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Bowling Green North Quarry: 80 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Bowling Green, Warren County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1500065

Bowling Green North Quarry has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1986–2023
Latest incident
Feb 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
80
citations
20
significant & substantial
$9,890
proposed penalties
$9,890
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
89
inspections on record
1,462
inspection hours
5.5
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.
80 citations across 1,462 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Bowling Green North Quarry has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
76 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $143 in penalties contested before the Commission, $0 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-13.
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.
25.3%
significant & substantial
2.5%
high negligence or reckless
25.3%
reasonably likely or greater
34.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 3.8% low, 93.7% moderate, 2.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 100%
100%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$143 proposed, $0 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2023-12-19.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
KENT 2024-0053 Vacate Manning 2024 $143 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2024-08-15
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
25
samples
14
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg11
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz10
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (25)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-08-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-02-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-02-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2023-02-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-02-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Jackhammer Operator
2022-04-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2022-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-04-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.37 10 0.04 Truck Driver
2018-07-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2018-07-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-07-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2018-07-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-11-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-11-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2014-11-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-10-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.8 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-10-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 2.41 0.14 Truck Driver
2007-09-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 2.59 0.20 Truck Driver
2007-09-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2007-09-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 2.3 0.25 Backhoe Operator
2006-01-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-01-19 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Utility Man
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.

Bowling Green North Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2022.

Injury rate, 2022
ⓘ 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 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.12 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.59 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
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 9.84 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 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. State Contracting & Materials Division 1950 to 1978
  2. Medusa Aggregates Company 1979 to 1988
  3. Medusa Aggregates Company 1988 to 1998
  4. Southdown Inc 1998 to 2001
  5. Cemex Inc 2001 to 2002
  6. Rinker Materials South Central, Inc. 2002 to 2008
  7. Cemex Construction Materials Atlantic LLC 2008 to 2010
  8. Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC 2010 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 8
2025 9
2024 10
2023 9
2022 9
2021 10
2020 10
2019 8
2018 9
2017 11
2016 12
2015 8
2014 8
2013 7
2012 12
2011 12
2010 11
2009 11
2008 13
2007 13
2006 14
2005 15
2004 11
2003 15
2002 25
2001 21
2000 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Bowling Green North Quarry sits in Warren County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Warren County, Kentucky · Population 137,549
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,801
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 2,522 1 0 396.5
2026 Q1 4,790 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 5,422 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,630 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,011 8 1 1596.5
2025 Q1 4,253 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,718 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,277 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 5,018 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,732 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 5,008 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,690 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,750 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,812 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 6,220 1 0 160.8
2022 Q3 5,964 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,413 1 0 184.7
2022 Q1 3,637 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 5,153 1 0 194.1
2021 Q3 5,468 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,806 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,415 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 5,054 1 0 197.9
2020 Q3 5,245 2 2 381.3
2020 Q2 4,892 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,134 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,477 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,495 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,313 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,361 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,679 1 0 213.7
2018 Q3 4,850 1 0 206.2
2018 Q2 4,611 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 5,768 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,435 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,053 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 7,118 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 8,570 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 6,199 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 7,313 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,744 1 0 129.1
2016 Q1 7,389 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 6,009 1 0 166.4
2015 Q3 5,067 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,750 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 3,635 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,582 1 0 279.2
2014 Q3 4,158 2 0 481.0
2014 Q2 3,073 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 4,214 2 0 474.6
2013 Q4 4,047 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,078 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,304 1 0 434.0
2013 Q1 3,921 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 3,771 1 1 265.2
2012 Q3 5,369 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,774 1 0 173.2
2012 Q1 4,173 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 6,940 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 5,123 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 4,528 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 3,741 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,318 2 1 376.1
2010 Q3 7,606 2 0 263.0
2010 Q2 5,504 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 3,240 1 0 308.6
2009 Q4 5,207 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,301 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 5,899 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 6,208 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,823 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 7,668 2 0 260.8
2008 Q2 7,435 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 5,230 2 0 382.4
2007 Q4 7,829 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,386 1 0 156.6
2007 Q2 5,556 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,689 5 1 878.9
2006 Q4 5,502 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,535 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,867 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 9,673 6 1 620.3
2005 Q4 9,890 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 8,395 1 0 119.1
2005 Q2 8,553 4 1 467.7
2005 Q1 8,710 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 8,034 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 8,045 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,981 3 2 602.3
2004 Q1 4,635 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,178 3 0 579.4
2003 Q3 8,558 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 9,827 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 9,787 2 0 204.4
2002 Q4 9,505 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 11,617 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 15,728 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 17,654 3 1 169.9
2001 Q4 13,623 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 14,286 10 5 700.0
2001 Q2 15,247 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 12,886 3 2 232.8
2000 Q4 11,553 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,112 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 5,005 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,511 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2023 · 1 incident

