Mining Incidents

Russellville Quarry & Mill Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Heidelberg Materials AG
Russellville, Logan County, KY  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1500049

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2001–2017
Latest incident
Sep 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
79
citations
18
significant & substantial
$17,921
proposed penalties
$15,859
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 8,603 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,978 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,762 4 2 591.5
2024 Q4 1,161 5 1 4306.6
2024 Q3 1,179 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,749 3 0 631.7
2024 Q1 8,785 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,665 3 1 1125.7
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2017 · 1 incident

September 22, 2017 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The S-2 screen had stopped while crushing. The injured employee was removing the screen doors using a 16 inch spud bar. As the employee unhinged a door, the door sprung outward and struck the employee in left forearm.

2016 · 1 incident

March 14, 2016 KY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg, Inc. · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

A plant Mechanic was attempting to remove a rear center pin block on a Euclid 324TD Haul Truck. EE was using hand tools such as a hammer, chisel and wrenches. As ee worked ee noticed a pain in lower back that radiated through pelvic area.

2013 · 1 incident

January 22, 2013 KY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec OTHER

Second-hand info: Five minor children approx. 15 y/o were trespassing on mine property, bypassed several No Trespassing signs, a locked gate, and a barricade in front of an old underground portal. Emergency services contacted the mine site to report people stuck in the underground. Children were off property before mine personnel arrived at the old portal.

2009 · 1 incident

May 11, 2009 KY · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Injured employee was using a come-a-long attached to a sheave on a 4 foot cone crusher. While he was pulling the come-a-long handle back and forth, the chain slipped and he lost his balance and fell back approximately 57" to the ground.

2004 · 1 incident

July 8, 2004 KY · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Miner fell approximately 4 feet to a work platform surrounding the cone crusher in the secondary plant.

2001 · 1 incident

June 28, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Heidelberg Materials Midwest Agg, Inc. · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS USING PRY BAR TO MOVE SCREEN WHEN IT SLIPPED AND CAUGHT HIS FINGER AGAINST THE HAND RAIL.FIFTH FINGER OF RIGHT HAND WAS SEVERED AT THE LAST KNUCKLE.