Mining Incidents

PORTABLE #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Mountain Grove, Texas County, MO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2302187

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
2001–2023
Latest incident
Jun 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
60
citations
8
significant & substantial
$7,210
proposed penalties
$6,756
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 3,355 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,900 1 0 526.3
2025 Q1 2,240 3 0 1339.3
2024 Q4 3,221 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,138 3 0 956.0
2024 Q2 2,423 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,433 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,800 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

5 on file

2023 · 1 incident

June 21, 2023 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)
Grove Rock Quarry, LLC · Contact with heat

Worker became overheated walked under own power to office to cool became unresponsive ambulance was called worker given fluids at medical center returned to work later that day sent home.

2004 · 1 incident

January 7, 2004 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rock Quarries LLC · Fall from machine

THIS INJURY IS A REOCCURANCE OF THE INJURY REPORTED 12-7-01. EE WAS CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF LOADER, HIS KNEE THE SAME RIGHT KNEE GAVE AWAY AND HE FELL TO THE GROUND.

2002 · 1 incident

August 5, 2002 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Rock Quarries LLC · Fall onto or against objects

INJURED AND 2 OTHER MEN WERE STANDING IN CRUSHER REMOVING BLOW BAR SO THEY COULD BE REPLACED. THE PRY BAR HE WAS USING SLIPPED, CAUSING HIM TO STUMBLE BACKWARDS ONTO CRUSHER - STILL STANDING. HIS SHOULDER BUMPED INTO WALL.

2001 · 2 incidents

December 3, 2001 MO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rock Quarries LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE AND OTHER EE WERE ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE A LARGE ROCK FROM THE HOPPER, AS EE STEPPED DOWN INTO IT. HE CAUGHT HIS BOOT TOE, TRIPPING HIM FORWARD AND TWISTING HIS RIGHT KNEE. ALL ELQUIPMENT W AS SHUT DOWN BEFORE THEY ENTERED THE HOPPER. 12-7-01 EE ASKED TO SEE A DR THE KNEE WAS STILL PAINFUL SWOLLEN AND BRUISED HE SAW DR BALL X RAYED THE KNEE TOLD HIM TO TAKE IT EASY AND COME BACK

April 18, 2001 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rock Quarries LLC · Struck by rolling or sliding object

SEVERAL WORKERS WERE REPLACING BLOW BARS IN A ROCK CRUSHER. THE OPERATION WAS COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN WHILE REPLACEMENT WAS BEING MADE. THE WORKERSHAD PERFORMED THE TASK SEVERAL TIMES & WERE HAVI NG NO PROBLEMS. THE PARTS INVOLVED ARE QUITE HEAVY & AKWARD. WHILE MANUEVERING THE PART, ONE OF THEM SIMPLY ROLLED ONTO INJURED'S FINGER, CRUSHING THE TIP.