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: 349 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Elkton Quarry has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $720 outstanding across 0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$614
paid to date
$720
outstanding
6 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-29.
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.
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: 2024-08-20
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2024-08-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2024-08-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-02
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader 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.
Elkton Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2001.
Injury rate, 2001
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.48 and the all-US-mining average was 5.26 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.71 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
2001 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2000 *
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
13
2025
9
2024
12
2023
9
2002
7
2001
15
2000
13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Elkton Quarry sits in Todd 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.
Todd County, Kentucky · Population 12,330
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$57,759
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
Employee stepped in a hole causing them to lose balance. They fell backwards and attempted to catch themselves with left arm extended. They suffered a wrist injury when contacted the ground.
1998 · 1 incident
February 18, 1998KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS RETURNING FROM THE STOCKPILE AREA AFTER DUMPING A LOAD WHEN A PARTICLE OF DUST GOT IN HIS EYE.THE EMPLOYEE REQUESTED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WAS GIVEN A PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION FOR THE EYE.
1994 · 2 incidents
November 9, 1994KY · Metal/Non-Metalblaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkeySLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE WAS HOOKING ACHAIN AROUND A ROCK IN THE JAW CRUSHER. ANOTEHR ROCK IN THE JAW ROLLE DOVER ONTO HIS HAND LACERATING HIS 4TH FING ERON HIS LEFT HAND.
April 24, 1993KY · Metal/Non-Metalprep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EE WAS UNLOADING A SPARE TIRE FROM THE BACK OF HIS PICKUP. HE REACHED OVER THE SIDE TO STAND THE TIRE UP. WHEN THE TIRE STOOD UP, IT CAUGHT HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE TIRE RIM AND THE SIDE OF THE BED, LACERATING HIS RIGHT FOREFINGER.
February 2, 1993KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techPOWERED HAULAGE
EMPLOYEE WAS DRIVING THE WATER TRUCK AND STRUCK A POT HOLE. THE STEEING WHEEL JUMPED AND TWISTED HIS LEFT WRIST RESULTING IN TENOSYNOVITIS OF LEFT WRIST.
1990 · 1 incident
April 12, 1990KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING HAMMERS IN 4033 CR HAMMERMILL. THE PIN SLIPPED THROUGH WEDGING HIS FINGERS AGAINST THE DISC ASSEMBLY. HE SUFFERED A CONTUSION TO 1ST AND 2ND FINGERS OF LEFT HAND. ON HI S FOLLOW UP VISIT IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERAPY WAS NEEDED TO RELIEVE SORENESS IN HIS 2ND FINGER. THERAPY WAS BEGUN ON 5-14-90.
1989 · 2 incidents
October 23, 1989KY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING A HYDRAULIC HOSE FROM A CYLINDER FOR REPAIR. WHEN HOSE WAS RELEASED PRESSURE STILL IN THE HOSE SPRAYED HIM WITH HYDRAULIC OIL IN THE FACE AND CHEST GETTING IT IN HIS EYES .
October 4, 1989KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techOTHER
DERMATITIS ON RIGHT FOOT. THIS IS A REOCCURRANCE OF A CONDITION RESULTING FROM AN REPORTED ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED ON 4-1-88. THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A CUTTING TORCH, MOLTEN STELL FELL INTO HI S BOOT CAUSING A BURN. THE WOUND BECAME INFECTED, A RASH SPREAD BUT CLEARED UP. HE WAS RELEASED FROM TREATMENT BUT NOW IT HAS COME BACK. HE RECEIVED ELOCON CREAM .1%, ERYC, 250MG. CAPS, DIP
1988 · 2 incidents
April 1, 1988KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techMACHINERY
EMPLOYEE WAS USINGA CUTTING TORCH TO CUT STEEL FOR FEEDER.MOLTEN STEEL DROPED IONTO HIS BOOT CAIAUSING A SECOND DEGREE BURN TO THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT.
LARGE STONE WAS WEDGED IN JAW CRUSHER.EMPLOYEE WAS USING A SLEDGE HAMMER TO BREAK THE STONE.THE HAMMER GLANCED OFF THE STONE,STRIKING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE TOP OF HIS RIGHT FOOT CAUSING A BAD BR UISE.
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