Drakes Creek Stone has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2017–2021
Latest incident
May 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
54
citations
19
significant & substantial
$35,390
proposed penalties
$34,786
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $604 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2014
37
inspections on record
606
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: 606 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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: 2019-08-21.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Drakes Creek Stone has $35K in proposed MSHA penalties and $604 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.
$35K
proposed penalties
$35K
current assessed
$35K
paid to date
$604
outstanding
51 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-17.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Still open
2 · 100%
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 2026-06-04.
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: 2025-09-03
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz4
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (11)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-09-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2025-09-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-02-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Backhoe Operator
2021-02-24
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
Cleanup Man
2021-02-24
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-02-24
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.14
10
0.01
Backhoe Operator
2016-05-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-04
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.31
10
0.03
Bulldozer Operator
2016-05-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2016-05-04
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Gathering Arm Operator
2016-05-04
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.27
10
0.03
Bulldozer Operator
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.
Drakes Creek Stone recorded 3.83 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2020.
Injury rate, 2020
ⓘ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.
3.83
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.78 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
2020 *
3.83
0.00
0.000
2019 *
5.35
5.35
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2017 *
6.93
0.00
0.000
2016 *
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
6
2025
4
2022
13
2021
15
2020
16
2019
13
2018
11
2017
9
2016
9
2015
10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Drakes Creek Stone sits in Simpson County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Simpson County, Kentucky · Population 19,786
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$57,392
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
2,978
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
2,650
5
1
1886.8
2025 Q4
2,930
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
2,429
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
2,088
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
310
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
3,126
3
0
959.7
2022 Q2
11,531
0
0
0.0
Show 26 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1
11,076
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
13,266
3
3
226.1
2021 Q2
11,957
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
9,096
2
0
219.9
2020 Q4
16,676
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
13,391
1
1
74.7
2020 Q2
12,754
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
9,436
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
9,619
1
1
104.0
2019 Q3
10,109
16
8
1582.7
2019 Q2
9,965
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
7,719
1
1
129.6
2018 Q4
11,087
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
9,230
3
1
325.0
2018 Q2
8,631
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
7,710
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
7,980
4
1
501.3
2017 Q3
6,418
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
6,787
1
1
147.3
2017 Q1
7,682
1
0
130.2
2016 Q4
7,645
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
6,242
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
7,425
3
1
404.0
2016 Q1
5,424
1
0
184.4
2015 Q4
8,690
2
0
230.1
2015 Q3
6,930
2
0
288.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2021 · 1 incident
May 14, 2021KY · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSTEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Loader in pit, mucking out shot. Operator dismounted seat. When operator remounted they fastened seat belt and began to dig. Unfastened seat belt to readjust. Large rock slipped out of bucket while they adjusted the belt. Operator was tossed forward slightly, striking forehead into rops bar. Inflicted gash on forehead. Five stitches needed. Miner returned to work next day.
2019 · 1 incident
November 8, 2019KY · Metal/Non-Metalgroundman, yardmanPOWERED HAULAGE
IE was scraping dust from underneath a conveyor. IE did not shut door & lock out the conveyor as required. Conveyor belt pulled sleeve & IE's left hand into the roller & mashed it.
2017 · 1 incident
August 8, 2017KY · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Employee was walking on the ground around base of crusher at the plant. Employee was looking up at quarry foreman & plant operator. Employee stepped backwards on a rock & lost balance. Employee fell down & right lower back landed on another rock, approx. size of softball.