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Menifee Stone: 159 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Frenchburg, Menifee County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1500109

Menifee Stone has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
19
Years on record
1983–2022
Latest incident
Jun 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
159
citations
42
significant & substantial
$21,733
proposed penalties
$21,233
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $500 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Walker Construction & Materials, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
97
inspections on record
1,843
inspection hours
8.6
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.
159 citations across 1,843 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Menifee Stone has $22K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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.
$22K
proposed penalties
$21K
current assessed
$21K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
158 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-16.
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.
26.4%
significant & substantial
2.5%
high negligence or reckless
26.4%
reasonably likely or greater
48.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.5% low, 89.9% moderate, 2.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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 2004-193-M Settlement Barbour 2004 $2K → $1K
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: 2025-02-28
5%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
45
samples
21
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz31 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg19
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz10
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz9
Show the individual readings (57)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2023-09-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 19.49 10 1.95 Utility Man
2025-02-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 5.55 Front-end Loader Operator
2025-02-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.66 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2025-02-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Road Grader Operator
2025-02-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2023-09-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.25 10 0.13 Truck Driver
2023-09-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-20 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 4.63 10 0.46 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-11-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 Truck Driver
2021-11-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 Truck Driver
2021-11-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-11-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 Truck Driver
2016-12-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-12-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2016-12-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2016-12-28 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Drill Operator, Rotary
2016-12-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2015-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2015-05-27 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2015-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-04-07 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-05-21 Manganese fumes 0.02 5 0.00 Mechanic
2008-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2008-05-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.35 10 0.04 Truck Driver
2008-05-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.34 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2008-05-21 Arsenic fumes 0 1500 0.00 Mechanic
2008-05-21 Beryllium fumes 0 6 0.00 Mechanic
2008-05-21 Cadmium oxide fumes 0 100 0.00 Mechanic
2008-05-21 Chromium, insoluble 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2008-05-21 Cobalt fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2008-05-21 Copper fumes 0 300 0.00 Mechanic
2008-05-21 Iron oxide fumes 0.18 20 0.01 Mechanic
2008-05-21 Lead fumes 0 450 0.00 Mechanic
2008-05-21 Magnesium oxide fumes 0.13 20 0.01 Mechanic
2008-05-21 Molybdenum fumes 0 20 0.00 Mechanic
2008-05-21 Nickel fumes 0 3 0.00 Mechanic
2008-05-21 Vanadium fumes 0 50 0.00 Mechanic
2008-05-21 Zinc oxide fumes 0.04 10 0.00 Mechanic
2005-06-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.16 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 1.98 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 2.17 0.11 Truck Driver
2004-06-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.29 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2004-06-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2003-10-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 2.11 0.12 Truck Driver
2003-10-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Utility Man
2003-10-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-10-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.25 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2002-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 2.46 0.19 Truck Driver
2002-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 2.54 0.22 Truck Driver
2002-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader 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.

