Mining Incidents

Hopkinsville Aggregate Quarry: 158 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Mid-South Stone Inc · Surface
Controlled by Rogers Group Inc
Hopkinsville, Christian County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1500005

Hopkinsville Aggregate Quarry has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1986–2015
Latest incident
Jun 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
158
citations
43
significant & substantial
$30,553
proposed penalties
$27,799
paid to date
91% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,754 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
87
inspections on record
1,868
inspection hours
8.5
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.
158 citations across 1,868 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hopkinsville Aggregate Quarry has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 5 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$453
outstanding
153 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $4K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-25.
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.
27.2%
significant & substantial
0.6%
high negligence or reckless
27.8%
reasonably likely or greater
33.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.3% low, 86.1% moderate, 0.6% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 7 · 70%
  • Stood as issued 2 · 20%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 10%
80%
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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
54%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$4K proposed, $2K 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 2011-01-31.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
KENT 2010-124M Settlement Zielinski 2011 $3K → $803
KENT 2007-110M Settlement Bulluck 2008 $723 → $400
KENT 2010-1006M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $634 → $634
KENT 2010-142M Dismissal Tureck 2011 $208 → $208
KENT 2011-571M Withdrawal Lesnick 2011 $100 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2025-12-03
8%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
59
samples
25
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz131 over
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz51 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg30
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz11
Show the individual readings (59)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-12-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 22.64 10 2.26 Utility Man
2016-04-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 11.07 10 1.11 Oiler, Greaser
2025-12-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-12-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-12-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-07-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2023-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2023-07-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2023-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2023-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-03-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2022-09-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.56 10 0.06 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2022-09-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 Cleanup Man
2022-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-09-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Complete Load-Haul-Dump
2022-09-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 Belt Crew
2021-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-04-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2021-04-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-04-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2019-01-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.03 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-01-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2018-01-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-01-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2017-08-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-08-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-08-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-03-01 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.5 10 0.05 Drill Operator, Rotary
2017-03-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.69 10 0.07 Truck Driver
2016-04-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 2.01 10 0.20 Utility Man
2016-04-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.62 10 0.06 Truck Driver
2014-02-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-12-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.9 2.12 0.42 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2010-12-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2010-12-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 2.6 0.23 Utility Man
2009-08-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Utility Man
2009-08-07 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 1.85 0.23 Utility Man
2005-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 1.29 0.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-07-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-07-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.84 2.89 0.29 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-07-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-03-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-09-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.02 10 0.10 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2003-09-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-09-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.38 2.32 0.59 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2001-01-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.66 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

Hopkinsville Aggregate Quarry 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
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 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 * 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
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.
Ownership history
  1. Rogers Group Inc 1950 to 2012
  2. Mid-South Stone Inc 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 34
2025 35
2024 36
2023 36
2022 39
2021 37
2020 35
2019 26
2018 27
2017 40
2016 36
2015 32
2014 22
2013 21
2012 21
2011 22
2010 27
2009 24
2008 32
2007 33
2006 31
2005 24
2004 21
2003 21
2002 21
2001 19
2000 22
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hopkinsville Aggregate Quarry sits in Christian County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Christian County, Kentucky · Population 72,599
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$54,190
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 15,066 2 0 132.7
2026 Q1 12,387 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 13,812 3 0 217.2
2025 Q3 16,395 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 14,871 7 1 470.7
2025 Q1 13,407 2 1 149.2
2024 Q4 15,238 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 15,692 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 17,097 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 15,353 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 14,351 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 14,241 6 3 421.3
2023 Q2 13,914 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 13,710 4 1 291.8
2022 Q4 14,023 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 12,436 1 1 80.4
2022 Q2 11,980 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 10,425 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 12,129 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 13,286 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 11,066 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 14,346 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 12,901 1 0 77.5
2020 Q3 14,451 1 1 69.2
2020 Q2 12,827 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 14,427 2 1 138.6
2019 Q4 12,112 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 12,745 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 11,188 3 0 268.1
2019 Q1 9,745 2 0 205.2
2018 Q4 10,101 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 8,827 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 11,710 1 0 85.4
2018 Q1 5,567 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 12,294 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 11,055 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 12,763 4 1 313.4
2017 Q1 13,849 2 0 144.4
2016 Q4 12,763 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 13,300 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 14,234 2 1 140.5
2016 Q1 10,592 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 14,252 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 14,757 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 18,545 1 0 53.9
2015 Q1 10,267 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 12,123 2 1 165.0
2014 Q3 15,093 1 0 66.3
2014 Q2 14,179 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 6,265 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 10,415 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 11,510 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 12,488 2 0 160.2
2013 Q1 8,417 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 9,451 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,532 2 0 265.5
2012 Q2 11,030 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 7,482 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 10,980 4 1 364.3
2011 Q3 13,272 1 0 75.3
2011 Q2 11,359 5 0 440.2
2011 Q1 7,714 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 11,943 4 0 334.9
2010 Q3 9,820 2 0 203.7
2010 Q2 8,392 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 11,833 1 1 84.5
2009 Q4 12,639 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 12,290 1 0 81.4
2009 Q2 11,522 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 8,978 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 15,055 2 0 132.8
2008 Q3 15,930 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 15,608 4 0 256.3
2008 Q1 12,209 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 14,086 5 0 355.0
2007 Q3 18,274 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 15,663 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 14,365 13 6 905.0
2006 Q4 16,994 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 17,100 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 19,416 3 1 154.5
2006 Q1 15,442 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 18,622 5 3 268.5
2005 Q3 16,747 4 2 238.8
2005 Q2 15,063 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 12,729 3 1 235.7
2004 Q4 12,565 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 13,671 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 12,761 3 2 235.1
2004 Q1 13,060 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 13,080 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 15,167 4 0 263.7
2003 Q2 13,925 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 10,216 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 13,742 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 14,943 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 11,920 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 6,418 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 10,464 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 11,815 3 0 253.9
2001 Q2 10,892 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 8,988 4 0 445.0
2000 Q4 12,273 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 13,624 4 1 293.6
2000 Q2 13,305 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 11,830 7 2 591.7
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

