Cumberland Quarry has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
25
Years on record
1983–2018
Latest incident
Oct 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
63
citations
14
significant & substantial
$16,796
proposed penalties
$16,796
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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.
63 citations across 1,335 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘA Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2012-06-06.
On record since 2012.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Cumberland Quarry has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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
$17K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
61 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
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.
3citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Stood as issued
3 · 100%
100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $1K 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 2011-06-02.
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: 2025-05-27
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
27
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg14
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz7
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz6
Show the individual readings (27)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-05-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-02-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Supervisor, Co. Official
2024-02-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-08-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-08-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2020-09-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2020-09-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-08
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.99
Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-08-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2018-08-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-08-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2014-08-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
1.37
0.30
Truck Driver
2014-08-21
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
10
0.03
Truck Driver
2009-07-21
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2009-07-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2008-04-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.39
2.08
0.19
Truck Driver
2008-04-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-04-16
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.28
2.16
0.13
Truck Driver
2005-06-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-06-08
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
10
0.02
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-06-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2003-06-05
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.25
10
0.03
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-11-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
2.21
0.22
Truck Driver
2001-11-28
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.79
1.79
0.44
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-11-28
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-28
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.45
10
0.05
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.
Cumberland Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2012.
Injury rate, 2012
ⓘ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 2.48 and the all-US-mining average was 2.96 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.02 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
2012 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2011 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2010 *
7.55
7.55
0.000
2009 *
8.62
8.62
0.000
2007 *
9.04
0.00
0.000
2006 *
7.40
7.40
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2004 *
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
3
2025
3
2024
3
2023
3
2022
3
2021
3
2020
5
2019
10
2018
7
2017
7
2016
9
2015
9
2014
8
2013
9
2012
15
2011
14
2010
12
2009
11
2008
11
2007
12
2006
15
2005
16
2004
18
2003
19
2002
17
2001
17
2000
16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Cumberland Quarry sits in Letcher County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.5% 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.
Letcher County, Kentucky · Population 21,146
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,501
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
69 caps and boosters were shown on the blast report for the blast on 9/27/2018. After investigation, the blasting contractor determined that 68 detonated during the 9/27/2018 shot.
2010 · 1 incident
June 2, 2010KY · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was repairing water line on the south part of the property. Employee took short cut through ditch line, on state property, when repairs were finished. While descending embankment in ditch, employee loosened material and fell causing him to fracture his lower left leg. The ditch separates mine property and state property.
2007 · 1 incident
May 15, 2007KY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
Employee was using a wire brush in a hand drill with safety glasses on and got something in his right eye. Employee was sent to eye doctor and no material was found in eye but was given prescription antibiotics with no restricted duty.
2006 · 1 incident
August 22, 2006KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
SUDDEN JOLT FROM LOADING SHOT ROCK IN PIT INJURED BACK
January 16, 2003KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Nally & Haydon, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
LIFTING MACK ENGINE WITH CHAIN HOOKED TO 988-B LOADER. LOADER OPERATOR SET ENGINE ON GROUND. EE UNHOOKED CHAIN & TRIED TO BALANCE WITH HIS LEG & COULDN'T HOLD IT UP. ENGINE ROLLED OVER PINNING HIM UNDERNEATH IT. RESULTING IN INJURY TO LEFT LEG AND LEFT SHOULDER.
2001 · 1 incident
May 21, 2001KY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING A PIECE OF METAL AT THE SCRAP METAL PILE. WHEN THE METAL WAS CUT, EMPLOYEE STEPPED BACKWARDS TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF THE METAL AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO HIS BACK.
WORKING AT PRIMARY JAW CRUSHER WHEN BELTS STOPPED RUNNING WENT TO RESET SWITCHBOX TO START BELTS RUNNING ATIN WHEN SWITCHBOX BLEW UP CUASING FIRE & ELECTRICITY TO BURN LEFT HAND & ARM.
1987 · 2 incidents
December 2, 1987KY · Metal/Non-MetalsuperintendentMACHINERY
CRANE OPERATOR 4AS USING HEADACHE BALL TO BREAK BOULDERS FLYROCK STRUCK LEFT LENS OF SAFETY GLASSES,BROKE LENS OUT OF GLASSES FRAME AND LENS AND ROCK STRUCK LEFT EYE OF OPERAOR SEVERED BLOOD V EIN OF OPERATOR2S LEFT EYE.
DRILLING WITH A3R TRACK;WENT OFF THE HILL TO SERSET & 10' SECTION OF AIR TRACK.STEEL,LOADED THE STEEL WENT BACK TO THE AIR TRACK STEEL,LOADED THE STEEL WENT BACK TO THE AIR RRACK WHILE UNLOADI DED THE STEEL O0F THE PICK-UP ONE SCLE OF THE STEEL SLIP EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HOLD OF THE STEEL WENT TO HIS KNEE.
1986 · 2 incidents
October 1, 1986KY · Metal/Non-Metaldrill operatorMACHINERY