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Plant 3 Metal/Non-Metal

Nelson Quarries Inc · Surface

Controlled by Kenneth L Nelson

Iola, Allen County, KS · Intermittent

MSHA Mine ID: 1401277

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 2
Years on record: 2015–2025
Latest incident: Nov 2025

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

139

citations

significant & substantial

$68,973

proposed penalties

$46,409

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	Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4	2,859	0	0.0
2025 Q3	269	0	0.0
2025 Q2	741	0	0.0
2024 Q3	0	0
2024 Q2	2	0	0.0
2024 Q1	0	0
2023 Q4	0	0
2023 Q3	2,282	2	876.4

Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2025 · 1 incident

November 26, 2025 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER

Nelson Quarries Inc · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Natural Causes possible Heart Attack to loader person

2015 · 1 incident

August 13, 2015 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Nelson Quarries Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

The crew were replacing the belt on the shaker with a rolled belt. The new belt was suspended by a pipe and chains. The new belt was egg shaped because of weight and needed to be lifted and pulled to meet the old belt so that it could be spliced in. As EE and 2 other crew members were pulling and lifting the belt, EE's shoulder popped.