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: 852 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Dredge Miss Kate has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $147 in penalties contested before the Commission, $147 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-09-11.
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.
1citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Stood as issued
1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$147 proposed, $147 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2025-02-13.
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: 2026-06-30
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
17
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (17)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-06-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2026-06-30
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Motorman
2022-03-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2022-03-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2017-05-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2017-05-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2017-05-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2017-05-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2010-01-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
1.19
0.29
Welder, etc.
2010-01-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.29
2.23
0.13
Welder, etc.
2010-01-26
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.87
3.2
0.27
Welder, etc.
2004-11-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.18
Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-11-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dredge/Barge Operator
2004-11-03
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
Dredge/Barge Operator
2001-06-27
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.56
10
0.06
Dredge/Barge Operator
2001-06-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.13
1.17
0.11
Dredge/Barge Operator
2001-06-27
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Dredge/Barge 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.
Dredge Miss Kate recorded 4.64 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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.
4.64
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.17 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
2025 *
4.64
0.00
0.000
2024 *
4.50
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
4.74
4.74
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
4.72
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
21
2025
20
2024
19
2023
18
2022
18
2021
20
2020
17
2019
20
2018
21
2017
20
2016
21
2015
24
2014
17
2013
17
2012
15
2011
10
2010
15
2009
16
2008
13
2007
14
2006
15
2005
14
2004
15
2003
15
2002
14
2001
17
2000
18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Dredge Miss Kate sits in Jefferson County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Jefferson County, Kentucky · Population 777,392
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$67,849
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
11,977
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
10,846
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
12,423
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
11,556
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
10,147
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
8,931
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
11,108
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
11,971
1
0
83.5
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
11,562
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
9,768
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
10,845
1
0
92.2
2023 Q3
12,173
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
10,947
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
9,260
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
9,491
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
9,660
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
9,945
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
9,252
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
9,278
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
9,643
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
10,056
1
0
99.4
2021 Q1
9,413
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
11,236
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
10,449
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
9,910
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
10,588
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
9,478
1
0
105.5
2019 Q3
10,863
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
9,960
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
8,572
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
9,868
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
11,485
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
10,889
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
10,174
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
10,157
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
10,979
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
10,393
1
0
96.2
2017 Q1
10,194
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
10,966
1
0
91.2
2016 Q3
10,338
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
10,879
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
11,209
2
0
178.4
2015 Q4
11,901
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
10,497
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
11,491
1
0
87.0
2015 Q1
8,418
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
10,871
2
0
184.0
2014 Q3
10,273
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
10,654
1
0
93.9
2014 Q1
9,575
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
9,785
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
10,218
1
0
97.9
2013 Q2
10,104
1
0
99.0
2013 Q1
9,564
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
9,466
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
8,912
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
8,444
1
0
118.4
2012 Q1
7,920
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
7,625
1
1
131.1
2011 Q3
4,424
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
112
1
1
8928.6
2011 Q1
6,061
3
0
495.0
2010 Q4
4,165
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
2,924
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
7,822
1
0
127.8
2010 Q1
7,684
1
0
130.1
2009 Q4
7,361
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
9,023
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
5,830
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
5,271
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
6,292
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
5,899
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
6,680
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
4,700
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
6,873
0
0
0.0
2007 Q3
7,608
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
6,719
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
7,194
2
2
278.0
2006 Q4
7,961
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
8,059
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
6,953
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
6,160
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
7,214
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
6,855
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7,073
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
5,891
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
6,771
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
6,367
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
6,938
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
7,074
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,674
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
7,146
1
0
139.9
2003 Q2
6,298
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
6,366
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
5,514
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
3,645
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
6,735
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
8,894
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
8,387
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
8,748
0
0
0.0
2001 Q2
8,114
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
6,502
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
8,598
1
0
116.3
2000 Q3
9,050
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
11,224
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
8,071
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
31 on file
2025 · 1 incident
January 10, 2025KY · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
While putting bolts in pipe flange in ladder on dredge. Holding a bolt when another employee hits it with a hammer. The hammer slipped and struck right pointer finger.
2020 · 1 incident
February 3, 2020KY · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Nugent Sand Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
The top row of paddles was installed on dual log-washer shafts. While using a pipe wrench to turn shaft for additional paddle installation the unbalanced weight of the shafts caused the shafts to rotate quickly, the quick rotation caused the pipe wrench to turn with the shaft, pinning employee's wrists between the pipe wrench the adjacent metal enclosure.
2018 · 1 incident
March 1, 2018KY · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
storing the 2" X 100 ft water hose used to wash the dredge deck and barges. As ee was pulling the charged hose, ee twisted and felt a sudden lower back pain.
February 11, 2016KY · Metal/Non-Metalbarge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck handHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Dredge mining winter repair - replacing and realign #3 sand screw liner plate - weight 300-400 lbs. was 4' X 8" X 1/4" steel. Dropping liner plate into screw box landing on hand of employee.
2014 · 1 incident
April 1, 2014KY · Metal/Non-Metalassayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer managementSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Was putting wire rope on gravel barge and the wind took off, pushed the barge and the wire rope got tight, knocked him to the deck of the dredge and landed on right shoulder. Compensated till 4-5-14 then MRI (4-14-14) to rule out fracture or tear
2011 · 1 incident
August 23, 2011KY · Metal/Non-Metaloutside foreman, leadmanELECTRICAL
EE was welding a brace on logwasher. EE placed 6' (2x8) board on 3rd rung of ladder and guardrail of logwasher, (unsecured)for platform. Scaffold board slid, causing him to lose his balance and fall into the logwasher, approx 44" from bottom of the board.
Employee was putting the flipper door out on conveyor. As he was turning the handle, the pulley broke, handle spun out of employee's hand and handle struck employee in the forehead.
2005 · 1 incident
June 18, 2005KY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanMACHINERY
WAS TURNING CRANE ON WINCH TO MAKE FLAP CHUTE ON END OF CONVEYOR THOW SAND TO SIDE OF BANRGE BEING LOADED AND HANDLED ON CRANE SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HAND STRIKING HIM ABOVE EYE CAUSING A SMALL CU T AND BRUISE.
June 10, 1994KY · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING 5/8 CABLE FROM LOADED BARGE TO HAND TO OTHER ON EMPTY BARGE AND DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH SLACK. WINCH OPERATOR WAS TO SLACK CABLE. HE HIT WRONG BUTTON, THIS TAKING UP SLACK & HI TTING EMPLOYE IN LEG WITH CABLE KNOCKING HIM DOWN ON BARGE.
April 30, 1994KY · Metal/Non-Metalwelder (shop)MACHINERY