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Carter City: 91 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Mountain Materials · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Carter, Carter County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1500098

Carter City has $13K 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
7
Years on record
1988–2009
Latest incident
Nov 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
91
citations
30
significant & substantial
$13,197
proposed penalties
$13,197
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Mountain Materials's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
47
inspections on record
712
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: 712 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Carter City has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$13K
current assessed
$13K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
88 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2015-05-19.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
5.6%
high negligence or reckless
33.3%
reasonably likely or greater
42.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.9% low, 85.6% moderate, 5.6% 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: 2009-09-15, 16 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2009-09-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-09-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.07 2.46 0.43 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-09-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.53 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.7 10 0.07 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.38 0.10 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Oiler, Greaser
2003-10-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 2.19 0.21 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-10-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.79 1.54 0.51 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-10-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-10-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 2.45 0.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-10-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.24 10 0.12 Dry Screen Plant Operator
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.

Carter City recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.

Injury rate, 2011
ⓘ 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 2.56 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.73 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
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2009 * 7.29 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 4.59 4.59 0.000
2004 * 4.79 4.79 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. Standard Slag Company 1950 to 1989
  2. Standard Lafarge 1989 to 1994
  3. Ruth Brothers Inc 1994 to 1998
  4. Mountain Materials, LLC 1998 to 2006
  5. Mountain Materials 2006 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 8
2015 7
2014 7
2013 7
2012 15
2011 26
2010 28
2009 13
2008 19
2007 17
2006 18
2005 18
2004 18
2003 25
2002 24
2001 25
2000 21
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Carter City sits in Carter County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Carter County, Kentucky · Population 26,515
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$50,389
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
2016 Q4 348 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 156 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 744 2 0 2688.2
2014 Q3 311 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,584 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,922 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 545 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 151 3 0 19867.5
Show 54 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2013 Q2 214 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 331 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 238 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,565 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 4,086 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 6,619 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 3,679 1 0 271.8
2011 Q3 7,318 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 11,563 2 0 173.0
2011 Q1 6,663 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 6,817 2 1 293.4
2010 Q3 12,900 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 12,215 1 0 81.9
2010 Q1 10,307 1 0 97.0
2009 Q4 7,742 1 1 129.2
2009 Q3 8,712 3 0 344.4
2009 Q2 6,784 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,203 1 0 237.9
2008 Q4 11,147 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 10,622 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 10,147 2 1 197.1
2008 Q1 10,471 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 9,088 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 9,713 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 10,227 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 9,014 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 10,414 13 3 1248.3
2006 Q3 10,164 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 13,111 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 10,835 3 0 276.9
2005 Q4 9,858 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 11,753 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 11,877 2 0 168.4
2005 Q1 10,068 2 0 198.6
2004 Q4 10,465 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10,973 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 10,552 5 2 473.8
2004 Q1 9,725 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 12,043 5 3 415.2
2003 Q3 15,999 5 1 312.5
2003 Q2 15,542 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 13,820 8 4 578.9
2002 Q4 14,270 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 15,834 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 13,404 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 13,129 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 14,392 3 1 208.4
2001 Q3 15,087 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 16,313 2 1 122.6
2001 Q1 13,828 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 13,759 4 3 290.7
2000 Q3 14,135 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 12,375 7 3 565.7
2000 Q1 6,525 1 1 153.3
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2009 · 1 incident

November 5, 2009 KY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountain Materials · Fall from machine

EE was dismounting the machine and was observed using 3 point contact, lost his footing and fell approx 2 1/2 feet onto his side. The steps and hand holds were intact. There was a thin layer of fresh mud on the tracks and step surface from tramming the machine 10 minutes prior to the accident.

2005 · 1 incident

May 23, 2005 KY · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountain Materials, LLC · Struck by falling object

Ee was placing rocks on conveyor bent that had been takes out of service: dropped rock on middle finger of left hand: damaged ligments.

2004 · 1 incident

August 10, 2004 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountain Materials, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING CHUTE TO CHANGE FLOW OF ROCK, SLIPPED AND FELL. WHEN HE FELL, THE CHUTE DOOR SLAMMED SHUT ON HIS LEFT HAND, CUTTING OFF TIP OF MIDDLE FINGER.

2001 · 2 incidents

August 7, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mountain Materials, LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE CLEANING OUT SCREENHOUSE, LIFTING SCREENS PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON BACK, CAUSING BACK TO ACHE.

March 22, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mountain Materials, LLC · Fall from machine

SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE GETTING OFF DOZER, SKINNED LOWER RIGHT LEG SEVERAL PLACES, SWELLING AND DISCOLORATION, INJURED EMPLOYEE DIDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR UNTIL 3-30-01, REASON FOR THIS REPORT FIL LED OUT THIS DATE 3-30-01.

1991 · 1 incident

January 21, 1991 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Standard Lafarge · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING PRY BAR TO EXTRACT A ROCK FROM TAIL PULLEY BAR SLIPPED OFF ROCK INJURING BACK.

1988 · 1 incident

May 24, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man POWERED HAULAGE
Standard Slag Company · Struck against a moving object

LOADING SHOT ROCK TO HAUL TRUCKS WITH FRONTEND LOADER STRUCK A ROCK WITH LOADER BUCKET JARRING EMPLOYEE THUS STRAINING MUSCLE IN RT.SIDE