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Kosmos Cement Co.: 29 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Cemex Inc. · Surface
Controlled by Cemex S A
Kosmosdale, Jefferson County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1503160

Kosmos Cement Co. has $3K 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
8
Years on record
1986–2010
Latest incident
Jul 2010
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
29
citations
9
significant & substantial
$3,423
proposed penalties
$3,423
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cemex Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
15
inspections on record
159
inspection hours
n/a
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: 159 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Kosmos Cement Co. has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
29 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2011-04-14.
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.
31.0%
significant & substantial
6.9%
high negligence or reckless
31.0%
reasonably likely or greater
55.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 6.9% low, 86.2% moderate, 6.9% high, 0.0% reckless.
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: 2010-07-14, 16 years ago
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-07-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 Truck Driver
2010-07-14 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Truck Driver
2001-09-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2001-09-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2001-09-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe 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.
Ownership history
  1. Flintkote Company 1950 to 1980
  2. Flintkote Cement Company 1980 to 1980
  3. Kosmos Cement Company Inc 1980 to 1988
  4. Kosmos Cement Company 1988 to 2002
  5. Kosmos Cement Company 2002 to 2003
  6. Cemex Inc. 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2011 1
2010 1
2009 1
2008 1
2007 1
2006 1
2005 4
2004 4
2003 5
2002 2
2001 1
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Kosmos Cement Co. sits in Jefferson County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Jefferson County, Kentucky · Population 777,392
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$67,849
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
2011 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
Show 38 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2009 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 0 0 0
2007 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,640 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,751 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,500 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 960 1 1 1041.7
2003 Q3 4,224 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 2,160 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2010 · 1 incident

July 19, 2010 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Cemex Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing down ladder from our Cat Water Truck at the end of the shift. As he touched his right foot to the ground (where there was a high spot of a rut due to previous trucks parking) the high spot gave way causing him to lose his balance twisting his right ankle.

2006 · 1 incident

January 22, 2006 KY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Cemex Inc. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE crossed jersey barrier and stepped in hot dust, resulting in burn.

2001 · 1 incident

August 30, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Kosmos Cement Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVER WAS HAULING LOAD FROM STRIP SITE (CLAY HARVEST) TO DUMP SITE. SPEED WAS APPROX 20 MPH. DRIVER STATED HE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME BREATHING. DRIVER BLACKED OUT, RAN THROUGH AND OVER BERM. TRAVELED APPROX 50' INTO FIELD BEFORE STOPPING.

2000 · 3 incidents

October 3, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING A DUMP TRUCK & HIT A BUMP ON HAULROAD, STRIKING HIS ELBOW AGAINST DOOR.

July 25, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HANGING REBAR INSIDE DOME...IN MAN-BASKET OF P&H 50 TON CRANE. THE GROUND UNDER CRANES LEFT FRONT OUTRIGGER SUBSIDED AND THE CRANE LURCHED FORWARD, CAUSING BASKET TO EE UP AND DOWN . INJURED STRUCK HIS FACE ON STACK OF REBAR IN BASKET.

July 11, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EE WAS HOLDING A REBAR DOWEL IN THE HORIZONTAL POSITION WHILE IT WAS BEING TIED DOWN. WHILE THIS PARTICULAR DOWEL WAS BEING SECURED, ANOTHER DOWEL WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN TIED DO WN BROKE FREE FROM THE METAL WIRES SECURING IT. IT SPRANG UPWARD STRIKING EE IN THE MOUTH AND UPPER RIGHT CHEEK AREA OF HIS FACE. INJURED SUFFERED LACERATION TO UPPER LIP, BROKEN AND LOOSEN T

1986 · 2 incidents

January 15, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kosmos Cement Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS ASS3STING MECHANIC AND ANOTHER OPERATOR. THEY WERE USING BOOM ON MAINTENANCE TRUCK TO LIFT TRANSFER CASE FROM ANOTHER TRUCK THE CABLE BORKE, SWUNG AROUND AND HIT INJURED IN BACK OF HEAD. 3

January 15, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Kosmos Cement Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS ASS3STING MECHANIC AND ANOTHER OPERATOR. THEY WERE USING BOOM ON MANTENANCE TRUCK TO LIFT TRANSFER CASE FROM ANOTHER TRUCK. THE CABLE BROKE, SWUNG AROUND AND HIT INJURED IN NECK. E