Mining Incidents

Scotty's Contracting & Stone, LLC operator

Controlled by Houchens Industries, Inc
MSHA operator ID: L17216
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
27
Mines on record
4
Years on record
2000–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
432
citations
107
significant & substantial
$63,543
proposed penalties
$56,979
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,564 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
340
inspections on record
8,110
inspection hours
5.3
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.
432 citations across 8,110 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.
$64K
proposed penalties
$64K
current assessed
$57K
paid to date
$7K
outstanding
409 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2025
3
2024
3
2022
2
2021
1
2019
2
2017
1
2014
1
2008
1
2007
2
2006
2
2004
2
2003
1
2002
1
2001
3 (1f)
2000
2

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
December 17, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Scotty's Contracting & Stone LLC · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE PARKED COMPANY SERVICE TRUCK NEXT TO GEN TRAILER, TRUCK ROLLED AND EMPLOYEE TRIED TO GET BACK IN TO STOP. SERVICE TRUCK SIDE SWIPED GEN TRAILER. EMPLOYEE GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN DOOR AND GEN TRAILER.

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