Mining Incidents

Allen County Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Allen County Quarry · Surface
Controlled by Allen County-KS
La Harpe, Allen County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1400001

Allen County Plant has $60K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1991–2023
Latest incident
Jun 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
144
citations
47
significant & substantial
$59,656
proposed penalties
$59,656
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
68
inspections on record
709
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 709 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Allen County Plant has $60K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$60K
proposed penalties
$60K
current assessed
$60K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
143 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-29.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2025 Q4 1,082 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,455 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,371 7 0 5105.8
2025 Q1 1,581 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,628 3 0 1842.8
2024 Q3 2,056 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,773 1 0 564.0
2024 Q1 1,494 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,656 6 3 3623.2
2023 Q3 1,404 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,435 2 1 1393.7
2023 Q1 1,739 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,777 5 1 2813.7
2022 Q3 1,212 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,126 2 1 1776.2
2022 Q1 1,456 3 0 2060.4
2021 Q4 970 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,010 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,043 3 0 2876.3
2021 Q1 794 1 0 1259.4
2020 Q4 976 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,498 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,413 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,500 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,416 1 0 706.2
2019 Q3 1,557 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,398 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,440 1 0 694.4
2018 Q4 1,416 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,024 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,536 1 0 651.0
2018 Q1 1,262 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,392 4 0 2873.6
2017 Q3 1,792 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,820 2 0 1098.9
2017 Q1 1,680 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,312 2 2 1524.4
2016 Q3 1,320 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,836 10 2 5446.6
2016 Q1 1,972 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,836 9 3 4902.0
2015 Q3 1,734 6 2 3460.2
2015 Q2 1,628 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 808 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,071 2 0 1867.4
2014 Q3 1,682 3 1 1783.6
2014 Q2 1,748 6 3 3432.5
2014 Q1 910 2 0 2197.8
2013 Q4 1,354 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,680 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,708 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,290 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,584 1 0 631.3
2012 Q3 2,020 1 1 495.0
2012 Q2 1,882 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,649 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,392 2 2 1436.8
2011 Q3 1,500 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,452 2 1 1377.4
2011 Q1 836 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,052 2 2 1901.1
2010 Q3 1,421 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,495 2 1 1337.8
2010 Q1 1,098 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,260 2 2 1587.3
2009 Q3 1,480 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,570 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,386 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 773 1 0 1293.7
2008 Q3 1,850 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,970 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,602 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,316 3 2 2279.6
2007 Q3 2,080 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,005 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,160 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,246 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 1,901 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,155 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,756 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,744 40 16 22935.8
2005 Q3 2,010 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,890 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,308 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,164 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,080 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,211 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 1,212 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,102 2 0 1814.9
2003 Q3 1,520 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,248 1 0 801.3
2003 Q1 1,220 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,220 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,400 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,460 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,394 1 0 717.4
2001 Q4 800 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 780 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,110 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,104 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 402 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 810 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 1,110 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 780 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2023 · 1 incident

June 13, 2023 KS · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman POWERED HAULAGE
Allen County Quarry · Struck against a moving object

Operator turned over 18 wheel dump truck on driver's side while dumping load of shot rock.

1992 · 1 incident

October 2, 1992 KS · Metal/Non-Metal OTHER
Allen County Quarry · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

NO NARRATIVE AVAILABLE

1991 · 1 incident

July 25, 1991 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Allen County Quarry · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CRUSHER WAS RUNNING WHEN BELT TWISTED, SHUT CRUSHR DOWN AND TRIED TO UNTWIST BY HAND WHEN BELT ROLLED VOER AND CAUGHT HIS HAND SMASHED 4 FINGERS ON LEFT HAND.

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The full compliance file on Allen County Plant

A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.