Menifee Stone 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
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 * 6.38 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 3.25 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. The Walker Company Of Kentucky, Inc. 1950 to 2019
  2. Walker Construction & Materials, LLC 2019 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 22
2025 38
2024 32
2023 25
2022 21
2021 27
2020 33
2019 19
2018 14
2017 12
2016 17
2015 11
2014 11
2013 10
2012 11
2011 10
2010 7
2009 10
2008 16
2007 15
2006 17
2005 15
2004 14
2003 13
2002 16
2001 19
2000 16
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Menifee Stone sits in Menifee 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.
Menifee County, Kentucky · Population 6,203
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$44,672
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 10,946 1 0 91.4
2026 Q1 9,024 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 10,816 3 2 277.4
2025 Q3 9,373 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 12,127 2 0 164.9
2025 Q1 16,530 3 1 181.5
2024 Q4 15,982 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 11,616 1 0 86.1
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 9,193 2 1 217.6
2024 Q1 10,755 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 12,946 3 1 231.7
2023 Q3 8,269 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 7,904 2 0 253.0
2023 Q1 4,129 1 0 242.2
2022 Q4 7,118 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 9,405 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 9,761 2 0 204.9
2022 Q1 5,060 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 13,069 3 0 229.6
2021 Q3 10,981 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 11,249 2 1 177.8
2021 Q1 4,521 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 7,892 1 0 126.7
2020 Q3 17,951 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 20,253 7 2 345.6
2020 Q1 15,504 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 13,448 2 1 148.7
2019 Q3 10,465 4 0 382.2
2019 Q2 6,579 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,881 1 0 347.1
2018 Q4 5,654 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 7,370 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 7,577 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 3,202 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 6,941 5 2 720.4
2017 Q3 6,140 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 5,754 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3,882 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 11,961 1 0 83.6
2016 Q3 7,996 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,389 4 2 541.3
2016 Q1 2,623 2 0 762.5
2015 Q4 5,393 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 7,605 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 6,701 1 1 149.2
2015 Q1 2,939 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 5,119 1 0 195.4
2014 Q3 7,074 2 2 282.7
2014 Q2 8,005 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,125 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,624 3 0 648.8
2013 Q3 4,564 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 7,199 4 3 555.6
2013 Q1 2,986 1 0 334.9
2012 Q4 5,499 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,876 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 8,597 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,899 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 4,336 1 0 230.6
2011 Q3 6,395 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,332 1 0 187.5
2011 Q1 1,480 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,212 1 0 825.1
2010 Q3 5,596 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 4,248 2 0 470.8
2010 Q1 2,449 2 0 816.7
2009 Q4 4,008 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,105 3 0 491.4
2009 Q2 5,932 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,277 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 4,815 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,537 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 12,465 5 2 401.1
2008 Q1 9,810 15 1 1529.1
2007 Q4 7,653 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 7,352 3 0 408.1
2007 Q2 7,914 3 1 379.1
2007 Q1 3,928 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 6,178 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 7,995 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 8,411 3 1 356.7
2006 Q1 11,495 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 9,783 4 1 408.9
2005 Q3 10,387 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,671 5 3 749.5
2005 Q1 5,742 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 4,554 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,981 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 12,136 2 1 164.8
2004 Q1 5,929 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7,174 4 2 557.6
2003 Q3 6,853 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,301 5 1 684.8
2003 Q1 4,550 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 7,100 3 1 422.5
2002 Q3 8,066 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 8,875 2 1 225.4
2002 Q1 9,136 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 11,874 17 3 1431.7
2001 Q3 14,332 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 13,154 3 2 228.1
2001 Q1 10,823 1 0 92.4
2000 Q4 7,352 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 9,565 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 11,077 2 0 180.6
2000 Q1 7,888 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

19 on file

2022 · 1 incident

June 10, 2022 KY · Metal/Non-Metal dry screening plant operator, screen house operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Walker Construction & Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing down from an articulated truck after checking a fire extinguisher and twisted their knee. As time progressed pain subsided and began to swell. Employee was advised to call Teledoc, they prescribed meds for swelling and the use of ice. No lost time.

2020 · 1 incident

June 17, 2020 KY · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Walker Construction & Materials, LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stepped down from a pickup truck tailgate and rolled EE's ankle when contacting the ground.

2016 · 1 incident

July 20, 2016 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The Walker Company Of Kentucky, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was doing maintenance work, chipping slag from a weld, small piece of slag went into right wrist.

2006 · 2 incidents

January 18, 2006 KY · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Walker Company Of Kentucky, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Lifted space heater from back of pickup truck. Carried it approx 15 feet. Weight of heater is approx 45 pounds. Felt sharp pain under left knee cap. Side pressure on knee causes a sharp pain

2002 · 1 incident

July 26, 2002 KY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The Walker Company Of Kentucky, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EE WAS USING DIGGER BAR TO BUST CLODS IN BIN. CLOD BROKE LOOSE UNEXPECTEDLY. LEFT SHOULDER WAS STRAINED AS A RESULT.

2001 · 4 incidents

August 30, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Walker Company Of Kentucky, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE STEPPING OUT OF TRAILER LEFT KNEE TWISTED,FELT A POP AND FELL.

