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Rockfield Quarry: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hanson PLC
Warren County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1517233

Rockfield Quarry has had no fatalities among 3 reportable incidents since 1993.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1993
Latest incident
Oct 1993
Ownership history
  1. Kentucky Stone Company 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1998 0
1997 4
1996 10
1995 13
1994 11
1993 17
1992 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Rockfield Quarry sits in Warren 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.
Warren County, Kentucky · Population 137,549
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,801
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1993 · 3 incidents

October 20, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kentucky Stone Company · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE DECENDING STAIRS FROM SECONDARY CONTROL HOUSE LEFT FOOT SLIPPED ON EDGE OF STEP CAUGHT HIMSELF WITH RT FOOT & TURNED RT ANKLE

July 29, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS FUELING TRUCK & RUBBED HEAD ON BED OF TRUCK CAUSING DUST TO GET IN RIGHT EYE.

June 27, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STRIKING OR BUMPING
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS RUNNING TO THE STEPS THAT GO UP TO THE SECONDART CONTROL HOUSE. HE HIT HIS LEFT KNEE ON THE HANDRAIL POST AS HE STARTED UP THE STAIRS. HIS LEFT KNEE GAVE OUT AFTER HITTING THE HAN DRAIL POST.