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BARREN COUNTY STONE: 1 recorded fatality Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Houchens Industries, Inc
Cave City, Barren County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1506863

BARREN COUNTY STONE has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $150 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1991–2018
Latest incident
Oct 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
75
citations
17
significant & substantial
$19,181
proposed penalties
$19,031
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $150 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See SCOTTY'S CONTRACTING & STONE, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
67
inspections on record
1,540
inspection hours
4.9
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
75 citations across 1,540 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BARREN COUNTY STONE has $19K in proposed MSHA penalties and $150 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$19K
proposed penalties
$19K
current assessed
$19K
paid to date
$150
outstanding
72 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
23.0%
significant & substantial
5.4%
high negligence or reckless
21.9%
reasonably likely or greater
51.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 12.2% low, 82.4% moderate, 5.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2026-06-09
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
41
samples
18
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg21
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz14
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Arsenic fumes1
Show the individual readings (53)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2026-06-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2026-06-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2026-06-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 Mechanic
2026-06-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Hammer Mill Operator
2025-09-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-09-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-11-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.72 3.23 0.53 Bobcat Operator
2023-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-11-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Diamond Drill Operator
2021-04-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2021-04-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.72 10 0.07 Cleanup Man
2021-04-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Bulldozer Operator
2019-05-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2019-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-05-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-05-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 Utility Man
2019-05-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Cleanup Man
2017-02-01 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-02-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-02-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-02-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2015-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-07-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-07-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2010-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-12-02 Zinc oxide fumes 0 10 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-12-02 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-12-02 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-12-02 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-12-02 Manganese fumes 0.04 5 0.01 Welder, etc.
2010-12-02 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.19 20 0.01 Welder, etc.
2010-12-02 Lead fumes 6.47 450 0.01 Welder, etc.
2010-12-02 Iron oxide fumes 0.29 20 0.01 Welder, etc.
2010-12-02 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-12-02 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-12-02 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-12-02 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-12-02 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-12-02 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Welder, etc.
2010-12-02 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-10-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.41 10 0.04 Truck Driver
2005-10-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2002-01-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.64 10 0.06 Truck Driver
2002-01-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2002-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-03-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 2.71 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-03-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.54 10 0.05 Truck Driver
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.

BARREN COUNTY STONE recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.

Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.17 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2025 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 9.08 9.08 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Mc Murtrey Stone Company Inc 1950 to 1988
  2. Scotty'S Contracting & Stone Company 1988 to 1999
  3. Scotty's Contracting & Stone LLC 2000 to 2010
  4. Glass Aggregates 2010 to 2021
  5. Hinkle Contracting Company LLC 2021 to 2021
  6. Scotty's Contracting & Stone, LLC 2021 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 15
2025 10
2024 11
2023 15
2022 13
2021 10
2020 7
2019 9
2018 10
2017 9
2016 11
2015 22
2014 20
2013 22
2012 23
2011 24
2010 12
2009 7
2008 6
2007 6
2006 5
2005 6
2004 4
2003 8
2002 4
2001 5
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

BARREN COUNTY STONE sits in Barren County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ 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.
Barren County, Kentucky · Population 44,670
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$49,171
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. 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
2026 Q2 5,728 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 5,110 1 0 195.7
2025 Q4 5,785 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 7,372 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,012 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 4,063 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,440 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 6,412 3 0 467.9
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 7,465 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 10,067 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 10,519 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 9,461 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,783 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 7,251 1 0 137.9
2022 Q4 7,274 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,530 2 0 209.9
2022 Q2 10,416 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,947 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 6,059 1 0 165.0
2021 Q3 7,455 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 6,769 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,852 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 3,536 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,318 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,364 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,786 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 3,881 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,241 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,933 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 4,953 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 6,116 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,713 2 0 350.1
2018 Q2 7,411 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,798 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 4,677 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,318 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,615 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 5,433 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 5,731 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,781 1 0 264.5
2016 Q2 9,163 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,061 1 0 246.2
2015 Q4 18,718 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 13,849 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 12,073 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 6,961 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 11,871 1 0 84.2
2014 Q3 14,209 1 0 70.4
2014 Q2 13,494 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 6,580 1 0 152.0
2013 Q4 11,277 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 17,676 3 0 169.7
2013 Q2 15,159 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 5,912 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 8,130 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 16,491 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 15,482 2 1 129.2
2012 Q1 11,528 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 13,475 3 2 222.6
2011 Q3 20,180 5 0 247.8
2011 Q2 16,950 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,330 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 7,328 1 0 136.5
2010 Q3 7,135 1 0 140.2
2010 Q2 9,015 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,364 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,595 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,164 1 0 316.1
2009 Q2 4,546 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,718 2 1 423.9
2008 Q4 2,041 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,938 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 5,380 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,634 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,801 1 0 263.1
2007 Q3 2,549 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,616 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,773 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,595 2 0 435.3
2006 Q3 1,977 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,721 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,115 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,220 2 0 900.9
2005 Q3 2,861 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,419 1 0 226.3
2005 Q1 972 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,676 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,794 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,001 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,519 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,507 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,202 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,392 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,292 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,125 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,651 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,531 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,625 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,685 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,348 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,764 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,128 2 2 639.4
2000 Q4 3,323 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,862 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,474 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,149 0 0 0.0

