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Mid-South Construction Company Inc: 105 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by J Lee Powell
Hickory, Graves County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1504537

Mid-South Construction Company Inc has $15K 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
5
Years on record
1986–2008
Latest incident
Feb 2008
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
105
citations
31
significant & substantial
$15,475
proposed penalties
$15,245
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $230 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Mid-South Construction Company Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
69
inspections on record
1,051
inspection hours
10.0
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.
105 citations across 1,051 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mid-South Construction Company Inc has $15K 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.
$15K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
104 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-24.
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.
29.5%
significant & substantial
4.8%
high negligence or reckless
30.5%
reasonably likely or greater
46.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.9% low, 92.4% moderate, 4.8% 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
KENT20000185M Settlement Feldman 2000 $1K → $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: 2024-02-13
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
26
samples
3
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg23
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (26)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-02-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-02-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mucking Mach. Operator
2024-02-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2022-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-05-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2018-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2018-01-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Gathering Arm Operator
2017-04-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-05-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bagging Operator
2010-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.51 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.08 0.19 Tractor Operator
2005-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2005-05-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-12-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2001-12-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cleanup Man
2001-12-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-12-12 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.

Mid-South Construction Company Inc recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2000.

Injury rate, 2000
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.77 and the all-US-mining average was 5.64 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 4.56 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.
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. Mid-South Construction Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 5
2024 5
2023 6
2022 5
2021 5
2020 5
2019 5
2018 5
2017 5
2016 5
2015 5
2014 5
2013 5
2012 4
2011 5
2010 5
2009 6
2008 6
2007 6
2006 7
2005 7
2004 7
2003 7
2002 7
2001 9
2000 14
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Mid-South Construction Company Inc sits in Graves County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Graves County, Kentucky · Population 36,612
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$50,576
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 1,656 1 0 603.9
2026 Q1 1,610 3 0 1863.4
2025 Q4 2,070 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,326 3 1 1289.8
2025 Q2 2,304 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,059 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 2,273 4 0 1759.8
2024 Q3 2,415 2 0 828.2
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,829 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,600 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,455 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,254 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,649 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,598 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,252 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 2,045 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,834 2 0 705.7
2022 Q1 2,561 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,996 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,506 3 3 1197.1
2021 Q2 2,657 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,517 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,951 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 3,075 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,930 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,629 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 2,998 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,879 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,692 1 0 371.5
2019 Q1 2,478 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 2,345 1 0 426.4
2018 Q3 2,864 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,825 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,212 1 0 452.1
2017 Q4 2,518 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,005 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,461 1 0 406.3
2017 Q1 2,396 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,432 1 0 411.2
2016 Q3 2,856 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,463 1 0 406.0
2016 Q1 2,268 1 0 440.9
2015 Q4 2,394 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 3,169 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 2,583 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,175 2 0 919.5
2014 Q4 2,479 2 1 806.8
2014 Q3 2,941 1 0 340.0
2014 Q2 2,821 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,371 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 2,105 1 0 475.1
2013 Q3 2,479 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,331 1 0 429.0
2013 Q1 1,858 2 1 1076.4
2012 Q4 1,742 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,379 2 0 840.7
2012 Q2 2,890 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,259 2 1 885.3
2011 Q4 2,587 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 3,535 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,452 2 0 815.7
2011 Q1 1,944 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,471 4 2 1618.8
2010 Q3 3,013 3 1 995.7
2010 Q2 2,645 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,914 1 0 522.5
2009 Q4 2,616 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,520 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,397 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,388 4 1 1675.0
2008 Q4 3,152 1 0 317.3
2008 Q3 3,219 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,662 2 2 751.3
2008 Q1 2,585 5 1 1934.2
2007 Q4 3,428 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 3,637 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,623 3 0 828.0
2007 Q1 3,296 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 3,570 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,607 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,547 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 2,963 2 1 675.0
2005 Q4 3,739 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 4,365 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,011 4 0 997.3
2005 Q1 2,607 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,809 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,438 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,951 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,477 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 4,103 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,824 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,494 8 4 2289.6
2003 Q1 2,868 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,073 2 0 650.8
2002 Q3 3,911 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,555 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,114 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,206 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,569 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,570 3 1 656.5
2001 Q1 3,331 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,338 4 0 749.3
2000 Q3 8,682 4 0 460.7
2000 Q2 9,552 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,374 7 5 1302.6
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2008 · 1 incident

February 13, 2008 KY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mid-South Construction Company Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee walked across truck scale to get to his equipment. As he stepped onto the scale, his foot slipped on ice and he fell on his left hip.

1994 · 2 incidents

July 7, 1994 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid-South Construction Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING UNDER A DUMP TRUCK. RUST OR METAL FLAKES CAME OFF OF THE EXHAUST PIPE AND LODGED IN EMPLOYEE'S EYE.

May 30, 1994 KY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Mid-South Construction Company Inc · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

THE EMPLOYEE COMMITTED SUICIDE ON COMPANY PROPERTY DURING AA HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THE ACTUAL DEATH OCCURRED ON MEMORIAL DAY. THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT ON COMPANY TIME AT THE TIME OF DEATH. THE SUICI DE WAS NOT WORK RELATED.

1990 · 1 incident

August 14, 1990 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Mid-South Construction Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE COULD NOT RECALL ANY INCIDENT WHICH LED TO THE INJURY

1986 · 1 incident

November 5, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid-South Construction Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE WAS CLOSING 7HE HOPPER DOOR ON THE WASHER AND THE PIPE SLIPPED OFF THE HANDLE AND THE HOPPER DOOR HIT HIM ON THE FOREHEAD,KNOCKING HIM DOWN.THERE WAS SWELLING ON THE FOREHEAD AND SHIPPED BO BONE IN NOSE BE7WEEN HIS EYES.