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Tipton Ridge Quarry: 68 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Ravenna, KY, Estill County, KY  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 1500019

Tipton Ridge Quarry has $9K 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
7
Years on record
1987–1994
Latest incident
Apr 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
68
citations
14
significant & substantial
$8,955
proposed penalties
$8,955
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Hinkle Contracting Company LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
120
inspections on record
1,549
inspection hours
4.4
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.
68 citations across 1,549 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Tipton Ridge Quarry has $9K 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $243 in penalties contested before the Commission, $243 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-25.
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.
20.9%
significant & substantial
7.5%
high negligence or reckless
20.9%
reasonably likely or greater
49.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.0% low, 83.6% moderate, 7.5% 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
  • Stood as issued 1 · 100%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$243 proposed, $243 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 2011-02-15.
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 2011-624M Dismissal Lesnick 2011 $243 → $243
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: 2022-03-03, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
41
samples
35
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Diesel particulate (total carbon)18
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz11
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
Show the individual readings (79)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-03-03 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-03-03 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-03-03 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-03-03 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-03 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-03 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-11-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2020-11-03 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-10 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-10 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-10 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-03-10 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-03-05 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-03-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-03-05 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Laborer, Bullgang
2019-03-05 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-03-05 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-08-16 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-08-16 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-08-16 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-15 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-15 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-15 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-02-13 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2018-02-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.2 2.57 0.47 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-02-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.76 10 0.08 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-02-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2018-02-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-02-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.62 10 0.06 Truck Driver
2018-02-13 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-02-13 EC @ 160 3 160 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-02-13 TC @ 160 8 160 0.05 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-02-13 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2018-02-13 EC @ 160 2 160 0.01 Truck Driver
2018-02-13 TC @ 160 5 160 0.03 Truck Driver
2018-02-13 EC @ 160 3 160 0.02 Truck Driver
2018-02-13 TC @ 160 7 160 0.04 Truck Driver
2018-02-13 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2018-02-13 EC @ 160 2 160 0.01 Truck Driver
2018-02-13 TC @ 160 15 160 0.09 Truck Driver
2016-05-10 TC @ 160 52 160 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-10 EC @ 160 36 160 0.23 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-10 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 2.14 0.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-08-12 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-08-12 TC @ 160 5 160 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-08-12 EC @ 160 2 160 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-10-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.86 10 0.09 Truck Driver
2012-10-25 EC @ 160 32 160 0.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-10-25 TC @ 160 85 160 0.53 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-10-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.02 2.27 0.45 Truck Driver
2012-10-25 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-08-08 EC @ 160 1 160 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-08-08 TC @ 160 16 160 0.10 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-08-08 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-06 EC @ 160 17 160 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-06 TC @ 160 74 160 0.46 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-05-06 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 10 0.02 Scale Man
2009-10-22 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-03-03 EC @ 160 17 160 0.11 Truck Driver
2009-03-03 TC @ 160 49 160 0.31 Truck Driver
2009-03-03 EC @ 160 13 160 0.08 Truck Driver
2009-03-03 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2009-03-03 TC @ 160 87 160 0.54 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-03-03 EC @ 160 17 160 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-03-03 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-03-03 TC @ 160 54 160 0.34 Truck Driver
2009-03-03 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2006-11-16 Diesel Particulate Material 44.63 308 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-07-19 Diesel Particulate Material 171.54 308 0.56 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-18 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.39 10 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-01-30 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 11.27 400 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-01-30 Total Carbon,TC 136.76 400 0.34 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.87 10 0.09 Truck Driver
2002-07-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.8 10 0.08 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.11 10 0.11 Truck Driver

