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Harlan Quarry, Harlan County, Kentucky: 2 MSHA citations

Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.

Harlan Quarry is an active crushed, broken limestone surface mine in Harlan County, Kentucky, operated by Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC with 12 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1500071). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 2 citations and orders there with $182 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.

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MSHA mine ID

1500071

Status

Active since July 4, 1976

Main commodity

Crushed, broken limestone

Mine type

Surface

County

Harlan County, Kentucky

Nearest town

Bledsoe

Operator

Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC

Parent company

Martin Marietta Materials Inc

Employees

12

MSHA field office

Harlan KY Field Office

Citations and orders since January 1, 2022

2

Significant and substantial

1 (50.0%)

Closure orders

1

High negligence or reckless

0

Proposed penalties

$182

Amount paid so far

$182

Inspections

18

Inspector hours on site

187

Citations per inspection

0.11 (all mines 2.30)

Accident reports

1

Injury and illness cases

1

Fatalities

0

Latest MSHA record

June 23, 2026

Citations issued to contractors here

1 ($1,152 proposed)

Citations and injury cases by year

Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.

Standards cited most at Harlan Quarry

Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.

Injury and illness cases at Harlan Quarry

Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.

What the accident reports at Harlan Quarry describe

Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.

Other open mines in Harlan County, Kentucky

US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.