Cave City has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $755 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
2021
Latest incident
Jan 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2017
54
citations
18
significant & substantial
$16,635
proposed penalties
$15,880
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $755 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
17
inspections on record
292
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: 292 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cave City has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $755 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$755
outstanding
54 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-12-29.
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
1,591
1
0
628.5
2025 Q3
5,925
4
0
675.1
2025 Q2
3,351
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
1,298
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
6,213
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
7,692
7
2
910.0
2023 Q3
6,095
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
7,836
2
1
255.2
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q1
8,758
5
1
570.9
2022 Q4
9,465
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
11,525
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
11,434
4
1
349.8
2022 Q1
20,385
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
13,960
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
13,761
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
14,916
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
15,717
3
3
190.9
2020 Q4
14,826
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
12,054
3
1
248.9
2020 Q2
2,305
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
3,442
2
0
581.1
2019 Q4
1,439
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,888
4
0
2118.6
2019 Q2
2,342
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
1,305
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
5,548
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
5,810
1
1
172.1
2018 Q1
4,593
1
0
217.7
2017 Q4
5,081
1
0
196.8
2017 Q3
4,968
13
8
2616.7
2017 Q2
4,291
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
2,459
3
0
1220.0
2016 Q4
184
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file
2021 · 1 incident
January 6, 2021AR · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
Miner, plant operator, was attempting to free VSI crusher of debris from the grizzly. EE did not follow shut down procedure to perform said action; left conveyors running, which resulted in EE's jacket becoming entangled in head wheel shaft of the conveyor, causing EE to fall, resulting in a broken arm, which required surgery.
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