Mining Incidents

Somerset Stone Company Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Somerset, Pulaski County, KY  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1500094

Somerset Stone Company has $25K 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
21
Years on record
1983–2009
Latest incident
May 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
141
citations
32
significant & substantial
$25,168
proposed penalties
$24,868
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $300 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
77
inspections on record
1,555
inspection hours
9.1
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.
141 citations across 1,555 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Somerset Stone Company has $25K 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$25K
current assessed
$25K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
141 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-02.
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
2025 Q4 2,018 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,493 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 7,134 4 0 560.7
2025 Q1 5,241 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 7,121 1 0 140.4
2024 Q3 6,493 2 0 308.0
2024 Q2 8,011 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 11,581 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,721 3 1 446.4
2023 Q3 8,559 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 9,353 2 0 213.8
2023 Q1 7,907 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 8,189 4 2 488.5
2022 Q3 6,828 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,886 1 0 169.9
2022 Q1 6,669 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 9,293 1 0 107.6
2021 Q3 9,240 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 8,625 2 0 231.9
2021 Q1 9,129 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 13,614 3 0 220.4
2020 Q3 7,764 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 6,741 2 1 296.7
2020 Q1 9,847 1 0 101.6
2019 Q4 7,732 2 0 258.7
2019 Q3 7,084 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 7,387 1 0 135.4
2019 Q1 9,754 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,283 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 10,927 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 12,663 1 0 79.0
2018 Q1 8,123 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 9,600 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 11,569 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 12,304 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 7,563 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 10,640 3 1 282.0
2016 Q3 14,122 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 13,464 1 0 74.3
2016 Q1 8,260 1 0 121.1
2015 Q4 12,626 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,275 1 0 189.6
2015 Q2 10,043 1 0 99.6
2015 Q1 4,941 1 0 202.4
2014 Q4 1,862 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 6,876 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 8,784 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 7,561 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,315 3 0 695.2
2013 Q3 10,630 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 10,656 2 0 187.7
2013 Q1 6,544 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 7,990 4 2 500.6
2012 Q3 11,314 3 0 265.2
2012 Q2 6,847 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,914 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 10,174 1 0 98.3
2011 Q3 12,496 2 1 160.1
2011 Q2 17,708 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 12,780 1 0 78.2
2010 Q4 16,637 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 17,732 5 2 282.0
2010 Q2 20,574 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 15,608 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 14,036 7 2 498.7
2009 Q3 18,540 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 20,057 9 2 448.7
2009 Q1 14,949 13 2 869.6
2008 Q4 16,766 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 19,538 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 20,315 3 1 147.7
2008 Q1 14,803 1 0 67.6
2007 Q4 22,538 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 25,131 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 21,448 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 23,003 1 1 43.5
2006 Q4 24,376 7 2 287.2
2006 Q3 25,708 6 4 233.4
2006 Q2 17,833 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 16,100 1 0 62.1
2005 Q4 15,858 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 18,451 1 0 54.2
2005 Q2 19,223 2 0 104.0
2005 Q1 15,948 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 15,882 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 18,095 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 16,792 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 14,469 9 3 622.0
2003 Q4 18,584 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 17,522 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 16,948 10 3 590.0
2003 Q1 12,637 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 16,263 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 17,188 1 0 58.2
2002 Q2 16,762 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 17,104 6 2 350.8
2001 Q4 14,522 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 15,126 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 14,920 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 11,949 2 0 167.4
2000 Q4 13,707 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 14,118 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 10,160 3 0 295.3
2000 Q1 11,358 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

2009 · 1 incident

May 5, 2009 KY · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee of Asheville Bit & Steel Co was walking down steps to vehicle to leave premises of Hinkle Contracting. It was raining hard. He pivoted on right leg. He heard a pop, was unable to bear weight and limped to vehicle. He was sent to urgent care center, then to ortho. Currently he is unable to return to work until MRI is performed and read.

2008 · 1 incident

July 3, 2008 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

Using skid steer to move a conveyor belt, the operator had the bucket over the belt moving it. The employee was trying to help move the belt. Operator raised the bucket and the belt started to roll. He sat the bucket back on the belt. Operator couldn't see the employee's hand on the belt trying to stop it from rolling.

2007 · 1 incident

March 15, 2007 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck by flying object

Rock between tandem tires. EE loosened the lug nuts to let the rock fall out from between the tires. He tapped on the wheel wedges to loosen them then he proceeded to remove the nuts and wedges. He was removing the last nut and wedge with impact wrench.

2002 · 1 incident

April 29, 2002 KY · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker POWERED HAULAGE
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck by falling object

EE WAS OPERATING A CLEAN UP TRACTOR IN THE SECONDARY PLANT. HE WAS CLEANING FROM UNDER THE CONVEYORS WHEN A 2" TO 2 1/2" ROCK FELL AND HIT HIM ON THE LEFT KNEE.

