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MLC - Verona: 107 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by HBM Holdings Company
Verona, Gallatin County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1519182

MLC - Verona has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2008–2025
Latest incident
Sep 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
107
citations
32
significant & substantial
$26,088
proposed penalties
$22,870
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,218 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Mississippi Lime Company d/b/a MLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2008
75
inspections on record
1,425
inspection hours
7.5
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.
107 citations across 1,425 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

MLC - Verona has $26K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 7 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.
$26K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
103 assessments are final orders; 7 contested dockets.
Of $12K in penalties contested before the Commission, $9K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-29.
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.
30.5%
significant & substantial
1.9%
high negligence or reckless
30.5%
reasonably likely or greater
28.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.4% low, 86.7% moderate, 1.9% 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.
10 citations taken to the federal commission · 9% of citations on record
  • Settled 9 · 90%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 10%
50%
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 8 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
27%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$12K 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 2016-10-24.
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 2008-1228M Settlement Weisberger 2010 $10K → $8K
KENT 2011-1280M Settlement Rae 2012 $634 → $127
KENT 2017-0030 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $414 → $300
KENT 2014-0345 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $263 → $237
KENT 2014-0276 Settlement Rae 2014 $263 → $176
KENT 2016-0469 Settlement Lesnick 2017 $200 → $200
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: 2024-12-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
36
samples
27
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz22
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz8
  • Calcium oxide5
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (36)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-12-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.29 10 0.03 Laborer, Bullgang
2024-12-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Mechanic
2024-12-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Utility Man
2024-12-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Laborer, Bullgang
2022-11-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Utility Man
2022-11-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 Building Repair/Maint.
2022-11-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.72 Utility Man
2022-11-01 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Utility Man
2017-11-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 2.31 10 0.23 Utility Man
2017-11-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.16 10 0.12 Oiler, Greaser
2017-11-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 2.07 10 0.21 Utility Man
2017-11-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2016-08-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Hydrating Plant Operator
2016-08-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 Mechanic
2016-08-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 Utility Man
2016-08-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 Hydrating Plant Operator
2016-08-24 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 Mechanic
2016-06-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Mechanic
2016-06-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 10 0.03 Skip Dumper, Toploader, Tipple Operator
2016-06-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.65 10 0.07 Utility Man
2016-06-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Utility Man
2012-11-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 10 0.03 Laborer, Bullgang
2012-11-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Mechanic
2012-04-23 Calcium oxide 0.4 5 0.08 Utility Man
2010-12-29 Calcium oxide 0.82 5 0.16 Utility Man
2010-07-07 Calcium oxide 0.53 5 0.11 Bagging Operator
2010-07-07 Calcium oxide 0.79 5 0.16 Cleanup Man
2009-07-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Mechanic
2009-07-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.65 10 0.07 Mechanic
2009-07-07 Calcium oxide 0.91 5 0.18 Laborer, Bullgang
2009-07-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2009-07-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Skip Dumper, Toploader, Tipple Operator
2009-07-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.53 10 0.05 Utility Man
2009-07-07 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Mechanic
2008-07-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.48 10 0.05 Utility Man
2008-07-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.49 10 0.05 Mechanic
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.

MLC - Verona recorded 2.44 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.
2.44
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 * 2.44 0.00 0.000
2024 * 2.85 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 3.59 0.00 0.000
2020 * 3.30 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 3.24 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. Gallatin Materials LLC 2008 to 2008
  2. Mississippi Lime Company d/b/a MLC 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 45
2025 39
2024 33
2023 31
2022 29
2021 29
2020 28
2019 30
2018 30
2017 30
2016 29
2015 28
2014 28
2013 27
2012 27
2011 27
2010 28
2009 27
2008 34
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

MLC - Verona sits in Gallatin 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.
Gallatin County, Kentucky · Population 8,749
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$62,247
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 23,162 2 1 86.3
2026 Q1 19,323 3 0 155.3
2025 Q4 21,742 2 0 92.0
2025 Q3 21,007 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 20,697 6 2 289.9
2025 Q1 18,437 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 17,455 2 1 114.6
2024 Q3 16,848 0 0 0.0
Show 66 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 18,451 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 17,501 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 16,192 1 1 61.8
2023 Q3 16,887 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 16,334 3 0 183.7
2023 Q1 15,600 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 16,045 2 0 124.6
2022 Q3 15,591 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 14,402 2 1 138.9
2022 Q1 13,508 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 13,505 1 0 74.0
2021 Q3 14,277 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 14,031 1 0 71.3
2021 Q1 13,867 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 13,323 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 14,240 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 17,662 1 0 56.6
2020 Q1 15,405 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 14,604 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 15,584 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 15,133 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 15,387 2 1 130.0
2018 Q4 14,529 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 14,704 1 0 68.0
2018 Q2 16,321 1 1 61.3
2018 Q1 16,237 2 1 123.2
2017 Q4 15,936 1 0 62.8
2017 Q3 16,284 1 0 61.4
2017 Q2 15,206 3 1 197.3
2017 Q1 15,053 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 14,619 6 1 410.4
2016 Q3 14,496 4 0 275.9
2016 Q2 13,919 3 0 215.5
2016 Q1 14,460 1 0 69.2
2015 Q4 14,113 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 14,008 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 14,860 1 0 67.3
2015 Q1 14,827 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 14,379 1 0 69.5
2014 Q3 14,410 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 13,318 1 0 75.1
2014 Q1 14,259 2 1 140.3
2013 Q4 13,583 1 0 73.6
2013 Q3 13,048 2 1 153.3
2013 Q2 13,809 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 13,966 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 13,975 2 0 143.1
2012 Q3 14,631 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 14,347 2 0 139.4
2012 Q1 14,373 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 14,309 3 1 209.7
2011 Q3 14,152 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 14,159 2 0 141.3
2011 Q1 13,742 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 12,793 7 3 547.2
2010 Q3 12,867 1 0 77.7
2010 Q2 12,728 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 12,027 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 11,992 3 1 250.2
2009 Q3 12,362 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 13,510 4 0 296.1
2009 Q1 15,665 5 0 319.2
2008 Q4 16,738 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 20,075 4 3 199.3
2008 Q2 18,691 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 19,319 5 4 258.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2025 · 2 incidents

September 23, 2025 KY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mississippi Lime Company d/b/a MLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was walking up set of stairs to check on repair status of transfer chute transfer screw when employee looked up and a particle of lime dust entered EE's eye

July 8, 2025 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mississippi Lime Company d/b/a MLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Dirty dust collector, Lime dust on filter bags, extreme heat, sweating, resulting in chemical burns on both arms and neck.

2024 · 1 incident

June 3, 2024 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mississippi Lime Company d/b/a MLC · Fall onto or against objects

Employee was walking to exit the preheater. As EE was going to exit and started to adjust to get out, EE's foot slipped off the top of the horizontal dome cooling pipe EE was standing on and started to fall. Employee stuck out EE's arms to try to stop falling. Employee noticed afterwards that EE's right shoulder was hurting. MLC was notified 10/28/2024 of medical care.

2021 · 1 incident

August 25, 2021 KY · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mississippi Lime Company d/b/a MLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Removing the product valve to change out the air sweeps located in the bottom hopper of a hydrate product bulk trailer, the employee was flushed with a small amount of hydrate. Hydrate got in both eyes causing irritation. Right cornea received abrasion. Employee was prescribed antibiotic eye drops.

2020 · 1 incident

September 24, 2020 KY · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Mississippi Lime Company d/b/a MLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator sprained left ankle when descending a ladder and stepping onto a hose rolling ankle. Supervisor began investigation at 7:00 AM. The incident occurred in the Rework Silo. The vacuum hose was removed from the area and stored.

2018 · 1 incident

October 16, 2018 KY · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mississippi Lime Company d/b/a MLC · Struck against stationary object

EE bent over to pick up tools and hit mouth on the top of handrail. This resulted in a laceration through the lip and chipped teeth. Vision was partially obstructed by wearing goggles.

2014 · 1 incident

January 3, 2014 KY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec OTHER
Mississippi Lime Company d/b/a MLC · Unclassified, insufficient data

Driver (customer carrier) stated to the loaderman he wasn't feeling well & potentially thought he was having a heart attack. My employee's followed the procedure *called the squad. He was transported to a local hospital.

2011 · 1 incident

May 28, 2011 KY · Metal/Non-Metal pumper POWERED HAULAGE
Mississippi Lime Company d/b/a MLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee stated while operating the man lift squeezed finger between motor and rail on lift. This is reportable because of stitches & fractured middle finger.

2009 · 1 incident

November 22, 2009 KY · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor NONPOWERED HAULAGE
Mississippi Lime Company d/b/a MLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE was moving an oxygen cylinder to the lab. The cylinder was secured to a hand cart. While pulling the load up the steps the EE felt a strain in his lower right side of his back.

2008 · 4 incidents

August 2, 2008 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gallatin Materials LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was shoveling lime and lime got inside his work shoes, causing an alkaline burn.

June 3, 2008 KY · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gallatin Materials LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was using a Bobcat to transport a come-along chain in the bucket. While lifting the chain from the bucket into the tool trailer, he experienced back pain at a later time.

April 29, 2008 KY · Metal/Non-Metal dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gallatin Materials LLC · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Received lime burns changing out screens. Went home and while washing arms irriated burns, then went to a local EMT for dressing. EMT washed, scraped and flushed burns making them worse. EMT's diagnosed septic shock and transported to hospital. Employee discharged from hospital and returned to his next regularly scheduled shift.

April 2, 2008 KY · Metal/Non-Metal pumper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Gallatin Materials LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was training a conveyor belt. Wrench slippped going into conveyor tail pulley. Right middle,ring finger pinched between wrench & Frame. Gaurd was removed,wrong tool used,hurry up mentality,all contributed.medical attn req.: stitches,graft,outpatient treatment & follow up.