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L R Chapman Inc: 197 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

L R Chapman Inc · Surface
Controlled by GNTT Holdings LLC
Lewisport, Hancock County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1500149

L R Chapman Inc has $65K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2011–2015
Latest incident
Sep 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
197
citations
91
significant & substantial
$65,288
proposed penalties
$60,340
paid to date
92% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $4,948 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See L R Chapman Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
76
inspections on record
1,478
inspection hours
13.3
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.
197 citations across 1,478 inspection hours.
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: 2014-09-10.
On record since 2014.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

L R Chapman Inc has $65K in proposed MSHA penalties and $4K 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.
$65K
proposed penalties
$65K
current assessed
$60K
paid to date
$4K
outstanding
195 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $9K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-15.
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.
46.7%
significant & substantial
7.2%
high negligence or reckless
47.2%
reasonably likely or greater
48.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.1% low, 90.8% moderate, 7.2% 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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 17%
  • Stood as issued 5 · 83%
100%
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%
8%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$9K proposed, $9K 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 2017-10-11.
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 2015-0137 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $8K → $7K
KENT 2018-0012 Default Lesnick 2018 $2K → $2K
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: 2025-03-24
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
57
samples
26
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz25
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg25
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz6
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (57)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-03-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2025-03-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-01-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2024-01-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2023-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2022-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-08-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2022-08-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2022-02-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Pipe Fitter/Millright/Plumber
2022-02-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Cleanup Man
2022-02-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-03-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2021-03-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-03-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2020-07-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 Washer Operator
2020-07-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 Mechanic
2020-03-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2020-03-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2020-03-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 1.29 0.33 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-05-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2018-05-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Supervisor, Co. Official
2018-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2018-05-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2017-12-27 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2017-12-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.82 0.15 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2017-01-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-01-31 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Mechanic
2017-01-31 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.72 1.32 0.55 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2017-01-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-01-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2015-12-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.74 1.29 0.57 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.42 1.07 0.39 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2015-03-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 1.38 0.27 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2014-09-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 0.73 0.30 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2014-03-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.62 0.55 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2014-03-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.75 0.78 0.96 Truck Loader
2013-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2013-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.07 2.34 0.46 Truck Loader
2012-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 0.45 0.42 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2012-05-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.26 0.14 Cleanup Man
2011-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 2.39 0.18 Washer Operator
2011-10-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.4 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-03-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.06 0.12 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2010-06-17 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 2.07 0.10 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 2.19 0.26 Backhoe Operator
2009-07-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2009-07-08 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Washer Operator
2007-09-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.92 0.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-09-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.51 1.42 0.36 Backhoe Operator
2007-09-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 0.95 0.49 Truck Driver
2004-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2000-08-02 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.

L R Chapman Inc recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2022.

Injury rate, 2022
ⓘ 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 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.12 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 1.59 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
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 4.27 4.27 0.000
2013 * 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. L R Chapman Inc 1950 to 1985
  2. American Olean Tile 1986 to 1988
  3. American Olean Tile Company Inc 1988 to 1995
  4. Dal-Tile 1995 to 2003
  5. L R Chapman Inc 2003 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 7
2024 10
2023 9
2022 10
2021 9
2020 11
2019 10
2018 25
2017 21
2016 24
2015 23
2014 24
2013 19
2012 20
2011 17
2010 16
2009 14
2008 13
2007 12
2006 13
2005 13
2004 8
2003 8
2002 8
2001 11
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

L R Chapman Inc sits in Hancock 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.
Hancock County, Kentucky · Population 9,032
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$66,836
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 2,688 15 11 5580.4
2026 Q1 2,914 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 3,861 5 0 1295.0
2025 Q3 3,016 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 5,107 13 5 2545.5
2025 Q1 2,889 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,885 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,088 0 0 0.0
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,257 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 5,382 3 1 557.4
2023 Q4 5,711 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,620 1 0 276.2
2023 Q2 4,023 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 3,917 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 4,821 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 5,204 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,011 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 5,406 1 1 185.0
2021 Q4 3,757 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,985 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 3,574 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 3,010 2 1 664.5
2020 Q4 4,379 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,406 3 0 680.9
2020 Q2 6,557 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 5,566 3 0 539.0
2019 Q4 4,699 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,777 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 4,558 2 0 438.8
2019 Q1 3,854 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 12,023 3 1 249.5
2018 Q3 13,604 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 9,708 4 3 412.0
2018 Q1 7,911 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 8,594 3 3 349.1
2017 Q3 8,351 5 4 598.7
2017 Q2 9,438 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 9,077 4 3 440.7
2016 Q4 12,239 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 12,959 6 1 463.0
2016 Q2 13,510 6 2 444.1
2016 Q1 10,902 1 0 91.7
2015 Q4 13,058 10 5 765.8
2015 Q3 13,344 1 0 74.9
2015 Q2 12,079 5 5 413.9
2015 Q1 8,203 5 4 609.5
2014 Q4 12,096 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 12,505 6 4 479.8
2014 Q2 12,317 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 9,952 9 8 904.3
2013 Q4 11,030 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 9,448 1 0 105.8
2013 Q2 9,602 3 1 312.4
2013 Q1 7,682 4 1 520.7
2012 Q4 9,859 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 10,324 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 9,982 4 1 400.7
2012 Q1 7,459 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 8,431 4 0 474.4
2011 Q3 8,358 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,217 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 4,666 8 2 1714.5
2010 Q4 7,353 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 8,562 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 7,385 5 3 677.0
2010 Q1 6,715 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 7,365 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,944 5 2 720.0
2009 Q2 6,546 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,342 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 7,089 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,017 1 0 166.2
2008 Q2 5,343 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,384 7 2 1596.7
2007 Q4 4,753 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 5,095 5 3 981.4
2007 Q2 6,078 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,704 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,342 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,449 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,527 8 3 1447.4
2006 Q1 4,761 5 2 1050.2
2005 Q4 5,161 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 5,112 4 4 782.5
2005 Q2 5,658 2 1 353.5
2005 Q1 3,422 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,884 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 4,052 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,424 1 0 292.1
2004 Q1 2,923 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,070 6 3 1954.4
2003 Q3 3,239 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,833 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,693 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,272 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,319 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,829 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,552 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,660 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,633 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 10,250 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,596 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 8,516 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,241 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 195 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 228 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2015 · 1 incident

September 4, 2015 KY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner OTHER
L R Chapman Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Based on our full internal investigation it is believed that employee had a massive heart attack and/or stroke and died instantly. We performed CPR and called an ambulance (911). Employee was found unresponsive and not breathing and was pronounced dead at the scene. Coroner took the body to Louisville Medical Examiner's Office for autopsy.

2014 · 1 incident

February 7, 2014 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
L R Chapman Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking to truck, slipped on ice in parking area, landed on shoulder.

2011 · 1 incident

September 28, 2011 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
L R Chapman Inc · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was working on a dozer, taking oil plug out of final drive. He was jerking on a wrench to remove the plug when his back popped and he fell to the ground in pain. This accident is reportable because the employee missed the rest of that day and the following day.