February 15, 2023 KY · Metal/Non-Metal utility man, shift tech, service/dump truck operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

The above is the accident date not the date this accident became reportable. Injury became reportable on 2/23/23.

2020 · 1 incident

December 18, 2020 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator MACHINERY
Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee received a laceration when employee contacted a sharp piece of metal

2019 · 1 incident

2007 · 1 incident

February 1, 2007 KY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rinker Materials South Central, Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was exiting Mack Stock Pile truck and missed the bottom step on the fuel tank. He fell and hit his tail bone causing a bruise.

2005 · 1 incident

July 30, 2005 KY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rinker Materials South Central, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While replacing anvils in anvil ring, strained groin. FIRST KNOWLEDGE OF RESTRICTIONS RECEIVED 08/12/05 FROM MEDICAL REPORT.

2004 · 1 incident

November 20, 2004 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rinker Materials South Central, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping finish up conveyor belt change-out. While using a utility knife, the knife slipped cutting his left index finger, requiring sutures.

2003 · 1 incident

September 5, 2003 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rinker Materials South Central, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HIS HAND CAUGHT IN BIN GATE WHILE CLEARING STUCK ROCK. INITIALLY NOT THOUGHT TO BE REPORTABLE.

2001 · 4 incidents

October 1, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cemex Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

TAPPING OUT TREADS ON CONE CRUSHER. HAD WRNEHC ON THE TAP AND PULLED UP ON IT AND HURT BACK.

September 29, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Cemex Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

SWINGING SLEDGE HAMMER TO TIGHTEN UP CONE CRUSHER ON SATURDAY THEN DID SOME SHOVELING THE NEXT WEEK WHICH IRRITATED IT. THE DOCTOR DID NOT DECIDE TO GIVE TIME OFF FROM WORK UNTIL 11-12-01.

September 25, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Cemex Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE'S HAND SLIPPED INTO THE HEATER/AC VENT WHILE BRACING HIMSELF TO PICK UP A LIGHTER FROM THE DASH OF THE FRONT END LOADER.

August 31, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cemex Inc · Fall from machine

THE EE WAS CLIMBING IN STOCKPILE TRUCK HIS RIGHT FOOT WAS ON THE TOP STEP AND THE LEFT FOOT ON THE BOTTOM STEP. HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF THE STEP AND HIT THE GROUND THIS CAUSED A STRAIN ON T HE LEFT KNEE AND ANKLE THUS SPRAINING LEFT LEG.

1998 · 1 incident

April 24, 1998 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Medusa Aggregates Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING SPUD WRENCH & HAMMER CLEANING BUILDUP OFF OF SCREEN DECK PIECE OF METAL CHIPPED OFF OF HAMME OR WRENCH STRIKING EE ON ARM.

1988 · 1 incident

April 13, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Medusa Aggregates Company · Flash burns (welding)

EMPLOYEE WAS WELDING ON JAW CRUSHER ALL DAY. DURING THE NIGHT, HE HAD PROBLEMS WITH HIS EYES.

1986 · 1 incident

October 23, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Medusa Aggregates Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9NING A CAN OF COFFEE WITH A KNIFE WHEN IT SLIPPED & CUT HIS THUMB ON THE KNIFE-6 STICHES TO THUMB