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Higgins Quarry, LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Higgins Quarry LLC · Surface

Controlled by William K Higgins

Loose Creek, Osage County, MO · Active

MSHA Mine ID: 2302016

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 3
Years on record: 2004–2007
Latest incident: Sep 2007

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

137

citations

significant & substantial

$30,415

proposed penalties

$26,455

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	4,097	1	0	244.1
2025 Q3	4,359	3	1	688.2
2025 Q2	4,112	0	0	0.0
2025 Q1	3,362	1	0	297.4
2024 Q4	4,355	0	0	0.0
2024 Q3	4,341	0	0	0.0
2024 Q2	4,439	3	1	675.8
2024 Q1	4,246	3	1	706.5

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2007 · 2 incidents

September 21, 2007 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Muenks Brothers Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

Employee had grease and oil on his hands from working on another wheel loader. He cleaned his hands with a shop towl entered his wheel loader to help a driver. When exiting his loader one hand slipped off of the rail and spun his body around causing him to fall off of the ladder in which his hard hat fell off and he struck his head on a 55 gallon drum

July 30, 2007 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON

Muenks Brothers Quarries Inc · Fall from machine

Operator was climbing steps onto wheel loader. When on the third step going onto the fourth the operator said he was not watching what he was doing and slipped and fell onto his back on the ground.

2004 · 1 incident

August 18, 2004 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Muenks Brothers Quarries Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE'S HAND SLIPPED OFF WRENCH WHILE TIGHTENING BOLTS. JAMMED 2 FINGERS OF HIS RIGHT HAND. EMPLOYEE REFUSED MEDICAL ATTENTION UNTIL WEEKS PASSED AND PAIN REMAINED. DR FOUND BONE BRUISE AND PUT THE HAND IN A CAST TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF THE FINGERS, MAKING THE INJURY REPORTABLE.