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Dix River Stone: 167 MSHA citations 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.
See The Allen Company, Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
119
inspections on record
2,091
inspection hours
8.0
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 2,091 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: 2016-03-23.
On record since 2016.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, 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.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-07.
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.
29.1%
significant & substantial
12.1%
high negligence or reckless
29.1%
reasonably likely or greater
44.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.9% low, 80.0% moderate, 12.1% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
35 citations taken to the federal commission · 21% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 9%
  • Stood as issued 32 · 91%
92%
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 13 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
3%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $7K 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 2011-01-24.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
KENT 2011-551M Default Lesnick 2011 $3K → $3K
KENT 2008-1176M Default Lesnick 2010 $1K → $1K
KENT 2010-1578M Default Lesnick 2011 $973 → $973
KENT 2010-244M Default Lesnick 2011 $751 → $751
KENT 2010-357M Default Lesnick 2011 $300 → $300
KENT 2006-151M Dismissal Barbour 2006 $244 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-07-16
3%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
44
samples
36
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz61 over
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz17
  • Diesel particulate (total carbon)14
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz6
Show the individual readings (75)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-03-23 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 80.24 10 8.02 Truck Driver
2025-07-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-07-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 Truck Driver
2025-07-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.39 2.56 0.54 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2025-07-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-07-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 Roof Bolter, Rock
2024-09-18 ORGANIC CARBON 36 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-18 TC @ 160 38 160 0.24 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-18 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-18 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-09-18 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Roof Bolter, Rock
2024-09-18 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Roof Bolter, Rock
2024-09-18 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Roof Bolter, Rock
2024-09-18 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Roof Bolter, Rock
2024-03-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-03-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 10 0.03 Screen/Scalper Operator
2024-03-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2024-03-06 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.74 10 0.07 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2022-03-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.58 Supervisor, Co. Official
2022-03-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-03-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.73 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2022-03-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.52 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2022-03-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.11 10 0.11 Truck Driver
2016-10-25 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.32 10 0.23 Truck Driver
2016-10-25 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 3.42 10 0.34 Truck Driver
2016-10-25 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.19 10 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-03-23 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.57 10 0.16 Truck Driver
2016-03-23 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.17 10 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-09 TC @ 160 89 160 0.56 Truck Driver
2015-11-09 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Drill Operator, Rotary
2015-11-09 EC @ 160 12 160 0.08 Drill Operator, Rotary
2015-11-09 TC @ 160 78 160 0.49 Drill Operator, Rotary
2015-11-09 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Supervisor, Co. Official
2015-11-09 EC @ 160 2 160 0.01 Supervisor, Co. Official
2015-11-09 TC @ 160 18 160 0.11 Supervisor, Co. Official
2015-11-09 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-09 EC @ 160 2 160 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-09 TC @ 160 20 160 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-09 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2015-11-09 EC @ 160 11 160 0.07 Truck Driver
2015-05-29 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2015-05-29 EC @ 160 35 160 0.22 Truck Driver
2015-05-29 TC @ 160 110 160 0.69 Truck Driver
2015-05-29 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2015-05-29 EC @ 160 32 160 0.20 Truck Driver
2015-05-29 TC @ 160 44 160 0.28 Truck Driver
2014-05-22 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-22 TC @ 160 6 160 0.04 Truck Driver
2014-05-22 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2014-05-22 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2014-05-22 TC @ 160 8 160 0.05 Truck Driver
2014-05-22 EC @ 160 1 160 0.01 Truck Driver
2014-05-22 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2014-05-22 TC @ 160 14 160 0.09 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-05-22 EC @ 160 2 160 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-11 EC @ 160 11 160 0.07 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-11 TC @ 160 31 160 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-11 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.9 0.12 Supervisor, Co. Official
2010-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 2.16 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-11-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 2.27 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-07 EC @ 160 7 160 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-07 TC @ 160 111 160 0.69 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-07-07 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.25 2.35 0.53 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.19 2.47 0.48 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-10-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.1 2.58 0.81 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 2.6 0.13 Truck Driver
2009-06-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.93 2.61 0.36 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-06-10 TC @ 160 77 160 0.48 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-10 EC @ 160 59 160 0.37 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-10 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.29 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-01-14 Total Carbon,TC 37.05 400 0.09 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-01-14 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 7.04 400 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2024-09-18
2
samples
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2024-09-18 EC @ 160 0 UG EXPLOR/DEVELOP
2024-09-18 TC @ 160 0 UG EXPLOR/DEVELOP
2024-09-18 EC @ 160 0 UG EXPLOR/DEVELOP
2024-09-18 TC @ 160 0 UG EXPLOR/DEVELOP
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.

Dix River Stone recorded 9.95 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.

Injury rate, 2023
ⓘ 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.
9.95
total case rate
9.95
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.61 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.
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. Dix River Stone 2001 to 2018
  2. The Allen Company, Inc 2018 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 18
2025 24
2024 17
2023 19
2022 16
2021 18
2020 15
2019 19
2018 10
2017 4
2016 8
2015 10
2014 9
2013 10
2012 8
2011 9
2010 8
2009 8
2008 5
2007 2
2006 2
2005 2
2004 1
2003 4
2002 6
2001 18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Dix River Stone sits in Garrard County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Garrard County, Kentucky · Population 17,346
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$62,572
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
2026 Q2 6,263 1 0 159.7
2026 Q1 6,688 2 0 299.0
2025 Q4 6,780 1 0 147.5
2025 Q2 7,031 7 0 995.6
2024 Q4 5,280 1 1 189.4
2024 Q3 4,991 1 0 200.4
2024 Q2 3,728 1 0 268.2
2024 Q1 4,403 1 0 227.1
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,672 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,486 0 0 0.0
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 2 2 1114.2
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.