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Princeton Specialty Products: 1 recorded fatality 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.
See Rogers Group Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
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.
Of $136K in penalties contested before the Commission, $41K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2012-10-23.
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.
38.1%
significant & substantial
10.8%
high negligence or reckless
38.1%
reasonably likely or greater
43.9%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.7% low, 88.5% moderate, 10.8% 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.
15 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 15 · 100%
100%
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%
70%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$136K proposed, $41K 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 2009-09-27.
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 2009-1586M Settlement McCarthy 2012 $130K → $35K
KENT 2009-1289M Settlement McCarthy 2012 $3K → $3K
KENT 2009-1290M Settlement McCarthy 2012 $2K → $2K
KENT 2009-1587M Settlement McCarthy 2012 $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: 2010-11-10, 15 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
10
samples
10
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz9
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2010-11-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Utility Man
2010-11-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Utility Man
2009-02-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Utility Man
2009-02-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Utility Man
2004-11-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 3.28 10 0.33 Bagging Operator
2004-11-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.57 10 0.16 Bagging Operator
2002-05-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.67 0.11 Bagging Operator
2002-05-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Bagging Operator
2001-05-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.78 10 0.08 Bagging Operator
2001-05-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.25 10 0.13 Bagging 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.
Ownership history
  1. Specialty Rock Products Inc 1991 to 2012
  2. Rogers Group Inc. 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2012 11
2011 12
2010 13
2009 13
2008 11
2007 11
2006 11
2005 11
2004 11
2003 10
2002 10
2001 10
2000 10
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Princeton Specialty Products sits in Caldwell County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 3.3% 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.
Caldwell County, Kentucky · Population 12,631
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$57,618
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
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.