Grand Rivers Quarry 1373 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $122 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2012–2024
Latest incident
Jun 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
57
citations
8
significant & substantial
$9,980
proposed penalties
$8,062
paid to date
81% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,918 gap.
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: 916 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: 2021-09-29.
On record since 2021.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
Grand Rivers Quarry 1373 has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $122 outstanding across 7 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$122
outstanding
56 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $802 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-19.
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.
8citations taken to the federal commission · 14% of citations on record
Settled
6 · 75%
Stood as issued
1 · 13%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 13%
33%
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 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
73%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $802 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 2023-12-12.
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: 2025-01-22
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg12
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (15)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2025-01-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2025-01-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2025-01-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2023-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2021-09-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2021-09-29
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.57
10
0.06
Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-09-29
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.2
10
0.02
Bobcat Operator
2021-09-29
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2018-02-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Oiler, Greaser
2018-02-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Road Grader Operator
2018-02-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-02-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-02-22
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.86
10
0.09
Truck Driver
2011-06-07
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
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.
Grand Rivers Quarry 1373 recorded 0.00 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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below 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 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
6.99
6.99
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2021 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2020 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
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
15
2025
13
2024
13
2023
13
2022
12
2021
13
2020
18
2019
20
2018
20
2017
21
2016
14
2015
8
2014
6
2013
22
2012
19
2011
12
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Grand Rivers Quarry 1373 sits in Livingston County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.6% 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.
Livingston County, Kentucky · Population 8,941
2.6%
Mining share of county employment
$59,713
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
11,756
3
0
255.2
2026 Q1
7,011
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
7,100
6
0
845.1
2025 Q3
8,022
4
0
498.6
2025 Q2
7,780
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
6,750
4
0
592.6
2024 Q4
6,773
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
7,430
0
0
0.0
Show 52 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
7,418
2
0
269.6
2024 Q1
7,003
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
7,074
2
0
282.7
2023 Q3
7,176
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
6,823
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
6,729
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
5,607
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
6,010
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
5,878
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
4,926
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
5,352
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
6,600
2
0
303.0
2021 Q2
6,248
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
5,259
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
9,087
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
9,067
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
9,376
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
11,197
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
11,349
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
11,892
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
11,278
1
0
88.7
2019 Q1
10,547
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
10,498
2
1
190.5
2018 Q3
10,521
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
10,556
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
9,478
1
0
105.5
2017 Q4
9,363
0
0
0.0
2017 Q3
9,802
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
10,158
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
10,209
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
8,416
2
0
237.6
2016 Q3
7,226
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
7,048
1
0
141.9
2016 Q1
5,776
1
0
173.1
2015 Q4
7,066
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
3,715
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
856
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
1,120
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
960
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
2,125
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
6,509
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
9,601
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
11,243
0
0
0.0
2013 Q2
5,405
1
1
185.0
2013 Q1
9,150
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
11,090
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
12,801
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
12,255
2
0
163.2
2012 Q1
5,695
3
0
526.8
2011 Q4
5,454
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
8,533
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
13
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2024 · 1 incident
June 12, 2024KY · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantHANDLING OF MATERIALS
An employee injured their right bicep while picking up a folding table that had fallen out of the back of a pickup truck while on the highway during transportation. The MRI from this past Thursday, 06/27, shows a lower right tendon tear on right arm. EE's surgery is being done today to repair the tendon.
Employee was injured by accidental discharge of personal firearm on mine property while engaging in non-work-related activities. First responders were called and determined that the employee sustained a non-life-threatening injury to the leg. Employee was transported to a local hospital where EE received treatment and is expected to make a full recovery.
2013 · 1 incident
July 23, 2013KY · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was kneeling and leaning forward while lifting a cable from below ground elevation, point of kneel, in a forceful jerking type motion. Employee experienced a popping sound in his lower back and immediate pain.
2012 · 1 incident
September 8, 2012KY · Metal/Non-Metalquality control technician, laboratory technician, laboratory assistantSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
I was installing wood strips on the loading ramp of the barge loading facility. It had been raining and had let up to a drizzle. I was on the ramp and turned around to pick up another strip of wood. When I turned around to take a step, my right leg slipped out from under me. I continued to do what I was doing and finished the task I started. I finished work and went home.