Mining Incidents

BOONE QY MINE #2 Metal/Non-Metal

Boone Quarries · Underground
Controlled by Con-Agg Llc
Boone County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2301982

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
14
Years on record
1989–1996
Latest incident
Aug 1996
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
2
inspections on record
16
inspection hours
n/a
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.
Rate withheld: 16 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q2 219 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 212 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

14 on file

1996 · 2 incidents

August 16, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal EXPLOSIVES AND BREAKING AGENTS
Boone Quarries · Accident type, without injuries

BLASTER WAS TRYING FACE SHOT LEAD LINE TO ROOF SUSPENDED SHOOTING LAND LINE. CONNECTION WAS APPRXO 400' FROM LAODED FACE. FAST INCOMING STORM CAUSED LIGHTENING STRIKE ON SURFACE ABOVE UNDERG ROUND MINE. APAPRENNT STATIC ELECTRICITY TRAVELED THROGH SHUNTED LAND LINE CAUSING PREMATURE DETONATION.

August 13, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boone Quarries · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS REPLACING AN ENGINE SUPPORT ON A #235 TRAC HOE. EMPLOYEE WAS USING A JACK AND BLOCK OF WOOD TO SUPPORT THE ENGINE. THE WOOD BLOCK KICKED OUT, LETTING THE JACK FALL, ALLOWING THE ENGINE TO FALL AND CATCH EMPLOYEE'S FINGERS. THE PINKIE AND RING FINGER ON RIGHT HAND WERE MASHED.

1995 · 3 incidents

November 29, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boone Quarries · Fall onto or against objects

EE WAS WALKING TOWARD A LOADER IN THE UNDERGROUND MINE. HE TRIPPED OVER A ROCK, FELL & HIT HIS ELBOW ON ANOTHER ROCK.

September 8, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Boone Quarries · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

DURING HORESPLAY OVER A CAP, AN EE JUMPED ON SUBJECT WHILE EE WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT OF THE DRILL, WHICH HE HAD BEEN OPERATING. DURING THE ROUGHHOUSING, SUBJECT EE WAS HOLDING ON TO HIS SEAT WITH HIS LEGS AND THEN FELT AN ALLEDGED POP IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

1993 · 1 incident

March 25, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Boone Quarries · Struck by falling object

CONTRACTOR AND MINE SUPT WERE ON MUCK PILE THAT HAD BEEN SHOT TWO DAYS PREVIOUS. THEY WERE INSPECTING THE FACE AND DEPTH OF BOOT HOLES. CONTRACTOR WAS REACHING ABOVE HIS HEAD TO BRACE HIMSELF AGAINST FACE WHEN FOUR OR FIVE SOFTBALL TO BASKETBALL SIZE ROCKS BEGAN TO FALL. CONTRACTOR TRIED TO AVOID BEING STRUCK AND WAS HIT IN THE BACK AND KNOCKED DOWN ON MUCK PILE. CONTRACTOR RECEIVE

1992 · 1 incident

September 4, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Boone Quarries · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS SCALING THE MINE CEILING DURING HIS WORKING SHIFT.

1990 · 6 incidents

November 13, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Boone Quarries · Struck by falling object

I.NAME SCALING WHEN ROCK FELL HITTING ARM AND LEG CAUSING SCRATCHES AND SORE LEG.

October 25, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Boone Quarries · Struck by falling object

A CUT THAT EE HAD ON HIS ARM FROM A ROCK, LATER BECAME INFECTED.

October 4, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal driller operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Boone Quarries · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS DRILLING A FACE AND THE DRILL QUIT RUNNING AND HE JUMPED OFF OF MACHINE AND JAMMED HIS KNEE AND ALSO HAD A HAIRLINE CRACK IN HIS KNEE CAP.

May 30, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner POWERED HAULAGE
Boone Quarries · Struck against a moving object

A HAULAGE TRUCK WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STOCK PILING CRUSHED ROCK AND I DROVE UP BEHIND THE TRUCK,WE WERE BOTH GOING UP AN INCLINE AND THE TRUCK WAS GOING SLOW,I WAS ATTEMPTING TO PROCEED TO PAS S THE TRUCK STARTED WAS EVEN WITH THE REAR WHEELS OR A LITTLE PAST THEM WHEN THE TRUCK STARTED TO COME OVER INTO MY PATH TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN AND FORCED ME INTO A DITCH.

May 8, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Boone Quarries · Struck by falling object

THE TONGUE ON AIR COMPRESSOR FELL AND HIT INDIVIDUAL ON TOP OF THE FOOT, BRUISING THE TOP OF RIGHT FOOT.

February 8, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Boone Quarries · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME

1989 · 1 incident

March 14, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Boone Quarries · Struck by falling object

ROCK FELL OUT OF MUD SEAM CEILING & STRUCK EMPL ON HEEL WHILE HE WAS GETTING INTO BACK OF SERVICE TRUCK. HE WAS KNEELING WITH LEFT LEG EXTENDED PARTIALLY OVER EDGE WHEN ROCK HIT HIS HEEL & RAC KED LEG ACROSS BED OF TRUCK.