Mining Incidents

Bassett Stone Company Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Monticello, Wayne County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1500004

Bassett Stone Company has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
24
Years on record
1983–2003
Latest incident
Jul 2003
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
67
citations
19
significant & substantial
$7,951
proposed penalties
$7,951
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
67
inspections on record
966
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 966 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bassett Stone Company has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-16.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 3,154 1 0 317.1
2025 Q3 4,220 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,973 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,805 2 0 713.0
2024 Q4 2,695 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,868 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,637 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 3,966 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 3,628 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,600 1 0 625.0
2023 Q2 1,341 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,767 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,684 1 0 213.5
2022 Q3 1,357 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,907 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,818 1 0 207.6
2021 Q4 2,762 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,514 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 5,384 2 0 371.5
2021 Q1 1,830 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,880 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 5,801 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,977 1 0 335.9
2020 Q1 1,162 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,979 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,543 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,528 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,848 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,668 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,079 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 4,168 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,366 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 3,200 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,172 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 3,146 1 0 317.9
2017 Q1 2,229 1 0 448.6
2016 Q4 2,014 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 3,650 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,202 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 3,741 1 0 267.3
2015 Q4 9,411 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,396 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 7,210 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,884 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,726 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,437 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,470 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,613 2 1 1239.9
2013 Q4 3,396 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 6,997 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,418 1 1 705.2
2013 Q1 2,906 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,429 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 4,692 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,120 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,760 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,179 6 1 971.0
2011 Q3 6,941 1 1 144.1
2011 Q2 1,922 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,191 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 7,340 4 1 545.0
2010 Q3 5,814 3 1 516.0
2010 Q2 1,178 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,512 1 0 661.4
2009 Q4 6,387 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 9,440 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,550 1 0 645.2
2009 Q1 1,145 1 0 873.4
2008 Q4 9,238 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 8,960 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,431 1 0 118.6
2008 Q1 6,687 5 3 747.7
2007 Q4 2,310 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,380 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,642 2 0 1218.0
2007 Q1 1,243 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 8,292 1 0 120.6
2006 Q3 9,639 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 7,741 3 0 387.5
2006 Q1 7,550 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 9,786 1 0 102.2
2005 Q3 11,022 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 9,129 1 0 109.5
2005 Q1 6,379 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 6,616 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,080 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,730 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,566 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,412 2 1 829.2
2003 Q3 8,727 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 9,658 12 9 1242.5
2003 Q1 2,589 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,271 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 9,629 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 9,731 1 0 102.8
2002 Q1 6,856 1 0 145.9
2001 Q4 9,387 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 12,076 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 10,417 2 0 192.0
2001 Q1 2,962 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,227 1 0 121.6
2000 Q3 10,275 1 0 97.3
2000 Q2 6,674 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 10,085 1 0 99.2
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

24 on file

2003 · 1 incident

July 24, 2003 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck by falling object

SPLICED CONV.BELT, AFTER COMPLETING SPLICE EE STARTED BELT & THOUGHT IT WAS RUBBING SOMEWHERE SO HE WAS LOOKING TO SEE WHERE WHEN A ROCK FELL OFF & LANDED ON HIS FOOT. EE BROKE A BONE IN HIS FOOT, EE HAD STEEL TOES ON.

2000 · 1 incident

1997 · 1 incident

January 8, 1997 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Fall from machine

EE ATTEMPTED TO BREAK AN AUGER FREE WITH A PIPE WRENCH. HE PLACED ONE FOOT ON A RAIL WHICH WAS ABOUT A FEET HIGH AND LEANED HIS WEIGHT ON THE WRENCH. THE WRENCH BROKE FREE CAUSING EE TO FALL O N HIS LEFT SHOULDER.

1995 · 2 incidents

November 15, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Fall from ladders

STATIONARY LADDER GOING UP TO CATWALK ON CONVEYOR BROKE LOOSE AND FELL WITH PERSON ON IT. PERSON INVOLVED WAS BRUISED AND SORE AND HAD SMALL CUT TO SIDE OF HEAD.

August 15, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DISMOUNTING LOADER, WHEN HE STEPPED DOWN ON GROUND HIS ANKLE TWISTED OVER.

1992 · 1 incident

August 28, 1992 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

45381NIC WAS REMOVING SPARK PLUGS FROM ENGINE OF FUEL TRUCK SPARK PLUG BROKE LOOSE SUDDENLY & EMPLOYEES HAND CONTINUED ON INTO HOSE CLAMP END LACERATING LEFT KNUCKLES BETWEEN RING &MIDDLE FING 59200

1991 · 2 incidents

August 13, 1991 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVING STOCK PILE TRUCK PULLED UP TO BIA DIDN'T USE THE STEPS JUMPED FROM THE TRUCK TO PULL THE BIN LEVER.

1989 · 3 incidents

November 21, 1989 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS DRIVING A EUCLID IN QUARRY,HAULING DIRT TO DUMP.TIRES ON TRUCK WERE CUTTING RUTS IN GROUND,SO HE THOUGHT HE WOULD PICK UP ROCKS TO FILL IN TRACKS.WHEN HE STARTED TO BEND OVER HE HAD A P AIN IN LOWER BACK AND HE COULD NOT STRAIGHTEN UP.

June 13, 1989 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HE HAD REMOVED GEAR BOX FROM EUCLID I NAME & I NAME WAS MOVING GEAR BOX & DROPPED IT & IT BOUNCED ONTO TOE BRUISING TOE

January 5, 1989 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech ELECTRICAL
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE SCREEN HOUSE, RE-WIRING A BREAKER BOX AFTER MOTOR HAD SHORTED AND BURNED OUT. WHENEVER THEY SWITCHED BREAKER BACK ON, THE LID BLEW OFF THE BREAKER BOX STRIKING HIM BESIDE H IS RIGHT EYE.

