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Kosmos Cement Co. Metal/Non-Metal

Cemex Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Cemex S A

Kosmosdale, Jefferson County, KY · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1503160

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 6
Years on record: 2000–2010
Latest incident: Jul 2010

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

citations

significant & substantial

$3,423

proposed penalties

$3,423

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
2011 Q2	2	2	1	1000000.0
2011 Q1	2	0	0	0.0
2010 Q4	2	0	0	0.0
2010 Q3	2	6	2	3000000.0
2010 Q2	2	0	0	0.0
2010 Q1	2	0	0	0.0
2009 Q3	0	0	0
2009 Q2	2	0	0	0.0

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

2010 · 1 incident

July 19, 2010 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Cemex Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was climbing down ladder from our Cat Water Truck at the end of the shift. As he touched his right foot to the ground (where there was a high spot of a rut due to previous trucks parking) the high spot gave way causing him to lose his balance twisting his right ankle.

2006 · 1 incident

January 22, 2006 KY · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Cemex Inc. · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE crossed jersey barrier and stepped in hot dust, resulting in burn.

2001 · 1 incident

August 30, 2001 KY · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER

Kosmos Cement Company · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DRIVER WAS HAULING LOAD FROM STRIP SITE (CLAY HARVEST) TO DUMP SITE. SPEED WAS APPROX 20 MPH. DRIVER STATED HE WAS HAVING A HARD TIME BREATHING. DRIVER BLACKED OUT, RAN THROUGH AND OVER BERM. TRAVELED APPROX 50' INTO FIELD BEFORE STOPPING.

2000 · 3 incidents

October 3, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver POWERED HAULAGE

Kosmos Cement Company · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS DRIVING A DUMP TRUCK & HIT A BUMP ON HAULROAD, STRIKING HIS ELBOW AGAINST DOOR.

July 25, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

INJURED WAS HANGING REBAR INSIDE DOME...IN MAN-BASKET OF P&H 50 TON CRANE. THE GROUND UNDER CRANES LEFT FRONT OUTRIGGER SUBSIDED AND THE CRANE LURCHED FORWARD, CAUSING BASKET TO EE UP AND DOWN . INJURED STRUCK HIS FACE ON STACK OF REBAR IN BASKET.

July 11, 2000 KY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Kosmos Cement Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE INJURED EE WAS HOLDING A REBAR DOWEL IN THE HORIZONTAL POSITION WHILE IT WAS BEING TIED DOWN. WHILE THIS PARTICULAR DOWEL WAS BEING SECURED, ANOTHER DOWEL WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN TIED DO WN BROKE FREE FROM THE METAL WIRES SECURING IT. IT SPRANG UPWARD STRIKING EE IN THE MOUTH AND UPPER RIGHT CHEEK AREA OF HIS FACE. INJURED SUFFERED LACERATION TO UPPER LIP, BROKEN AND LOOSEN T