Lexington Quarry Company · Fall from machine
Employee evacuated truck on mine ramp and hit head on ramp floor causing serious head injury. *EE died on 3/19/2024.
Lexington Quarry Company operator
Controlled by
Sterling Enterprises Inc; The Allen Company Inc
MSHA operator ID: L11840
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
337
citations
88
significant & substantial
$61,951
proposed penalties
$61,649
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $302 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
180
inspections on record
4,504
inspection hours
7.5
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.337 citations across 4,504 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$62K
proposed penalties
$62K
current assessed
$62K
paid to date
$302
outstanding
331 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-13.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 9 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 9 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 4 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 3 non-fatal
- OTHER 2 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2023
1 (1f)
2022
1
2018
2
2015
1
2013
1
2012
1
2009
3
2008
2
2001
1
2000
1
1999
1
1998
1
1997
1
1996
2
1995
1
1994
7
1993
2
1992
4
1991
1
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
1 recordedWatch this operator
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