2015 · 1 incident

June 16, 2015 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mid-South Stone Inc · Struck against a moving object

Operating loader when head hit interior of loader causing cut requiring stitches (staples)

2010 · 1 incident

August 10, 2010 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Rogers Group Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee legs been hurting from running 988B loader.Clinic-possible strain.Employee said from seat, seat replaced original was found in good working order.Continued working 10 weeks but due to reduction in work force laid off 10/22/10.Additional clinic visits determined torn right medial meniscus.

2006 · 1 incident

June 15, 2006 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was attempting to open a tube of silicon. The tube applicator has a device to puncture the seal on the tube, however, it was not long enough. Therefore, the employee took a welding rod and tried to puncture the seal on the tube with it. His first attempt was unsuccessful and on his second attempt he missed the tube and the welding rod punctured his left index finger.

2005 · 2 incidents

December 9, 2005 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Rogers Group Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was removing bolts on loader cutting edge by keeping pressure on the head of the bolt with the palm of his right hand and loosening the nut with his other hand. The head of the bolt spun and cut the palm of his hand requiring stitches.

August 3, 2005 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Stemming loaded holes with a shovel, felt a sharp burning pain in right shoulder.

2000 · 1 incident

November 3, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rogers Group Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN SOME MATERIAL OFF OF A ROLLER ABOVE THE TAIL PULLEY. THE BUILT UP MATERIAL FELL FROM THE ROLLER AND ALLOWED THE BAR THE EE WAS USING TO GET CAUGHT IN THE TAIL PULLEY OF THE CONVEYOR, PINCHING THE LEFT INDEX FINGERBETWEEN THE CONVEYOR FRAME STRUCTURE AND THE BAR.

1999 · 1 incident

August 17, 1999 KY · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers Group Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EE SUSTAINED AFRACTURE OF LEFT WRIST AND ELBOW AFTER FALLING FROM PLATFORM OF HAUL TRUCK. HE WAS OPENING A BIND DOOR THAT WAS JAMMED BY WET MATERIAL.

1998 · 3 incidents

July 23, 1998 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rogers Group Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS UNPLUGGING CHUTE TO SCREW. PLACED HAND IN AREA WHERE ROCK FELL AND CUT FINGER. HIS HAND WAS ON THE SCREEN WHEN STRUCK.

June 27, 1998 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ADJUSTING THE CRUSHER PLATES. THE PLATE SHIFTED AND CAUGHT EE'S FINGERS.

February 16, 1998 KY · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers Group Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

THE EE SLIPPED AND FELL ON THE WALKWAY CUTTING HIS LEFT HAND, JUST INSIDE HIS THUMB

1997 · 1 incident

November 21, 1997 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE EE SUFFERED MINOR 1ST DEGREE BURNS WHILE CHECKING A LEADING RADIATOR CAP ON THE HAUL TRUCK.

1987 · 2 incidents

November 2, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CH5ING SCREENS IN CRUSHER. EMPLOYEE JAMMED RIGHT FOREFINGER WHILE INSTALLING SCREEN.

October 16, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rogers Group Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS CL9ANING OIL SEAL ON 1084 CONE CRUSHER EMPLOYEES HAND SLIPPED & CUT RIGHT THUMB ON SEALING R ING CUT REQUIRED 12 STITCHES

1986 · 1 incident

October 6, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rogers Group Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS LO5DING WATER TRUCK EMPLOYEE FELL FROM THE REAR OF THE WATER TRUCK CAUSING BRUISED CHEST