Mining Incidents

Princeton Specialty Products Metal/Non-Metal

Rogers Group Inc. · Facility
Controlled by Rogers Group Inc
Princeton, Caldwell County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517075

Princeton Specialty Products has $182K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1993–2009
Latest incident
Jan 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
142
citations
53
significant & substantial
$181,825
proposed penalties
$81,910
paid to date
45% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $99,915 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
44
inspections on record
810
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: 810 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Princeton Specialty Products has $182K in proposed MSHA penalties and $5K outstanding across 4 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.
$182K
proposed penalties
$87K
current assessed
$82K
paid to date
$5K
outstanding
139 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-23.
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
2012 Q4 4,866 7 2 1438.6
2012 Q2 5,723 3 0 524.2
2012 Q1 4,063 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,173 7 1 1353.2
2011 Q3 4,975 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 5,287 1 0 189.1
2011 Q1 3,872 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 3,663 1 0 273.0
Show 43 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2010 Q3 2,996 2 1 667.6
2010 Q2 3,620 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 4,193 3 1 715.5
2009 Q4 3,859 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 6,333 1 1 157.9
2009 Q2 5,139 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,287 21 10 6388.8
2008 Q4 2,736 3 2 1096.5
2008 Q3 3,427 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,364 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,706 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,605 4 2 1109.6
2007 Q3 4,101 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 427 3 0 7025.8
2007 Q1 3,799 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,044 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 4,003 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 3,459 1 1 289.1
2006 Q1 3,815 15 7 3931.8
2005 Q4 3,157 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,835 4 2 1043.0
2005 Q2 3,734 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 4,326 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,967 14 6 3529.1
2004 Q3 4,228 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 4,094 1 0 244.3
2004 Q1 5,274 1 0 189.6
2003 Q4 2,287 13 8 5684.3
2003 Q3 2,540 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,591 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,699 6 1 2223.0
2002 Q4 3,033 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,835 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,509 4 1 1139.9
2002 Q1 3,775 4 1 1059.6
2001 Q4 3,800 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,816 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 3,701 10 4 2702.0
2001 Q1 3,440 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,940 3 0 1020.4
2000 Q3 2,967 1 0 337.0
2000 Q2 3,232 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,074 9 2 2927.8

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
January 17, 2009 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Specialty Rock Products Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Employee entered area of accident by foot deviating from procedure. Was found later in bottom of hopper engulfed by stone.

Reportable incidents

2 on file (excluding fatalities above)

2005 · 1 incident

October 4, 2005 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Specialty Rock Products Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was working with another employee, they were hammering using a sledgehammer. The hammer slide off and hit the employee standing too close to the other employee. Employee received a broken nose and a fracture to facial bone resulting in lost days from work.

1993 · 1 incident

April 26, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor ELECTRICAL
Specialty Rock Products Inc · Flash burns (electric)

EE WAS REPAIRING AN ELECTRICAL BREAKER BY REMOVING FROM ONE BOX TO ANOTHER AND CARELESSLY TOUCHED HOT SIDE OF BREAKER W/O DISCONNECTING MAIN SERVICE. DISCONNECT FOR BOX WAS THROWN, HOWEVE BOX SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED PRIOR TO TAKING OUT BREAKER, BUT WAS NOT.

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The full compliance file on Princeton Specialty Products

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.