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First Creek Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Richard J. Mertens, Inc. · Surface

Controlled by Michael Mertens

Hermann, Gasconade County, MO · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 2302317

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 1
Years on record: 2008
Latest incident: Feb 2008

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2008

citations

significant & substantial

$2,793

proposed penalties

$2,793

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
2021 Q2	36	0	0	0.0
2021 Q1	99	0	0	0.0
2020 Q4	510	0	0	0.0
2020 Q3	864	0	0	0.0
2020 Q2	422	2	1	4739.3
2020 Q1	503	2	0	3976.1
2019 Q4	916	0	0	0.0
2019 Q3	1,207	1	0	828.5

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

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2008 · 1 incident

February 14, 2008 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE

Richard J. Mertens, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Failure of hose on new grease gun caused pressurized grease to strike employee's right eye. He was not wearing eye protection. There were safety glasses available and use of eye protection was covered in safety training. He has vision at this time, but extent of damage is inconclusive for now.