Mining Incidents

Elizabethtown Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Vulcan Materials Company
Cecilia, Hardin County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517053

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
2000–2003
Latest incident
Apr 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
40
citations
16
significant & substantial
$4,322
proposed penalties
$4,322
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 30 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 30 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 30 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 30 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 0 0 0
2006 Q4 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

7 on file

2003 · 1 incident

April 7, 2003 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hart County Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

ACCIDENT WAS CALLED IN ON 4/9/03. EMPLOYEE DECIDED TO HAVE NECK CHECKED ON 4/10. HE SAID HE PHYSICALLY TURNED AROUND TO WATCH FOR VEHICLES WHILE IN LOADER MOVING DGA. HE SAID LOADER STARTED TO JERK. HIS NECK STARTED ACHING TUESDAY & WORSEN AS THE DAY WENT ON.

2002 · 1 incident

November 4, 2002 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hart County Stone Company · Fall from machine

EE MECHANIC WAS PUTTING PUMP ON AIR COMPRESSOR OF 275 MICH. LOADER- WHILE CLIMBING DOWN HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON RIGHT SIDE- EE'S WIFE PICKED HIMUP AT QUARRY- WENT TO ACUTE CARE FOR MEDICAL TRE ATMENT. FRACTURED SHOULDER FRACTURED ELBOW. EE IS TAKING PHYSICAL THEAPY.

2001 · 1 incident

January 18, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hart County Stone Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS MOVING WELDER. LATER THAT NIGHT HE WAS INPAIN SO HE WENT TO DOCTOR & WAS TOLD HE HAD HAD A HERNIA FOR SOME TIME. DUE FOR SURGERY ON 1/30.

2000 · 4 incidents

August 30, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hart County Stone Company · Struck by falling object

EE HAD BATTERY DROPPED ON RIGHT FOOT. EE DID NOT CHOOSE YTO GO TO DOCTORS, BUT SAID HE WOULD THAT NIGHT IF NEEDED TOO. EE WENT TO DOCTORS ON MORNING OF 8-31. EE HAD SOFT TISSUE DAMAGE. HE WAS NOT PUT OFF WORK-BUT ON LIGHT DUTY UNTIL 9=1=00, HE WAS TO RETURN TO REGULAR DUTY.

August 29, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Hart County Stone Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE RECALLS HE WAS BURSTING ON ROCK AND REMEMBERS PULLING HAMMER BACK; HAMMER HIT THE ROCK AND SOMETHING HIT HIM IN THE HEAD (INSIDE CAB OF ROCK BREAKER). THE NEXT THING HE REMEMBERED HE WAS AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE. (OTHER EMPLOYEES SAID THEY DIDN'T SEE ACCIDENT.) HE WALKED TO SHOP SEEMING TO BE IN INCOHERENT STATE OF MIND. MGR CHECKED EQUIPMENT, FOUND 3" ROCK 1" THICK IN CAB.

June 21, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Hart County Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

EE LEFT HIS WORKPLACE AT NOON STATING THAT HIS BACK WAS HURTING. NEXT MORNING THE DR. AT ER CALLED OFFICE INFORMING THEM HE HAD COME IN CLAINING BACK INJURY FROM WORK. HE STATED EE HAD UPPER B ACK MUSCLE SPRAIN, BUT HAD NO REASON TO STAY OFF WORK. NO LIFTING OVER 15#. NO TWISTING OR BENDING.

March 21, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hart County Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE DID NOT SHOW UP FOR WORK 03-22-00. CO-WORKERS TOLD OFFICE MANAGER THEY THOUGHT EMPLOYEE HAD INJURED HIS FOOT. SHE CALLED EMPLOYEE AT HOME-HE STATED THAT ROCK LODGED IN HOPPER-WHILE HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK LOOSE-ROCK ROLLED OVER LEFT FOOT. OFFICE MANAGER TOLD EMPLOYEE TO GO TO EMERGENCY ROOM AT HARDIN MEMORIAL AND HAVE HIS FOOT CHECKED OUT. HOSPITAL STATED HE HAD CONTUSI