Mining Incidents

Yellow Rock Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by CRH PLC
Beatyville, Lee County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1500048

Yellow Rock Quarry 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
6
Years on record
1983–1991
Latest incident
Jul 1991
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
22
citations
5
significant & substantial
$1,813
proposed penalties
$1,813
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
29
inspections on record
337
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: 337 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Yellow Rock Quarry 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 2002-06-06.
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
2003 Q4 1,435 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,253 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,569 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,450 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,650 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 7,461 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,524 3 1 851.3
2002 Q1 1,578 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q4 3,771 6 2 1591.1
2001 Q3 6,373 2 1 313.8
2001 Q2 6,432 2 0 310.9
2001 Q1 1,618 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,895 7 1 1797.2
2000 Q3 7,631 2 0 262.1
2000 Q2 4,367 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 6,215 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

1991 · 1 incident

July 26, 1991 KY · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hanson Aggregates Midwest Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS MOVING AIR HOSE SO POWDER RIG COULD BE MOVED INTO POSITION FOR LOADING HEADINGS THE HOSE CAME LOOSE AT THE RESERVE AIR TANK ON POWDER RIG STRIKING EE AND CAUSEING LACERATIONS TO RIGHT E YEBOW.

1987 · 1 incident

November 3, 1987 KY · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Struck by powered moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS OP9RATING EUCLID WATER TRUCK UNDERGROUND. HE PULLED INTO PATH OF 35 TON MACK HAULER. HAULER HIT LEFT SIDE OF WATER TRUCK, BENDING DOOR INTO EMPLOYEE'S LEFT ARM.

1986 · 1 incident

March 5, 1986 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS LI0TING BUCKET TILT LINK ON H-90E LOADER SO THE PIN COULD BE REPLACED TO HOLD IT INOT POSITION THE TILT LINK SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS AND FELL CATCHING HIS LEFT HAND AGAINST THE B UCKET CAUSING L5CERATIONS TO LEFT INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS

1985 · 1 incident

February 25, 1985 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Kentucky Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHECKING CONVEYOR BELT TO SEE IF IT WAS FREE. AS THE EMPLOYEE WAS TURNING SHEAVE ON HEAD PULLEY DRIVE THE CONVEYOR BELT ROLLED BACK, PINNING HIS LEFT HAND BETWEEN SHEAVE AND GEAR REDUCER, CAUSING A LACERATION OF THE INDEX FINGER.

1983 · 2 incidents

May 4, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kentucky Stone Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING SHOP MECHANIC WHO WAS WORKING ON POWER STEERING OF PAYHAULER EMPLOYEE TURNED THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT AND WAS HOLDING IT THE SHOP MECHANIC RELEASED THE PRESSURE ON THE STEERING CAUSING THE WHEEL TO SPIN TO THE RIGHT THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED THE DOCTOR UNTIL 082783 AND HAS SURGERY ON 091483

February 4, 1983 KY · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Kentucky Stone Company · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMTPING TO GAIN ACCESS TO PLATFORM OF STEDMAN MILL WHICH HE WAS OPERATING THE PLATFORM IS APPROX 1 1/2 FT FROM THE GROUND USING HIS RIGHT FOOT FIRST HE STEPPED ONTO PLATFORM WH ERE HIS FOOT HIT SOME FINE STONE CAUSING HIM TO SLIP HIS LEFT LEG HIT THE METAL FRAME OF MILL APPROX 5IN ABOVE HIS ANKLE CAUSING A HAIRPIN FRACTURE TO HIS LEFT LEG

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