1988 · 2 incidents

July 28, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

HE WAS ADJUSTING BRAKE ON SHOVEL USING A PUNCH.THE PUNCH SLIPPED AND CAUGHT GEARS THROWING PUNCH AND THUMB INTO SHARP EDGE OF CAB CUTTING OFF THE END OF HIS LEFT THUMB.

May 16, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bassett Products Company Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS PUTTING TARP ON TRUCK LOADED WITH AG. LIME. ROPE BROKE & HE FELL TRYING TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH HIS ARMS. HE BROKE HIS RIGHT WRIST & SPRUNG HIS LEFT WRIST.

1987 · 1 incident

November 13, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS REMOVING3TORQUE CONVERTER FROM SHOVEL. TORQUE CONVERTER POPPED OUT HITTING HIM ON FOOT KNOCKING HIM FROM CATWALK OF SHOVEL, LANDING ON GROUND ON RIGHT SIDE BRUISING HIS RIBS. TORQUE CON VERTER HIT GROU3D THEN BOUNCED UP HITTING HIM IN FOREHEAD, REQUIRING 4 STITCHES TO CLOSE LACERATION.

1986 · 1 incident

June 6, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck against a moving object

HE WAS USING TH9 WRECKER TO MOVE A ROCK. THE FRONT WHEELS OF THE WRECKER WERE OFF THE GROUND WHEN THE CABLE ON THE WRECKER BROKE. WHEN THE CABLE BROKE, THIS TOOK THE PRESSURE OFF AND FRONT WHE ELS FELL TO THE3GROUND, JERKING THE DRIVER.

1985 · 4 incidents

December 16, 1985 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I NAME AND TWO 2THER EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING A CONVEYOR FOR A NEW READY MIX PLANT. THEY WERE RAISING THE CONVEYOR 31 INCHES OFF THE CONCRETE FLOOR TO SET IT ON ITS FRAME WHERE IT WAS TO BE WELDED. THE LOA8ER OPERATOR PICKED THE CONVEYOR UP WITHT HE LOADER AND PLACED IT ON TOP OF THE FRAME I NAME TOLD II NAME AND III NAME TO HIT THE FRAME ONE OF EACH SIDE TO JAR IT INTO PLACE.

September 19, 1985 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS WORKING IN GARAGE USING A PORTABLE GRINDER TO GRIND THE SLAG OFF OF A PIECE OF METAL THAT GOES ON THE BOOM, THE GRINDER HUNG ON A BURR AND KICKED OUT OF HIS HAND AND HIT HIS LEFT ARM C UTTING HIS ARM JUST ABOVE THE WRIST

August 13, 1985 KY · Metal/Non-Metal coal strip operator MACHINERY
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck by flying object

I.NAME AND I.NAME PUTTING GEAR SEALS ON OUTSIDE GEARS OF SHOVEL. I.NAME SITTING IN SHOVEL SEAT WITH LOCK BRAKE LEVER ON.HE RAISED UP IN THE SEAT TO TELL I.NAME TO PUT GEAR SEAL ON TOP OF GEARS WHEN HE RAISED UP,HE KNOCKED BRAKE LOCK LEVER OFF.DIPPER FELL AND CABLE UNWOUND STRIKING I.NAME ON RIGHT CHEEK AND LEFT SHOULDER KNOCKING HIM BACKWARDS WHERE HE FELL ON THE BOOM.

June 8, 1985 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

HE WAS LIFTING A CRANK SHAFT UP TO PUT IN THE ENGINE OF A CEMENT TRUCK HE STRAINED HIS BACK

1984 · 3 incidents

November 14, 1984 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE HAD FILLED A GREASE GUN AND WAS PREPARING TO GREASE HIS T RUCK. HE BENT OVER HIS T RUCK AND STARTED TO TURN TO THE RIGHT WHEN HIS HIP AND RIGHT LEG WENT NUMB, AND HE HAD CONSIDERABLE BACK PAIN.

November 9, 1984 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE DIPPER OF A LOADER TRYING TO ROLL A BEARING OUT ON THE GROUND.THE BEARING HIT SOMETHING AND ROLLED OVER AND CAUGHT HIS RIGHT HAND, CUTTING THE RIGHT INDEX FINGER.

April 2, 1984 KY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Bassett Products Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A CLUTCH IN THE SHOVEL. HE WAS USING A BAR TO PRIZE THE DRUM AND THE BAR SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS LITTLE FINGER BETWEEN THE CAB OF THE SHOVEL AND THE BAR, CUTTING AND BREAK ING HIS LEFT LITTLE FINGER.

1983 · 2 incidents

November 4, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bassett Products Company Inc · Struck by falling object

HE WAS TAKING A TRACK DRILL APART. HE TOOK 2 BOLTS OUT OF THE DRILL AND RAISED THE HAMMER UP. WHEN HE RAISED THE HAMMER, ONE PIECE OF THE DRILL FELL OUT AND HIT HIS LEFT THUMB, MASHING HIS THU MB AND BREAKING HIS DISTAL THUMB.

May 24, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Bassett Products Company Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING BELTS ON CRUSHER TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN THEM OUT. HIS RIGHT HAND SLIPPED AND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BELTS AND THE PULLY ON THE CRUSHER, CUTTING HIS HAND IN SEVERAL PLACES.

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