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2022-03-03, 4 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2022-03-03 TC from EC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2022-03-03 EC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
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. Hinkle Contracting Company LLC 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2025 0
2024 0
2023 1
2022 3
2021 3
2020 3
2019 6
2018 7
2017 3
2016 5
2015 6
2014 4
2013 7
2012 6
2011 7
2010 7
2009 7
2008 2
2007 6
2006 7
2005 6
2004 2
2003 4
2002 6
2001 6
2000 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Tipton Ridge Quarry sits in Estill County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Estill County, Kentucky · Population 14,079
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$43,905
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
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 113 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,235 1 0 809.7
2022 Q3 1,003 2 0 1994.0
2022 Q2 1,095 0 0 0.0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2022 Q1 1,021 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,046 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,066 2 0 1876.2
2021 Q2 1,106 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,515 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,342 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,539 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,164 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,604 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,187 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,853 2 0 1079.3
2019 Q2 1,411 2 1 1417.4
2019 Q1 5,963 1 0 167.7
2018 Q4 4,716 2 0 424.1
2018 Q3 1,605 2 0 1246.1
2018 Q2 1,867 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 6,970 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,469 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,101 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,243 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,274 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,325 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,390 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,719 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,167 1 0 856.9
2015 Q4 1,139 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 742 1 0 1347.7
2015 Q2 3,434 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 4,923 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,045 1 0 956.9
2014 Q3 1,185 1 0 843.9
2014 Q2 1,744 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,546 2 1 564.0
2013 Q4 1,145 1 0 873.4
2013 Q3 5,891 4 0 679.0
2013 Q2 1,714 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,384 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,864 2 1 698.3
2012 Q3 1,283 4 1 3117.7
2012 Q2 5,260 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,132 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,120 2 1 1785.7
2011 Q3 4,742 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 6,605 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,084 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,551 4 0 2579.0
2010 Q3 4,899 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,101 2 0 1816.5
2010 Q1 4,716 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,441 2 0 1387.9
2009 Q3 1,568 2 1 1275.5
2009 Q2 1,541 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 5,773 4 1 692.9
2008 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,164 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 411 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 353 1 0 2832.9
2007 Q4 1,140 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 780 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,683 3 1 1782.5
2007 Q1 871 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,340 2 1 854.7
2006 Q3 520 1 0 1923.1
2006 Q2 3,645 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 520 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,245 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,283 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 2,860 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 585 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 585 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 585 3 2 5128.2
2004 Q2 580 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 585 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 550 1 1 1818.2
2003 Q3 580 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,835 1 0 545.0
2003 Q1 586 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 550 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,028 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,270 2 1 1574.8
2001 Q4 1,253 2 1 1596.2
2001 Q3 3,125 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,085 2 0 959.2
2001 Q1 625 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 935 1 0 1069.5
2000 Q3 878 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,462 1 0 684.0
2000 Q1 968 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1994 · 1 incident

April 1, 1994 KY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer MACHINERY
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck against a moving object

OPERATOR WAS BACK UP DOZER TO GET ANOTHER BLADE FULL & BACKED OVER ROCK CAUSING HIM TO LURCH BACKWARDS HITTING THE BACK OF LEFT SHOULDER ON SEAT OR ROPS HE DOESN'T KNOW FOR SURE.

1992 · 1 incident

August 3, 1992 KY · Metal/Non-Metal drill helper MACHINERY
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE UNHOOKING PORTHOLE AIR COMPRESSOR FROM POWDER TRUCK EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIS LEFT RING FINGER BETWEEN THE TONGUE & JACK STAND & SEVERED THE END OF THE FINGER

1991 · 2 incidents

October 21, 1991 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

I NAME WAS HELPING DRILLER SET THE DRILL IN POSITION TO DRILL A SH OT HE WAS STRAIGHTENING THE AIR HOSE COMING FROM COMPRESSOR TO THE DRILL HE HAD BENT OVER TO PULL ON THE AIR HOSE TO STRIGHTE N A KINK IN THE HOSE & PULLED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK

February 2, 1991 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING CYLINDER BOTTLE OF OXYGEN AND DROPPED ON HIS LEFT FOOT. STRIKING HIS GREAT TOE. THE TOE WAS BRUISING AND HAD A SMALL CUT. WE TOOK HIM TO THE DOCTOR, AND THEY TOLD HIM TO T AKE OFF TILL THE SWELLING WENT DOWN.

1989 · 1 incident

March 7, 1989 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BEARING FROM A SPEED REDUCER ON THE #1 CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE REMOVED HIS SAFETY GLASSES TO LOOK AT THE BEARING AND TAPPED THE BEARING WITH A SMALL BALL PEEN HAMMER. A METAL FRAGMENT FLEW INTO HIS LEFT EYE PENETRATING THE PUPIL.

1987 · 2 incidents

June 29, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hinkle Contracting Company LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SH2VELING LIMESTONE DUST FROM UNDER CONVEYOR WHEN HE TWISTED THE UPPER PART OF HIS BODY WHILE SHOVELING PULLING MUSCLE IN BACK