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TRIMBLE COUNTY SAND & GRAVEL: 22 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Liter's Inc · Surface
Controlled by John G Liter
Bedford, KY, Trimble County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516257

TRIMBLE COUNTY SAND & GRAVEL has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1988–2002
Latest incident
Jun 2002
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
22
citations
3
significant & substantial
$2,139
proposed penalties
$2,139
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Liter's Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
25
inspections on record
310
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: 310 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

TRIMBLE COUNTY SAND & GRAVEL has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-12-02.
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.
13.6%
significant & substantial
4.5%
high negligence or reckless
13.6%
reasonably likely or greater
45.5%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 4.5% low, 90.9% moderate, 4.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2004-03-16, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
4
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (4)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-03-16 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.24 Dragline Operator
2004-03-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 0.93 0.19 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2001-08-02 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Front-end Loader 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. Clark Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1987 to 1994
  2. Liter's Inc 1994 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 0
2009 3
2008 4
2007 5
2006 3
2005 2
2004 5
2003 6
2002 6
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

TRIMBLE COUNTY SAND & GRAVEL sits in Trimble County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 2.0% 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.
Trimble County, Kentucky · Population 8,531
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$67,813
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
2010 Q3 0 0 0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 10 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,623 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,788 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,710 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 800 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,867 1 0 535.6
Show 31 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 2,425 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,997 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,953 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,263 2 0 883.8
2007 Q3 2,548 8 1 3139.7
2007 Q2 2,479 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,537 4 2 1576.7
2006 Q4 2,068 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,478 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,127 4 0 3549.2
2005 Q1 583 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,341 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,843 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 2,925 1 0 341.9
2004 Q1 2,260 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,011 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 3,271 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,803 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 2,849 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,353 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,956 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 4,565 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 2,980 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,294 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,580 1 0 279.3
2001 Q2 3,342 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,558 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,989 1 0 334.6
2000 Q2 4,203 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,503 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

2002 · 1 incident

June 24, 2002 KY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Liter's Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WAS PULLING GEAR OFF OF SHAFT ON POWER TAK OFF AND FINGER BECAME LODGED BETWEEN SHAFT & GEAR. THE BELT THAT DROVE GEAR HAD MORE TENSION ON IT THAN ANTICIPATED.

2001 · 1 incident

February 7, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Liter's Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

ADDING 40' PIECE OF PIPE ON LAKE BEHIND DREDGE. THE WRENCH THE EE WAS USING SLIPPED ON BOLT BEING TIGHTENED AND CAUSED BOAT TO SHIFT AND EMPLOYEE FELL INTO FLOOR OF BOAT. EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIMSE LF ON HIS HANDS IN FLOOR OF BOAT.

1989 · 1 incident

March 10, 1989 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Clark Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I NAME WAS LOOSENING A BOLT ON A SCREEN WITH A RATCHET. HE HIT HIMSELF IN HEAD WITH RATCHET WHEN IT SLIPPED ON BOLT. CUT HIM AT THE END OF HIS RIGHT EYEBROW BY THE TEMPLE. A DR PUT TWO STITCHE S IN IT.

1988 · 2 incidents

December 30, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Clark Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Flash burns (welding)

I.NAME TOLD HIM TO DO SOME WELDING. I.NAME LEFT AND THE GOGGLES WERE IN HIS TRUCK. HE WELDED ANYWAY. HE CAME INTO OFFICE ABOUT 1:00 AND SAID HE HAD SOMETHING IN HIS EYE. I.NAME FLUSHED IT AND SENT HIM TO DOCTOR IN BEDFORD. HE CHECKED HIS EY E AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING IN IT BUT PUT A PATCH OVER IT.

December 3, 1988 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman POWERED HAULAGE
Clark Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED STUCK THE HANDLE OF THE SHOVEL THROUGH THE GUARD INTO WHEEL OF CONVEYOR TO CLEAN MUD OF AROUND THE WHEEL AND THE WHEEL GRABBED THE SHOVEL HANDLE CAUSING THE TOP OF THE SHOVEL BLADE TO CRAM THE INJURED'S RIGHT HAND INTO GUARD ON CONVEYOR BELT.HE WAS NOT INSTRUCTED TO DO THIS.HE WAS JUST OVER-AMBITIOUS.