Mining Incidents

Central Stone Company operator

Controlled by Riverstone Group
MSHA operator ID: L00061
Fatalities
3
Total incidents
485
Mines on record
25
Years on record
1983–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
911
citations
128
significant & substantial
$341,614
proposed penalties
$135,928
paid to date
40% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $205,686 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
890
inspections on record
14,084
inspection hours
6.5
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.
911 citations across 14,084 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$340K
proposed penalties
$331K
current assessed
$136K
paid to date
$195K
outstanding
879 assessments are final orders; 73 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-27.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

Incident timeline

2026
7
2025
13
2024
6
2023
10 (1f)
2022
14
2021
2
2020
4
2019
5
2018
2
2017
6
2016
8
2015
5
2014
6
2013
6
2012
9
2011
8
2010
9
2009
7
2008
8
2007
5
2006
7
2005
7
2004
9
2003
13
2002
11
2001
9
2000
6
1999
9
1998
16
1997
18
1996
14 (1f)
1995
20
1994
15
1993
10
1992
21
1991
32 (1f)
1990
29
1989
30
1988
17
1987
12
1986
13
1985
9
1984
9
1983
9

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

3 recorded
May 22, 2023 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Central Stone Company · Struck against a moving object

Employee received fatal injuries while operating haul truck which over-turned backwards off a stockpile.

July 8, 1996 IL · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Central Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PINNED BY TRUCK AGAINST SHOP WALL.

September 19, 1991 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Central Stone Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE REACHED FOR A JUG OF OIL WHILE RIDING IN CAB OF END LOADER, LOST HIS BALANCED AND TUMBLED OUT, FALLING FACE DOWN. TIRE OF END LOADER RAN OVER HIS ABDOMEN.

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