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Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc.: 173 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Shepherdsville, Bullitt County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1500084

Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc. has $32K 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
20
Years on record
1983–2015
Latest incident
Jun 2015
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
173
citations
57
significant & substantial
$31,727
proposed penalties
$31,559
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $168 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
77
inspections on record
1,622
inspection hours
10.7
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.
173 citations across 1,622 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2012-08-14.
On record since 2012.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc. has $32K 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.
$32K
proposed penalties
$32K
current assessed
$32K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
171 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $228 in penalties contested before the Commission, $60 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-06.
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.
33.3%
significant & substantial
4.7%
high negligence or reckless
34.5%
reasonably likely or greater
38.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.5% low, 77.8% moderate, 4.7% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
74%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$228 proposed, $60 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 2006-12-15.
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 2007-98M Settlement Melick 2007 $228 → $60
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: 2025-09-10
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
41
samples
20
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg19
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz15
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz7
Show the individual readings (41)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-09-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 Truck Driver
2025-09-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.36 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2025-09-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2025-09-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2024-01-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Bulldozer Operator
2024-01-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2024-01-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-08-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Backhoe Operator
2022-08-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-08-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-08-31 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Blaster, Powder Gang
2022-08-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-03-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2021-03-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-03-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2021-03-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-04-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 10 0.03 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2017-04-26 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2017-04-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-07-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.32 10 0.03 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-07-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-07-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2013-07-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2013-07-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2007-10-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.45 10 0.05 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-10-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 2.13 0.13 Truck Driver
2007-10-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2006-01-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2006-01-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-01-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 2.43 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-01-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2006-01-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.57 3.04 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-11-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.82 10 0.08 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-11-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.43 10 0.04 Truck Driver
2004-11-17 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-10-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 2.79 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-10-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-05-23 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-05-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 2.99 0.18 Crusher Oper/Worker
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.

Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc. recorded 0.00 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.
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 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Kentucky, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.16 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 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2024 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2022 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 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. Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 33
2025 32
2024 31
2023 32
2022 31
2021 30
2020 30
2019 30
2018 29
2017 27
2016 26
2015 27
2014 26
2013 30
2012 35
2011 33
2010 37
2009 25
2008 26
2007 27
2006 27
2005 26
2004 27
2003 26
2002 23
2001 24
2000 24
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc. sits in Bullitt County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.1% 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.
Bullitt County, Kentucky · Population 83,209
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$77,640
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 19,082 3 0 157.2
2026 Q1 17,153 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 17,586 7 2 398.0
2025 Q3 18,734 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 17,183 2 0 116.4
2025 Q1 15,282 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 16,054 5 2 311.4
2024 Q3 16,809 5 0 297.5
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 16,455 3 1 182.3
2024 Q1 15,495 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 15,605 2 2 128.2
2023 Q3 17,334 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 17,545 2 2 114.0
2023 Q1 15,951 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 17,785 4 0 224.9
2022 Q3 18,381 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 17,514 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 16,145 1 0 61.9
2021 Q4 14,721 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 15,569 1 1 64.2
2021 Q2 16,322 4 0 245.1
2021 Q1 13,060 2 2 153.1
2020 Q4 13,186 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 13,769 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 13,290 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 12,873 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 12,313 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 13,155 2 1 152.0
2019 Q2 14,074 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 13,674 1 0 73.1
2018 Q4 12,693 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 13,974 1 0 71.6
2018 Q2 13,983 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 12,131 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 11,986 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 12,777 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 12,937 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 13,759 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 12,688 1 0 78.8
2016 Q3 13,519 6 2 443.8
2016 Q2 12,270 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 11,023 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 12,064 6 1 497.3
2015 Q3 12,724 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 11,911 3 2 251.9
2015 Q1 10,508 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 12,054 3 0 248.9
2014 Q3 13,149 4 2 304.2
2014 Q2 11,532 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 8,351 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 9,747 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 10,410 1 0 96.1
2013 Q2 10,335 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 9,096 2 1 219.9
2012 Q4 8,819 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 10,943 5 2 456.9
2012 Q2 10,156 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 9,359 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 8,046 2 0 248.6
2011 Q3 11,592 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 10,685 1 0 93.6
2011 Q1 5,326 1 0 187.8
2010 Q4 8,077 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 11,930 5 1 419.1
2010 Q2 11,361 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 8,615 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 11,792 4 1 339.2
2009 Q3 13,293 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 12,146 5 2 411.7
2009 Q1 10,533 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 11,118 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 15,612 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 16,404 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 12,889 2 0 155.2
2007 Q4 13,015 5 1 384.2
2007 Q3 15,775 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 15,644 8 3 511.4
2007 Q1 13,479 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 14,012 5 1 356.8
2006 Q3 16,562 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 18,540 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 13,994 2 0 142.9
2005 Q4 14,683 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 15,615 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 15,141 2 0 132.1
2005 Q1 14,369 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 14,138 1 1 70.7
2004 Q3 14,966 9 3 601.4
2004 Q2 15,599 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 14,247 2 1 140.4
2003 Q4 14,207 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 14,423 17 8 1178.7
2003 Q2 9,762 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 12,001 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 13,611 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 13,733 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 13,136 2 0 152.3
2002 Q1 12,953 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 12,993 3 0 230.9
2001 Q3 14,109 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 14,907 9 5 603.7
2001 Q1 14,288 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 12,757 5 1 391.9
2000 Q3 14,724 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 13,549 1 1 73.8
2000 Q1 14,712 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

