. It happened on 4-7-14 but still working full time, was not stop time loss until his surgery on 7-1-14.

2013 · 1 incident

January 16, 2013 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nugent Sand Company · Struck against stationary object

Removing Filter on a 375L Excavator, nut broke loose, employees face hit step on top of machine.

2012 · 1 incident

November 27, 2012 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nugent Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Trimming piece of rubber for side skirt under crusher at gravel plant. Cutting a hole for a bolt to go thru.

2010 · 1 incident

May 12, 2010 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nugent Sand Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Sometime, the aftenoon of 5/12/10, the employee was helping load a 55 gallon drum into the bucket of a front end loader, when he felt a pain in his upper back. Employee states the pain is a direct result of loading the drum but did not report it until the next morning.

2007 · 2 incidents

July 9, 2007 KY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nugent Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was cutting conveyor belts while doing maintenance repair. While cutting belt with utility knife, knife slipped cutting upper right leg.

July 7, 2007 KY · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nugent Sand Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was preparing to load sand into a railroad car. Before sand could be loaded, hopper door on railroad car had to be closed. As employee was pulling the door shut, he experienced a burning sensation in his left elbow. On 7/18/07 doctor informed employee of cortisone shot on 7/23/07.

2006 · 2 incidents

June 30, 2006 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nugent Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was attempting to cut a piece of conveyor belt using a box cutter. Cutter slipped, striking left forearm.

May 11, 2006 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Nugent Sand Company · Fall from machine

Approx. 2:15 AM EE was cleaning around gravel plant. EE attempted to walk outsde the guardrail on the plant and fell from the plant to ground.

2005 · 1 incident

August 6, 2005 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nugent Sand Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Placing cable on end of barge to serve as safety devise. Strained chest wall cavity while pulling cable from one side of barge to the other side.

2004 · 3 incidents

September 15, 2004 KY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nugent Sand Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee doing maintenance type work on gravel plant, changing screens, pulling out old screen, pinched fingers between screen and sidewall.

August 20, 2004 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nugent Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While employee was working on conveyor cutting skirt board rubber with razor knife, knife slipped and cut employee.

August 2, 2004 KY · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nugent Sand Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE REPAIRING COMPUTER & CABLES, EE WAS KNEELING DOWN TO CONNECT CABLE & WHEN HIS KNEE CAME IN CONTACT WITH A CABLE ON FLOOR, EE JERKED & HIT HIS HEAD ON EDGE OF DESK.

2003 · 1 incident

November 8, 2003 KY · Metal/Non-Metal NO VALUE FOUND
Nugent Sand Company · No Value Found

INJURED EE STATES HE WAS CLEANING HIS SAFETY GLASSES WHILE A CO-WORKER ATTEMPTED TO CUT WINCH CABLE USING A SLEDGE HAMMER & CABLE CUTTER. WHEN CO-WORKER STRUCK THE CABLE CUTTER WITH THE HAMME R, A ROCK FLEW FROM UNDER THE CABLE CUTTER STRIKING INJURED EE IN RIGHT EYE.

2002 · 1 incident

May 14, 2002 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nugent Sand Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS REPLACING A WATER VALVE ON THE PREPARATION PLANT USING A PIPE WRENCH. THE WRENCH SLIPPED, STRUCK HIM IN HIS TEETH, CAUSING CHIPS IN TWO FRONT TEETH.

2000 · 1 incident

February 28, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nugent Sand Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE UNLOADINNG SHEET STEEL FROM PU TRUCK & CAUGHTFINGER BETWEEN GROUND & METAL. EE WAS WEARING HEAVY GLOVES