Mining Incidents

Dix River Stone Metal/Non-Metal

The Allen Company, Inc · Underground
Controlled by Allen Company Inc
Lancaster, Garrard County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1518389

Dix River Stone has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $31K outstanding across 10 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2001–2024
Latest incident
Oct 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
167
citations
48
significant & substantial
$43,109
proposed penalties
$12,317
paid to date
29% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $30,792 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
118
inspections on record
2,021
inspection hours
8.3
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.
167 citations across 2,021 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dix River Stone has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $31K outstanding across 10 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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$43K
current assessed
$12K
paid to date
$31K
outstanding
162 assessments are final orders; 10 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-07.
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 6,780 1 0 147.5
2025 Q2 7,031 7 0 995.6
2024 Q4 5,280 2 1 378.8
2024 Q3 4,991 1 0 200.4
2024 Q2 3,728 1 0 268.2
2024 Q1 4,403 1 0 227.1
2023 Q4 4,672 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,486 0 0 0.0
Show 87 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q2 5,459 1 0 183.2
2023 Q1 4,488 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,565 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,867 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 4,461 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,954 2 0 677.0
2021 Q4 3,591 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,819 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,740 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,447 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,265 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,354 1 0 298.2
2020 Q1 1,710 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 4,254 3 0 705.2
2019 Q3 4,180 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 3,744 3 0 801.3
2019 Q1 2,943 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,884 2 0 693.5
2018 Q3 3,800 3 1 789.5
2018 Q2 1,232 1 0 811.7
2018 Q1 1,688 1 0 592.4
2017 Q4 2,013 3 1 1490.3
2017 Q3 2,007 1 0 498.3
2017 Q2 1,536 3 0 1953.1
2017 Q1 1,332 3 1 2252.3
2016 Q4 1,880 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,036 3 2 1473.5
2016 Q2 2,668 11 2 4122.9
2016 Q1 1,859 3 1 1613.8
2015 Q4 2,196 1 1 455.4
2015 Q3 2,170 6 3 2765.0
2015 Q2 2,582 5 3 1936.5
2015 Q1 2,232 2 2 896.1
2014 Q4 1,951 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,587 2 1 773.1
2014 Q2 1,776 3 1 1689.2
2014 Q1 993 1 0 1007.0
2013 Q4 2,186 3 1 1372.4
2013 Q3 2,212 2 0 904.2
2013 Q2 1,795 3 2 1671.3
2013 Q1 1,801 1 0 555.2
2012 Q4 3,101 2 0 645.0
2012 Q3 3,175 8 3 2519.7
2012 Q2 1,850 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,632 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,964 2 0 674.8
2011 Q3 3,027 1 0 330.4
2011 Q2 2,924 1 0 342.0
2011 Q1 1,570 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,740 16 7 5839.4
2010 Q3 2,150 2 1 930.2
2010 Q2 2,630 1 0 380.2
2010 Q1 2,450 2 0 816.3
2009 Q4 2,500 3 1 1200.0
2009 Q3 2,600 6 2 2307.7
2009 Q2 2,750 3 0 1090.9
2009 Q1 597 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,033 3 1 2904.2
2008 Q3 1,690 3 2 1775.1
2008 Q2 1,000 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,000 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,000 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,080 2 2 1851.9
2007 Q2 1,080 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,080 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,080 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 980 4 1 4081.6
2006 Q1 980 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,080 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 520 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,780 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 0 0 0
2003 Q2 440 2 0 4545.5
2003 Q1 1,185 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,649 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,120 2 1 1785.7
2002 Q2 1,590 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,470 1 0 680.3
2001 Q4 1,880 3 0 1595.7
2001 Q3 1,942 4 3 2059.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2024 · 1 incident

October 16, 2024 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Allen Company, Inc · Fall from machine

EE was exiting from EE's truck at the end of shift, EE missed the bottom step causing EE to fall in the ten pile hitting the back of EE's head.

2023 · 1 incident

December 28, 2023 KY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Allen Company, Inc · Fall down stairs

Employee stated they had clocked out and as they were leaving the office, they fell going down the concrete steps outside the office landing on both knees.

2001 · 2 incidents

August 28, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dix River Stone · Struck by falling object

SLUFF ROCK FELL FROM FACE HITTING EE ON SHOULDERIN POWDER MONKEY BUCKET TRUCK. ROCK FIRST HIT ANOTHER EMPLOYEE.

August 28, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Dix River Stone · Struck by falling object

APPROX. 30 LB ROCK SLUFFED OFF WALL, FELL INTO POWER MONKEY BUCKET WITH TWO DYN. MEN. ONE CUT HIS HEAD THRU HARD HT (5 STITCHES) & STRATCHED BACK.

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The full compliance file on Dix River Stone

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.