Bowling Green South Quarry has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
37
Years on record
1986–2012
Latest incident
Mar 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
66
citations
6
significant & substantial
$12,849
proposed penalties
$10,574
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,275 gap.
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.
66 citations across 1,502 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Bowling Green South Quarry has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $302 outstanding across 5 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
64 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $4K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-29.
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.
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.
7citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 71%
Still open
2 · 29%
40%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘCounts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
32%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $4K 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 2026-01-06.
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.
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: 2024-08-14
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
34
samples
15
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg19
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (34)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-08-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-08-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2024-08-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.76
2.17
0.35
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-08-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-02-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-02-01
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-03-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Cleanup Man
2021-03-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2021-03-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-03-31
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-08-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2018-08-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-08-02
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2018-08-02
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-02-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2017-02-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-02-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-02-22
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-02-22
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-11-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-07-15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Truck Driver
2009-07-15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.51
10
0.05
Truck Driver
2009-07-15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-07-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-12-21
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.23
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-12-21
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
1.87
10
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2004-04-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.44
10
0.04
Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-04-14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-08-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-08-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2002-08-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-09-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.24
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2001-09-13
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.43
10
0.04
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.
Bowling Green South Quarry 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
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
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
12
2025
11
2024
11
2023
9
2022
12
2021
13
2020
13
2019
13
2018
13
2017
14
2016
14
2015
13
2014
13
2013
16
2012
16
2011
20
2010
18
2009
19
2008
21
2007
27
2006
22
2005
31
2004
22
2003
26
2002
33
2001
28
2000
26
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Bowling Green South 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
8,478
3
0
353.9
2026 Q1
5,209
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
5,173
2
0
386.6
2025 Q3
5,025
3
0
597.0
2025 Q2
5,651
1
0
177.0
2025 Q1
5,538
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
5,938
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
5,871
0
0
0.0
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
5,844
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
5,344
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
4,953
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
5,593
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
5,856
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
4,945
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
6,153
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
7,356
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
7,233
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
6,004
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
8,129
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
7,556
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
8,047
1
0
124.3
2021 Q1
7,122
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
7,838
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
7,324
2
1
273.1
2020 Q2
7,562
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
7,204
2
0
277.6
2019 Q4
7,262
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
8,020
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
7,980
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
7,253
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
8,020
1
0
124.7
2018 Q3
7,938
2
0
252.0
2018 Q2
6,439
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
8,267
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
7,520
1
0
133.0
2017 Q3
8,761
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
7,491
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
7,270
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
6,788
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
7,755
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
7,552
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
7,380
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
7,518
1
0
133.0
2015 Q3
8,866
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
7,894
1
0
126.7
2015 Q1
5,525
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
7,101
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
7,389
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
7,201
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
4,911
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
6,964
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
7,114
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
12,126
3
1
247.4
2013 Q1
6,396
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
9,452
1
0
105.8
2012 Q3
8,611
1
1
116.1
2012 Q2
8,158
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
9,809
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
10,106
1
0
99.0
2011 Q3
13,272
1
0
75.3
2011 Q2
13,731
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
10,428
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
10,553
1
0
94.8
2010 Q3
10,448
2
0
191.4
2010 Q2
9,273
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
7,438
2
0
268.9
2009 Q4
9,333
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
11,008
1
0
90.8
2009 Q2
11,487
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
13,316
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
10,434
2
0
191.7
2008 Q3
10,354
1
0
96.6
2008 Q2
14,076
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
8,966
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
12,756
3
1
235.2
2007 Q3
18,242
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
18,426
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
10,958
2
0
182.5
2006 Q4
11,240
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
12,594
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
12,550
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
12,714
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
17,937
2
0
111.5
2005 Q3
15,797
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
15,435
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
15,694
2
0
127.4
2004 Q4
14,414
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
16,533
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
12,407
3
1
241.8
2004 Q1
11,982
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
15,630
2
0
128.0
2003 Q3
11,842
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
12,841
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
13,584
1
0
73.6
2002 Q4
16,642
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
20,784
1
0
48.1
2002 Q2
17,848
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
15,704
1
0
63.7
2001 Q4
14,692
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
11,361
6
0
528.1
2001 Q2
14,325
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
10,372
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
12,741
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
11,019
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
14,923
1
0
67.0
2000 Q1
11,356
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
37 on file
2012 · 2 incidents
March 16, 2012KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
While using a porta-power and torch to a seized pin while changing out the lift cylinder of a Euclid R-40 haul truck, the pin shot out while under pressure and struck the safety glasses lense of the employee, causing the frame to make a laceration just under his left eyebrow.
