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: 250 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Lake City Quarry has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
34 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $60 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-04-08.
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 · 6% of citations on record
Settled
1 · 50%
Vacated or withdrawn
1 · 50%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
97%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $60 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2007-08-28.
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: 2004-10-27, 21 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2004-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2004-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2004-10-27
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
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.
Lake City Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2008.
Injury rate, 2008
ⓘ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 3.15 and the all-US-mining average was 3.61 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.52 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
2008 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2007 *
3.80
0.00
0.000
2006 *
4.66
0.00
0.000
2005 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2008
10
2007
18
2006
16
2005
12
2004
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Lake City Quarry sits in Livingston County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.6% 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.
Livingston County, Kentucky · Population 8,941
2.6%
Mining share of county employment
$59,713
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
2008 Q4
3,241
0
0
0.0
2008 Q3
2,667
0
0
0.0
2008 Q2
9,991
4
0
400.4
2008 Q1
12,316
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
13,243
5
0
377.6
2007 Q3
14,534
0
0
0.0
2007 Q2
11,913
4
1
335.8
2007 Q1
12,968
1
0
77.1
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2006 Q4
12,014
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
13,857
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
10,289
0
0
0.0
2006 Q1
6,754
2
1
296.1
2005 Q4
6,199
0
0
0.0
2005 Q3
7,512
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
7,182
3
0
417.7
2005 Q1
8,477
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
3,788
2
0
528.0
2004 Q3
4,944
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
4,870
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2007 · 1 incident
May 22, 2007KY · Metal/Non-Metalmaintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service techHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Employee was helping with changing impact crusher hammers. He got his left little finger smashed between the hammer wedges. His injury required stitches.
Employee was removing a screen bearing. A helper was tapping the bearing raise with a hammer to remove the raise from the screen shaft. A piece of metal came off the raise and hit the employee in the left elbow bend.
January 9, 2006KY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanOTHER
911 was called & emergency medical help was dispatched to location - contract employee suffered a heart attack on mining property & was removed by ambulance.
2004 · 1 incident
December 9, 2004KY · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
Alleged accident happened when miner moved rock to hold drawbar down on pump.He told other that he thought he hurt his back.he finished week out w/o incident.He called on Monday and said he was going to family dr and she put him off work until 12/27. we sent him to our occupational Dr on 12/14 and he immediately release him for lighduty as of 12/20 he has not reported back to work.
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