Mining Incidents

Whitley County Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Donnie Hill; Tim Hill
Williamsburg, Whitley County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1518832

Whitley County Quarry has $11K 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
1
Years on record
2006
Latest incident
Feb 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2006
24
citations
10
significant & substantial
$10,768
proposed penalties
$10,768
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
9
inspections on record
144
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: 144 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Whitley County Quarry has $11K 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$11K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2007-01-31.
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
2007 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,802 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 4,445 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 4,058 7 3 1725.0
2006 Q4 4,781 8 4 1673.3
2006 Q3 4,316 4 1 926.8
2006 Q2 3,412 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 4,786 5 2 1044.7
Show 4 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2005 Q4 5,421 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,819 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 0 0 0
2005 Q1 690 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2006 · 1 incident

February 8, 2006 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Whitley County Stone, LLC · Struck by falling object

WHILE CLEARING ROCK LODGED IN AN OPEN CHUTE, THE EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK BY THREE 6" ROCKS. THE FIRST KNOCKED OFF HIS HARDHAT, THE SECOND GLANCED OFF HIS SHOULDER & THE THIRD STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD JUST ABOVE HIS EAR. THE WOUND REQUIRED FOUR STITCHES TO CLOSE.

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