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
December 17, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Scotty's Contracting & Stone LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE PARKED COMPANY SERVICE TRUCK NEXT TO GEN TRAILER, TRUCK ROLLED AND EMPLOYEE TRIED TO GET BACK IN TO STOP. SERVICE TRUCK SIDE SWIPED GEN TRAILER. EMPLOYEE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN DOOR AND GEN TRAILER.

Reportable incidents

9 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2018 · 1 incident

October 1, 2018 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Glass Aggregates · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was trying to repair lights on top of skid steer. Employee was standing on the entrance exit platform attempting to bend the cab shield up to repair lights. Wrench slipped causing employee to fall onto the bucket dislocating right shoulder.

2011 · 1 incident

September 27, 2011 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Glass Aggregates · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE CLIMBED UP ON LOADER TO REPLACE WIPER ASSEMBLY. EMPLOYEE HAD WINDSHIELD WIPER ASSEMBLY IN HIS HAND. EMPLOYEE STEPPED OVER ON FRONT FENDER AND FOOT SLIPPED OFF FENDER STEP AND EMPLOYEE FELL AND FRACTURED HIS RIGHT HEEL.

2006 · 1 incident

November 28, 2006 KY · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Scotty's Contracting & Stone LLC · Fall from machine

Employee was exiting the cab of the drill. He stepped down on the 1st step, then missed the 2nd step & fell about 4', landing on the ground. He stated that he was unable to grab the handle in time to keep him from falling. Other than failure to maintain 3-point contact, there appear to be no contributing factors causing the incident (moisture, wind, defective equipment, etc.).

2001 · 1 incident

April 27, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Scotty's Contracting & Stone LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AIRING UP TIRE ON SERVICE TRUCK (LOOKED A LITTLE LOW) WHEN SPLIT RIM BLEW APART STRIKING GROUNDMAN ON RIGHT LEG.

2000 · 1 incident

April 5, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Scotty's Contracting & Stone LLC · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EE WAS CLEANING MUD FROM CONVEYOR BELT IDLER WHEN A LOOSE SLEEVE GOT CAUGHT ON BELT PULLING HIS ARM AGAINST MOVING CONVEYOR, BADLY TEARING AT HIS ARM.

1996 · 1 incident

March 28, 1996 KY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Scotty'S Contracting & Stone Company · Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

A ROLLER ON THE CONVEYOR WAS STUCK. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TRYING TO GET IT UNSTUCK. COVERALLS GOT CAUGHT AND PULLED EMPLOYEES ARM IN HEAD SHAFT OF CONVEYOR.

1995 · 2 incidents

February 27, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Scotty'S Contracting & Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DUMPING A LOAD FROM HIS BACK DUMP WHEN THE LOAD SHIFTED BREAKING THE SAFETY CABLE AND ALLOWING THE BED TO OVEREXTEND CAUSING THE CAB TO RAISE OFF THE GROUND. THE TRUCK THEN BROKE IN TWO PARTS FORCING THE CAB TO FALL TO THE GROUND CAUSING EE TO HIT HIS HEAD ON THE WINDSHIELD.

1991 · 1 incident

April 18, 1991 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Scotty'S Contracting & Stone Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS STANDING BY THE SECONDARY CRUSHER AT THE QUARRY S CRUSHER. HE HAD HIS HAND ON THE EDGE OF THE MOUTH OF THE SECONDARY CRUSHER AND A ROCK STRUCK HIS LEFT HAND.