Graves County Mines has $175 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
1985–1994
Latest incident
Oct 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$175
proposed penalties
$175
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 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: 196 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Graves County Mines has $175 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$175
proposed penalties
$175
current assessed
$175
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2006-03-09.
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: 2009-06-09, 17 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
2
samples
1
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (2)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2009-06-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.86
0.22
Backhoe Operator
2009-06-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2009
7
2008
10
2007
8
2006
10
2005
12
2004
11
2003
11
2002
11
2001
12
2000
13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Graves County Mines sits in Graves County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Graves County, Kentucky · Population 36,612
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$50,576
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
2009 Q3
1,733
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
326
0
0
0.0
2009 Q1
764
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
3,522
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
2,406
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
3,987
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
2,522
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
3,561
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2007 Q3
1,852
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
1,465
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
4,935
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
4,554
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
4,269
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
3,246
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
4,558
2
0
438.8
2005 Q4
6,217
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
3,991
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
2,541
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
4,029
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
4,368
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
1,729
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
2,768
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
6,682
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
6,176
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
2,911
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
4,779
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
4,684
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,488
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
4,589
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
3,845
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
5,144
0
0
0.0
2001 Q4
6,999
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
4,345
1
0
230.1
2001 Q2
2,017
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
5,181
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
4,979
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
2,682
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
1,407
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
4,171
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
6 on file
1994 · 2 incidents
October 10, 1994KY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorPOWERED HAULAGE
THE EE WAS OPERATING A CAT 627 E SCRAPER. WHEN THE SCRAPER WAS MAKING ITS DUMP ON THE LIGNITE PILE, THE LIGNITE GAVE WAY CAUSING THE SCRAPER TO ROLL OVER.
August 8, 1994KY · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO RIDE IN PICKUP BACK TO HIS EQUIPMENT AFTER THE LUNCH BREAK.HE PUT HIS HAND ON THE DOOR POST WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE SHUT THE DOOR. EMPLOYEE'S MIDDLE FINGER ON LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN THE DOOR,CUTTING HIS FINGER.
1989 · 1 incident
August 11, 1989KY · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON