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.
87 citations across 1,493 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Harlan Quarry has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$20K
current assessed
$20K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
86 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $11K in penalties contested before the Commission, $5K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-04-04.
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 · 2% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
55%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$11K proposed, $5K 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2020-06-29.
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: 2026-06-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
31
samples
12
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg19
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz12
Show the individual readings (31)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2026-06-16
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2026-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-06-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2024-05-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bulldozer Operator
2024-05-03
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.15
10
0.02
Truck Driver
2024-05-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2024-05-03
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-09-22
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
10
0.03
Bulldozer Operator
2023-09-22
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-22
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.13
10
0.01
Truck Driver
2023-09-22
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2020-08-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2020-08-28
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-08-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-08-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2018-08-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-08-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2014-07-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Utility Man
2014-07-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Washer Operator
2014-07-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-01-05
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.28
10
0.03
Truck Driver
2011-01-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2011-01-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-04-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2008-04-16
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.12
10
0.01
Bulldozer Operator
2005-04-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-27
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.26
10
0.03
Truck Driver
2005-04-27
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.17
10
0.02
Cleanup Man
2001-01-31
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
6.86
10
0.69
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-01-31
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
5.88
10
0.59
Cleanup Man
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.
Harlan Quarry recorded 8.25 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.
8.25
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 *
8.25
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
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
2019 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2018 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2015 *
19.19
9.60
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
12
2025
11
2024
10
2023
9
2022
10
2021
9
2020
8
2019
8
2018
10
2017
11
2016
10
2015
11
2014
12
2013
16
2012
13
2011
14
2010
16
2009
13
2008
13
2007
13
2006
21
2005
19
2004
21
2003
21
2002
19
2001
19
2000
18
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Harlan Quarry sits in Harlan County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 4.3% 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.
Harlan County, Kentucky · Population 26,185
4.3%
Mining share of county employment
$37,198
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
6,895
0
0
0.0
2026 Q1
5,447
0
0
0.0
2025 Q4
5,706
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
5,047
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
8,727
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
4,751
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
7,036
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
6,887
1
0
145.2
Show 98 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
6,094
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
3,841
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
4,702
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
6,200
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
5,704
1
1
175.3
2023 Q1
4,835
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
5,439
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
6,779
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
5,979
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
4,530
0
0
0.0
2021 Q4
5,806
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
5,682
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
5,482
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
3,743
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
5,172
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
2,245
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
4,587
1
0
218.0
2020 Q1
4,657
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
4,201
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
4,832
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
7,975
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
3,549
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
1,429
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
9,172
2
0
218.1
2018 Q2
6,825
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
4,034
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
3,914
1
0
255.5
2017 Q3
5,242
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
7,039
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
2,145
1
0
466.2
2016 Q4
6,313
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
3,605
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
6,957
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
1,906
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
7,243
0
0
0.0
2015 Q3
4,599
1
0
217.4
2015 Q2
6,559
1
1
152.5
2015 Q1
2,441
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
5,170
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
6,005
2
0
333.1
2014 Q2
9,281
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
4,058
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
9,011
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
10,534
2
1
189.9
2013 Q2
7,989
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
4,014
2
0
498.3
2012 Q4
6,654
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
5,826
1
0
171.6
2012 Q2
7,247
1
1
138.0
2012 Q1
5,889
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
6,065
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
8,664
0
0
0.0
2011 Q2
9,348
2
2
213.9
2011 Q1
7,521
4
2
531.8
2010 Q4
5,405
0
0
0.0
2010 Q3
10,462
2
0
191.2
2010 Q2
12,093
0
0
0.0
2010 Q1
6,239
2
1
320.6
2009 Q4
7,193
0
0
0.0
2009 Q3
7,934
0
0
0.0
2009 Q2
7,118
4
3
562.0
2009 Q1
6,129
0
0
0.0
2008 Q4
5,906
4
1
677.3
2008 Q3
7,497
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
7,092
2
0
282.0
2008 Q1
4,761
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
4,515
1
0
221.5
2007 Q3
6,951
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
9,364
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
8,540
9
2
1053.9
2006 Q4
4,648
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
12,736
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
11,434
1
0
87.5
2006 Q1
7,330
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
10,333
2
0
193.6
2005 Q3
8,553
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
11,560
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
10,031
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
10,896
1
0
91.8
2004 Q3
12,033
3
1
249.3
2004 Q2
11,724
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
10,741
4
2
372.4
2003 Q4
11,475
0
0
0.0
2003 Q3
12,033
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
10,444
2
0
191.5
2003 Q1
7,475
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
10,231
3
1
293.2
2002 Q3
10,061
3
1
298.2
2002 Q2
10,984
0
0
0.0
2002 Q1
9,438
2
1
211.9
2001 Q4
12,286
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
11,012
8
1
726.5
2001 Q2
10,740
0
0
0.0
2001 Q1
6,470
0
0
0.0
2000 Q4
9,635
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
10,540
3
0
284.6
2000 Q2
8,753
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
5,322
1
0
187.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
33 on file
2025 · 1 incident
June 19, 2025KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
During screen maintenance the sharp edge of a metal panel caused an open fracture to the right index finger of the employee.
2016 · 1 incident
July 11, 2016KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE STEPPED DOWN OFF LADDER OF MOBILE EQUIPMENT TWISTING RIGHT KNEE, INITIALLY DIAGNOSED BY DOCTOR AS A SPRAIN WITH NO RESTRICTIONS. AFTER TOTAL HEALING WAS NOT REACHED WITHIN FOLLOWING WEEKS, EE WAS TAKEN IN FOR FOLLOW UP EXAM WHEN VERY SLIGHT MENISCUS LIGAMENT TEAR WAS FOUND.
2015 · 3 incidents
June 8, 2015KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
TRYING TO REMOVE BOLT OFF 988-B LOADER. BOLT CAME OUT AND STRUCK EE . WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED UNTIL 6-1-98. WHEN EE WENT TO DR. THEY PUT HIM IN HOSPITAL FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. THEY DIDN'T MENTI ON SHOULDER INJURY.
August 31, 1997KY · Metal/Non-Metalmine manager, mine foreman, mine ownerDUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Nally & Haydon, LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances
GPF-SILICOSIS.
August 19, 1997KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS USING A PRY BAR TO REMOVE SPACER PLATE. PRY BAR SLIPPED WHEN IT DID EMPLOYEES HAND SLIPPED & WENT DOWN IN SEAL IT CUT & SMASHED 2 FINGERS ON RIGHT HAND.
EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BOOKSHELF FOR OFFICE BOOKSHELF NEEDED TO BE TURNED OVER AS EMPLOYEE WAS DOING THIS A REAL SHARP AIN STRUCK IN TOP PART OF BACK CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL TO THE FLOOR
THE EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON BELT SNUBBER SNUBBER FELL TO GROUND 2 EMPLOYEES ATTEMPTED TO LIFT SNUBBER.ONE EMPLOYEE SUFFERED LOWER BACK PAINS AND RECTAL BLEEDING.EMPLOYEE NOTIFIED 11-06-91.
September 27, 1991KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING SCREEN CLOTH R'X6'X2" OPENING SCREEN TWISTED ON EMPLOYEE THEREFORE PULLING ARM MUSCLE. EMPLOYEE DIDN'T GOT TO DOCTOR UNTIL 7-12-91.
April 23, 1991KY · Metal/Non-Metalfront-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
CHECKING LOADER REACHED FOR BUCKET FELL TO GROUND PULLING LOWER BACK ON L SIDE AND L HIP Y
January 25, 1991KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
CONDITIONS AT QUARRY WAS 17 FT AIR LINE FROZEN ON 1978 MACK DUMP TRUCK EE FOUND BRAKES FROZEN SO HE DRAINED AIR TANKS THIS TRUCK HAS ON AIR DRYER ON IT AND HE WAS GOING TO PUT IN DRYER AIR LIN E CAME OFF AND ICE FLEW INTO EE FACE MAINLY RIGHT EYE.
EMPLOYEE WAS SHOVELING UNDER BELTINE AND BECAME TOO HOT, TEMP WAS ABOUT 90.
1985 · 5 incidents
November 6, 1985KY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
IT HAD BEEN RAINING & EE FELL TO GROUND AFTER HE SLIPPED ON SOME WET MATERIAL AROUND THE SAND SEPERATOR. WE THINK HE STRAINED A LOWER BACK MUSCLE.
July 11, 1985KY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorMACHINERY
Nally & Haydon, LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS CUTTING LEG OFF A FEEDER WHICH WAS LYING ON GROUND WHEN THE LEG FELL OFF IT TWISTED THE REMINDER OF FEEDER WHICH CAUGHT EMPLOYEE FOOT UNDERNEATH AND MASHED HIS FOOT.
June 27, 1985KY · Metal/Non-Metalwarehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operatorHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS TR2ING TO SECURE TWO TIRES AT A DUMPING POINT ABOVE A SCREEN AND HE WAS STRAINING TO PUT TIRES AT CORRECT ANGLE AND STRAINED HIS RIGHT ARM RESULTING IN AN INJURY TO HIS MUSCLE AND JOINT. 3
May 3, 1985KY · Metal/Non-Metaldriller, highwall operator, highwall drill operatorMACHINERY