20 on file

2015 · 1 incident

June 29, 2015 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Climbing up ladder into haul truck, foot slipped pulled shoulder of arm holding on with. Employee continued to work did not require medical treatment until 09-08-15 and has been off since then. Expected to return on November 9th 2015.

2011 · 1 incident

November 4, 2011 KY · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Drill operator was helping blaster load shot. Blast hole was being loaded with 13 pound sticks. While reaching for a stick the driller states his back "went out". Originally diagnosed as a sprain & no lost time at work. Condition worsened after physical therapy. Re-diagnosis revealed bulged disc. EE is restricted to drill operating only & has no physical labor.

2000 · 2 incidents

August 19, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc · Struck by rolling or sliding object

MINER WAS CLEANING OUT A HOPPER WHEN A LUMP OF MATERIAL HE WAS DIGGING CAME LOOSE AND ROLLED IN TO HIS LEG STRAINING HIS KNEE.

July 27, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DRILLER WAS UNSCREWING DRILL ROD WITH A WRENCH AND MASHED HIS HAND BETWEEN THE WRENCH AND THE DRILL MAST.

1997 · 1 incident

1995 · 4 incidents

July 21, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS LOADING AMMONIUM NITRATE FROM TRAILER TO PICKUP. TURNED AND TWISTED LEFT KNEE.

May 5, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVER WAS DIGGING CRUSHED STONE OUT OF A BIN WHICH HAD BRIDGED THE OPENING SOME OF THE MATERIAL BROKE LOOSE & CAME TO REST AGAINST THE EMPLOYEES KNEE

April 21, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRSIVER WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM THE HAUL ROAD & STRAINED HIS BACK

February 4, 1995 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

TRUCK DRIVER WAS REMOVING A ROCK FROM THE ROADWAY AND FELT A POP IN HIS BACK.

1993 · 1 incident

January 5, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc · Struck against a moving object

THE 35 TON HAUL TRUCK WAS DRIVEN OFF THE 35 ' HIGHWALL CAUSING BRUISES AND FACIAL INJURIES TO THE DRIVER.

1992 · 1 incident

1991 · 1 incident

1990 · 1 incident

March 24, 1990 KY · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent POWERED HAULAGE
Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc · Caught in, under or between two or more moving objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CLEANINGING SNOW OFF THE FLOAT PULLEY ON A GRAVITY TAKE UP. HE INSTRUCTED ANOTHER WORKER TO RUN THE BELT UP A FEW INCHES. HE THEN STEPPED ON THE PULLEY BEFORE IT STOPPED, PINNING HIS LEG BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE PULLEY.

1989 · 1 incident

June 1, 1989 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS STEPPING OUT OF WATER TRUCK &TWISTED KNEE

1988 · 2 incidents

July 12, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

DRILLER WAS REMOVING BIT FROM THE STEEL WHEN THE STEEL UNSCREWED AT THE TOP ALLOWING IT TO DROP DOWN, MASHING THE RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BETWEEN THE BIT AND GROUND.

May 23, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc · Fall from machine

STOCKPILER BACKED OFF THE END OF THE STOCKPILE. THE DRIVER JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK, BREAKING HIS LEG WHEN HE LANDED.

1987 · 1 incident

June 10, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc · Struck by flying object

THE TRUCK DRIVE9 WAS MOVING A ROCK IN THE FEEDER TO PRIMARY CRUSHER;WHICH DISLODGED ANOTHER ROCK CAUSING IT TO FALL ON HIS FOOT.THE DRIVER FINISHED THE SHIFT BUT DID NOT WORK THE FOLLOWING DAY . 3

1986 · 2 incidents

June 11, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc · Fall from machine

HE WAS FILLING 6P WATER TRUCK FELL OFF & HIT BUMPER OF WATER TRUCK.

April 15, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc · Fall from machine

EMPL GETTING OU7 OF WATER TRUCK WHEN HE SLIPPED ON LADDER WEDDING BAND CAUGHT ON LADDER AND RESULTED IN BADLY CUT FINGER.

1983 · 1 incident

December 16, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Quality Stone & Ready Mix Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING IN A CHAIR WELDING WHEN A PIECE OF HOT SLAG FELL DOWN INTO HIS BOOT