Employee was fitting together pieces of a receiving trough and pulled muscle in chest area. Note: employee did not seek medical treatment until 01/27/2012 and did not advise our company until 01/30/2012.
2008 · 1 incident
April 24, 2008KY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Employee removed a jammed rock in chute feeding screen, rock flipped over on fop of foot. Treated as first aid untill 4-29-08 when employee went to get a doctor's diagnoses.
2002 · 4 incidents
October 23, 2002KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A BOLT ON A BRACKET WHEN THE WRENCH HE WAS USING TO FREE A PTO CABLEUNDER A STOCK TRUCK SLIPPED. HE JERKED HIS HEAD TO AVOID BEING STRUCK BY THE WRENCH, BUT STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST THE BOLT.
July 5, 2002KY · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS EXITING STOCKPILE TRUCK WHEN HE CAUGHT THE TOES OF HIS LEFT BOOT ON THE BOTTOM STEP ON THE TRUCK CAB. HE THEN FELL TO THE GROUND, TWISTING HIS ANKLE THAT WAS CAUGHT IN THE STEP.
2001 · 4 incidents
December 18, 2001KY · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cemex Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects
EE WAS PULLING ON BIN LEVER TO LOAD TRUCK. WHEN PULLING THE LEVER, HE HURT HIS WRIST.
October 16, 2001KY · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE CLIMBED UPON LOADER TO SPEAK WITH LOADER OPERATOR ABOUT WHERE TO PUT SOME ROCK. EMPLOYEE STARTED DOWN THE STEPS ON THE LOADER AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED OFF ONE OF THE STEPS. EMPLOYEE FELL BACKWARDS AND TRIED TO BREAK THE FALL WITH HIS HAND, BREAKING WRIST.
EE WAS PULLING THE BIN LEVER TO LOAD HIS TRUCK. HE STARTED TO CLOSE THE BIN GATE WHEN HIS FOOT SLIPPED BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN RAINING. HE THEN CAUGHT THE BIN LEVER WITH HIS RIGHT HAND CAUSING HIS LEFT HAND TO HIT THE LEVER AND BREAKING HIS LITTLE FINGER.
1997 · 1 incident
July 22, 1997KY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING MATERIAL FROM RIGHT SIDEOF BODY TO LEFT SIDE. HE THEN MOVED FEET WITHOUT SWITCHING HANDS AND STARTED SHOVELING FROM LEFT SIDE TO RIGHT SIDE OF BODY. THIS CHANGE RESULT ED IN STRAIN FELT IN BACK.
1996 · 1 incident
July 18, 1996KY · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS GETTING LOADER READY TO GO AND NOTICED WINDSHIELD WAS DIRTY HE CLIMBED UP ON THE FRONT OF THE MACHINE TO CLEAN IT HE SAID HIS FOOT WENT THRU A HOLE THAT CAUSED HIM TO SLIP AND FALL TO T HE GROUND.
May 7, 1992KY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorOTHER
EMPL WAS TRYING TO UNJAM TAILGATE ON STOCK PILE TRUCK. HE CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN TRUCK BED & TAILGATE.
March 13, 1991KY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WALKED TO BACK OF CATWALK ON EUCILD TO CHECK AND SEE IF THERE WAS ANY MUD STUCK IN HIS BED. EMPLOYEE TURNED AND WALKED BACK TO DOOR OF TRUCK. HE LET GO OF HANDRAIL TO OPEN DOOR. HI S FOOT SLIPPED AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.
1989 · 6 incidents
October 26, 1989KY · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A ROD BEARING IN A GMC TRUCK. WHILE TORQUING IT DOWN, THE WRENCH SLIPPED CATCHING HIS KNUCKLE ON THE OIL PUMP.
August 26, 1988KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMP WAS MOVING 8OME MATERIAL S IN THE SHOP WHEN HE SLIPPED & FELL
April 17, 1986KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING PILLOW BLOCK BEAVING OFF SCREEN WHEN HE ALMOST DROPPED IT CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN BLOCK AND SCREEN
January 30, 1986KY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON