Mining Incidents

Mt. Vernon Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Mt. Vernon, Rockcastle County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517264

Mt. Vernon Quarry has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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 2003
21
citations
11
significant & substantial
$17,347
proposed penalties
$14,915
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,432 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
20
inspections on record
350
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: 350 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Mt. Vernon Quarry has $17K 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$15K
current assessed
$15K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-08-13.
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
2008 Q2 1 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 918 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 982 13 7 13238.3
2007 Q2 967 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 967 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 928 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 960 0 0 0.0
Show 20 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2006 Q2 950 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 5,376 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 4,338 1 1 230.5
2005 Q3 6,118 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 5,667 1 0 176.5
2005 Q1 3,201 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,462 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 5,017 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 5,887 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,500 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 6,697 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 7,760 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 6,188 6 3 969.6
2003 Q1 2,674 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 0 0
2002 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 315 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 310 0 0 0.0

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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