Mining Incidents

Radix Westside Metal/Non-Metal

Radix Quarries · Underground
Springfield, Greene County, MO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2302440

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
6
Years on record
2019–2024
Latest incident
May 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2014
171
citations
23
significant & substantial
$44,963
proposed penalties
$42,231
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 9,059 7 1 772.7
2025 Q3 9,022 5 0 554.2
2025 Q2 5,822 6 2 1030.6
2025 Q1 7,926 4 0 504.7
2024 Q4 7,523 3 0 398.8
2024 Q3 8,253 3 1 363.5
2024 Q2 7,738 1 0 129.2
2024 Q1 8,980 4 1 445.4
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

6 on file

2024 · 1 incident

May 14, 2024 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Radix Quarries · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miners were working to remove bolts from the cone crusher utilizing an air impact gun and a wrench for back up. A miner's right pinky finger was smashed between the cone and wrench handle while holding the wrench as backup when the air impact was engaged.

2021 · 2 incidents

September 13, 2021 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Radix Quarries · Struck by falling object

EE lifted engine hood to change engine air filter. EE forgot to secure hood brace and hood fell on EE hard hat.

August 31, 2021 MO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Radix Quarries · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EE was helping remove bucket pin. EE tried to catch pin when it came out and hand got pinched between pin and bucket. After lingering pain, EE sought medical treatment on 11/09/2021 making injury reportable

2020 · 2 incidents

March 12, 2020 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, faceman, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Radix Quarries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using a retractable blade box cutter to cut detonation chord when the blade went through the cord and cut EE's thumb

January 20, 2020 MO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Radix Quarries · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pulling the door of a 988 closed when employee felt something pinch and /or pull in lower back. Employee has had multiple doctors visits, with not finite information until recently. An MRI revealed bulging of discs, what was treated with steroid injections as of yesterday 2/26/2020. We believe this has triggered an MSHA re-portable event.

2019 · 1 incident

May 8, 2019 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Radix Quarries · Fall onto or against objects

Getting off an excavator and slipped and fell on a rock. It was rainy and slick.