Mining Incidents

Butler County Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Houchens Industries, Inc
Morgantown, Butler County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518156

Butler County Quarry has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2007
Latest incident
Aug 2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
63
citations
16
significant & substantial
$12,873
proposed penalties
$5,205
paid to date
40% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $7,668 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
45
inspections on record
593
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: 593 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Butler County Quarry has $13K in proposed MSHA penalties and $8K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$8K
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-09-19.
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
2021 Q3 0 0 0
2021 Q2 0 0 0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 889 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,053 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,080 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,057 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 937 0 0 0.0
Show 51 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3 1,433 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,585 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,452 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,918 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 5,454 2 0 366.7
2018 Q2 4,217 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,140 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,728 3 0 523.7
2017 Q3 6,176 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,950 2 0 336.1
2017 Q1 4,769 1 0 209.7
2016 Q4 3,458 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,017 1 0 248.9
2016 Q2 3,435 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,415 2 0 828.2
2015 Q4 3,772 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,003 1 0 249.8
2015 Q2 3,997 1 0 250.2
2015 Q1 676 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 0 0 0
2009 Q2 0 0 0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
2008 Q3 0 0 0
2008 Q2 536 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 332 2 0 6024.1
2007 Q4 601 14 8 23294.5
2007 Q3 941 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 607 4 2 6589.8
2007 Q1 464 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 799 9 4 11264.1
2006 Q3 856 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,127 7 1 6211.2
2006 Q1 1,544 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,991 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,038 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,738 4 1 2301.5
2004 Q1 1,344 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 2,243 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,208 2 0 475.3
2003 Q2 4,320 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,344 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,518 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 2,320 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,846 1 0 351.4
2001 Q3 2,244 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,596 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,613 3 0 1148.1
2000 Q3 7,005 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,403 3 0 881.6
2000 Q1 3,417 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2007 · 1 incident

August 20, 2007 KY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STRIKING OR BUMPING
Butler County Materials LLC · Struck against stationary object

Employee was climbing out of loader and struck his elbow on one of the landing treads. Employee did not leave work and did not seek treatment for elbow until 5 days later.

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