IX employee was striking a 980 bucket tooth with a sledge hammer to remove it from the shank. while striking the tooth a fragment of metal chipped off and struck EE entering EE's right lower quadrant of the abdomen area. Employee was transported to the hospital for evaluation.
Cedar Rapids 1316 Impact Crusher: 9 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal
Independence Excavating
· Surface
Controlled by
Vic DiGeronimo Jr
Smithland Ky,
Livingston County,
KY
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4503833
Cedar Rapids 1316 Impact Crusher has $1K 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
- 2
- Years on record
- 2023–2026
- Latest incident
- Jun 2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2024
9
citations
0
significant & substantial
$1,339
proposed penalties
$1,339
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2022
11
inspections on record
176
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 176 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Cedar Rapids 1316 Impact Crusher has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
9 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
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Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.0.0%
significant & substantial
11.1%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
22.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.2% low, 66.7% moderate, 11.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
Health sampling
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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)
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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: 2025-07-23
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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.0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
- Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
- Respirable dust, <.1mg3
- Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (8)
| Date | Contaminant | Concentration | Limit | Conc / limit | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-23 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 0.21 | 10 | 0.02 | Front-end Loader Operator |
| 2025-07-23 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Cleanup Man | ||
| 2024-04-16 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 1.14 | 1.82 | 0.63 | Cleanup Man |
| 2024-04-16 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2024-04-16 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.28 | Crusher Oper/Worker | ||
| 2024-02-07 | Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | 0.24 | Crusher Oper/Worker | ||
| 2024-02-07 | Respirable dust, <.1mg | 0 | Front-end Loader Operator | ||
| 2024-02-07 | Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz | 2.7 | 10 | 0.27 | Cleanup 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.
Ownership history
- Independence Excavating 2022 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 |
| 2025 | 11 |
| 2024 | 8 |
| 2023 | 7 |
| 2022 | 7 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Cedar Rapids 1316 Impact Crusher sits in Livingston County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.6% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Livingston County, Kentucky · Population 8,941
2.6%
Mining share of county employment
$59,713
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
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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 | 5,353 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2026 Q1 | 6,145 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q4 | 4,240 | 1 | 0 | 235.8 |
| 2025 Q3 | 4,832 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,992 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,931 | 3 | 0 | 1023.5 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,469 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | 3,056 | 1 | 0 | 327.2 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,050 | 4 | 0 | 1311.5 |
| 2023 Q4 | 4,912 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 2,936 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 2,432 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,214 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 1,211 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,485 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
2 on file2026 · 1 incident
June 10, 2026
KY · Metal/Non-Metal
front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Independence Excavating · Struck by flying object
2023 · 1 incident
Independence Excavating · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
At 3:30 am a crushing operator came in contact with the crusher housing causing a laceration to EE's right finger.