Mining Incidents

Plant #21-Independence Metal/Non-Metal

Independence, Jackson County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2302378

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2010–2012
Latest incident
May 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2008
61
citations
12
significant & substantial
$14,446
proposed penalties
$14,446
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
2022 Q3 334 3 0 8982.0
2022 Q2 297 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 171 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 545 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 926 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,657 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,625 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,439 7 0 2870.0
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

2012 · 1 incident

May 2, 2012 MO · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid America Sand LLC · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was trying to release the anchor rope on the Guppy Boat when he lost the slack in the rope severing the tip of his left index finger.

2010 · 2 incidents

June 25, 2010 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Mid America Sand LLC · Struck against a moving object

Injured was driving loader through stock pile/loading area and hit a pot hole covered with water. (Water was flowing across entire roadway). Upon impact, the seat in the loader bottomed out and he felt a snap in his lower back.

June 23, 2010 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mid America Sand LLC · Fall from machine

Driver was standing on tail gate of truck fixing his tarp when he lost his footing and fell off the truck.