Mining Incidents

Messer Clay Company Metal/Non-Metal

Messer Clay Company · Surface
Carter City, Carter County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1511955

Messer Clay Company has $274 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2020
2
citations
0
significant & substantial
$274
proposed penalties
$274
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2020
14
inspections on record
197
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: 197 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Messer Clay Company has $274 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.
$274
proposed penalties
$274
current assessed
$274
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-12-30.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 63 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 744 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 717 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 555 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 724 1 0 1381.2
2024 Q3 923 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 674 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 660 0 0 0.0
Show 16 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 680 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 920 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 819 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 509 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 366 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 484 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 726 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 431 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 835 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 665 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 821 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 640 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 891 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,103 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,037 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,013 1 0 987.2

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.

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