Mining Incidents

Shell Knob Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Shell Knob, Barry County, MO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2302352

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
2009–2018
Latest incident
May 2018
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
20
citations
1
significant & substantial
$3,104
proposed penalties
$3,104
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 5,867 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,031 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,130 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 7,086 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 5,461 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,107 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 4,922 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,438 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

4 on file

2018 · 1 incident

May 23, 2018 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hutchens Construction Co. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was moving some blocks and felt a strain in the abdomen. Employee was sent to the ER as soon as we were notified of the possible injury. Employee thinks they might have caused a hernia in the stomach.

2012 · 1 incident

July 26, 2012 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hutchens Construction Co. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The men were working on a piece of equipment when a wrench slipped and cut the employee's left index finger.

2010 · 1 incident

June 4, 2010 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hutchens Construction Co. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was unhooking a chain that was between a tractor/rockbreaker and a boulder, had his hand up on the guard rail when the rock breaker slid back and on top of his finger smashing it.

2009 · 1 incident