August 29, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator MACHINERY
The Walker Company Of Kentucky, Inc. · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WHILE OPERATING TRAKHOE FIRE EXTINGUISHER JARRED PIN FELL OUT, EXTINGUISHER ROLLED UNDER SEAT AND STARTED TO DISCHARGE.

July 30, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
The Walker Company Of Kentucky, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATING DOZER. AS TURNED TO LOOK OUT SIDE FELT PAIN IN BACK PAIN WORSENED AS KEPT WORKING.

July 16, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The Walker Company Of Kentucky, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

TURNING CUTTING EDGE OF KAWASAKI LOADER USING A BAR TO HOLD BOLT IN PLACE WHILE OTHER EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING NUT OFF. BOLT JUMPED OUT, GLANCED OFF BAR AND STRUCK RIGHT HAND MIDDLE DIGIT RESULTING IN LACERATION THAT REQUIRED 5 STITCHES.

2000 · 1 incident

1999 · 1 incident

July 24, 1999 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
The Walker Company Of Kentucky, Inc. · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS INSTALLING BLOW BAR IN SANDMILL CRUSHER WHEN A PIECE OF METAL FROM SLEDGE HAMMER HEAD FLEW OFF AND PUNCTURED HIS LEFT SHOULDER. IT WAS REMOVED.

1996 · 1 incident

March 28, 1996 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Walker Company Of Kentucky, Inc. · Struck by flying object

VICTIM WAS PUTTING AIR HOSE UP WHEN THE QUICK DISCONNECT RELEASED THE AIR HOSE FROM THE COMPRESSOR. THE FORCE BEHIND IT SENT THE AIR HOSE FLYING TOWARD HIM APPROX 6'-8'. AIR HOSE WRAPPED AROUN D THE VICTIM WHIPPING THE METAL COUPLING AROUND STRIKING LEFT SIDE OF FACE AND EYE. INJURY: BRUISES AND LACERATIONS TO LEFT SIDE OF FACE, BURST BLOOD VESSELS IN LEFT EYE.

1994 · 1 incident

April 12, 1994 KY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner MACHINERY
The Walker Company Of Kentucky, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS DE-STUMPING TREES WHICH HAD BEEN PILED FROM STRIPPING OPERATON. EE WAS USING A CHAIN SAW. WHEN THE STUMP WAS NEARLY REMOVED, FROM THE TREE INVOLVED IN THE INJURY, THE TREE BROKE FREE ST RIKING THE EE IN THE LEFT LEG.

1993 · 1 incident

February 10, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
The Walker Company Of Kentucky, Inc. · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

EMPLOYEE WAS SENT UP TO A PLATFORM TO RETRIEVE A SHOVEL. HE SLIPPED & FELL APPROX. 16' TO GROUND.

1988 · 1 incident

1987 · 2 incidents

October 21, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Walker Company Of Kentucky, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WO9KING ON CRUSHER.HE WAS ROTATING THE CRUSHER BY HAND AND IT TURNED TOO FAST TO GET HIS ARM OUT OF THE WAY THEREBY TRAPPING HIS ARM BETWEEN THE ROTOR AND THE INSPECTION DOOR.

June 29, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
The Walker Company Of Kentucky, Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE INJURED HAD3RAISED THE APRON,WHICH HOUSED THE CRUSHER IN ORDER TO GAIN ENTRY TO REPAIR THE CRUSHER.THIS APRON WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 500 LB.AND WORKS ON A FLOATATION BASIS.WHEN,HE EVIDENTALL Y LEANED ON THE3APRON IT FELL SEVERELY CUTTING AND CRUSHING HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE CRUSHER WALL AND THE ADJUSTMENT BOLT ON THE APRON.

1983 · 1 incident

December 5, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
The Walker Company Of Kentucky, Inc. · Struck by flying object

PULLING COAL BACK FROM THE EDGE OF THE HIGHWALL. SHAVING FROM BUCKET PIN MUST HAVE BLOWN INTO HIS EYE. HE WAS USING BACK-HOE.