2000 · 1 incident

March 27, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Fall from machine

EE WAS STANDING ON THE BUMPER OF AN EUCLID REAR DUMP PREPARATORY TO ADDING ANTIFREEZE TO RADIATOR. RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED OFF BUMPER AND EE FELL BACKWARD FROM BUMPER ONTO GROUND STRIKING HIS LEFT SHOULDER, HIP AND SIDE.

1996 · 1 incident

September 5, 1996 KY · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) MACHINERY
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck by falling object

CUTTING TWO UP-RIGHT CHANNELS OFF OF A CONVEYOR. MATERIAL DROPPED STRAIGHT DOWN TO UPRIGHT POSITION. EMPLOYEE TURNED TO GO TO THE SERVICE TRUCK FOR A CHAIN TO PULL TH ECHANNELS DON'T. AFTER EMPLOYEE TURNED. THE CHANNEL FELL HITTING IN THE RIGHT LEG.

1995 · 1 incident

1993 · 3 incidents

September 28, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING STOCK PILE TRUCK FROM 57 BIN WHEN HE OPEN THE BIN THE HANDLE STUCK CAUSING HIM TO HURT HIS BACK PULLING ON HANDLE.

June 7, 1993 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Fall from machine

STOCKPILE DRIVER ED-8 WAS LOADING CI SAND AND STARTED TO GET BACK IN THE TRUCK. HIS FOOT SLIPPED FROM BOTTOM STEP CAUSING HIM TO FALL INTO STEPS.

1992 · 2 incidents

August 14, 1992 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver DUST DISEASE OF LUNGS
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

54736YEE ALLEGED BREATHING SILICA DUST.

July 24, 1992 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

67591TOR SAID HE WENT INTO THE SHOT ROCK PILE TO REMOVE A LARGE ROCK WHEN HE HIT THE ROCK IT CAUSED A ROCK TO HIT ON THE ARMS OF THE LOADER HE PUT THE LOADER IN REVERSE & MOVED QUICK BACK OUT 66038E WAY CAUSED HIM TO HAVE BACK PAIN

1990 · 1 incident

December 21, 1990 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CHANGING SCREEN CLOTH ON NO 2 SCREEN IN SCREEN PLANT AND HAD HEART ATTACK.

1988 · 1 incident

June 27, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal cleanup man, cleanup worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

A PIN BROKE IN BOBCAT BUCKERT & I.NAME & I.NAME WERE HOLDING BUCKET FOR I.NAME HDGS CLAW TO REPAIR & WELD I.NAME SAID WHEN I.NAME STARTED TO WELD HE TURNED HIS HEAD QUICKLY & STRAINED HIS BAC K

1987 · 4 incidents

December 9, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Contact with hot objects or substances

HE HAD TAKEN TH9 SEISMOGRAPH MACHINE TO I.NAME TO TAKE A READING WHEN WE PUT OFF A BLAST AT THE QUARRY. WHEN LEAVING, HE OBSERVED SMOKE COMING OUT OF HOUSE. HE ENTERED THE HOUSE TO TRY TO PUT THE FIRE OUT AN8 RECIEVED BURNS. TO ARM AND LEG.

September 8, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WA5KING FROM HIS TRUCK TO OPEN HIS BIN DOOR. HE SLIPPED AND FELL ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKEN TO HUMAN FOR X RAYS NOTHING BROKEN OR DISLOCATION.

July 28, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Fall from machine

EE HAD TO OPEN 7HE HAMMERMILL TO CHECK THE WEAR ON THE HAMMERS AS HE WAS TIGHTENING THE LID BACK DOWN HE USED A PIPE WRENCH TO TIGHTEN THE NUTS BACK & THE WRENCH SLIPPED OFF HE FELL ABOUT 4' TO THE PLATFO9M-BRUISED RIBS.

May 30, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Fall onto or against objects

HE WAS GETTING 8OWN FROM THE CAB OF HIS TRUCK AND MISSED HIS STEP.FELL AGAINST THE TRUCK ON HIS LEFT HAND.HE WAS TAKEN TO HUMANA HOSPITAL AND X-RAYED- HAD BROKEN FINGER.

1986 · 1 incident

August 8, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

VICTIM WAS INST5LLING A MOUNTED TIRE 1800X33 ON AN END DUMP WITH A LOADER WHILE HIS FELLOW WORKER WAS OPERATING THE LOADER THE VICTIM WAS TRYING TO LINE UP THE BOLT HOLES TO START A BOLT WHE N THE VICTIM SH3FTED TEH TIRE IT FELL FROM THE HUB PINNING THE VICTIMS RT SIDE

1984 · 1 incident

1983 · 1 incident

May 6, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Somerset Stone Company Inc · Struck by flying object

OUR EMPLOYEE WHO IS OUR BLASTER PUT OFF A SHOT AND A STRAY STONE STRUCK CAB OF VEHICLE IN W HICH HE WAS SEATED. EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON BACK OF NECK BY FLYING GLASS, CAUSING MINOR LACERATION.

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