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Allen Limestone Quarry And Mill No 1: 79 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Allen Quarries Inc · Surface
Controlled by Lawrence Allen
Lockwood, Mo, Dade County, MO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2301647

Allen Limestone Quarry And Mill No 1 has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1987–2006
Latest incident
Oct 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
79
citations
15
significant & substantial
$15,670
proposed penalties
$9,613
paid to date
61% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $6,057 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Allen Quarries Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
55
inspections on record
692
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: 692 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 Limestone Quarry And Mill No 1 has $16K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$16K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
79 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $7K in penalties contested before the Commission, $850 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-21.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
19.0%
significant & substantial
11.4%
high negligence or reckless
19.0%
reasonably likely or greater
53.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.9% low, 79.7% moderate, 11.4% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 100%
25%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
88%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$7K proposed, $850 after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2013-08-07.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2013-636M Settlement McCarthy 2014 $6K → $507
CENT 2013-637M Settlement McCarthy 2014 $907 → $343
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Health sampling
ⓘ A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.

Metal and nonmetal contaminants (personal samples)
ⓘ Many samples are screening measurements of substances with no applicable exposure limit; they are counted as samples but excluded from every over-limit figure. Over-limit shares use only limit-tested samples.

Last sampled: 2022-07-14, 4 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
21
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg10
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (21)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2022-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-07-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-05-16 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Truck Driver
2018-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 Truck Driver
2018-05-16 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2018-05-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2010-05-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.88 0.13 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-05-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-01-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Loader
2005-06-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.68 0.84 0.81 Laborer, Bullgang
2005-06-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0.21 Scale Man
2005-06-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.23 0.21 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-03-18 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2004-03-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-03-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 2.11 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.44 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-04-24 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2002-04-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 2.5 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly. Metal/nonmetal contaminant figures come from MSHA's Personal Health Samples and Area Samples files (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Allen Quarries Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 6
2024 6
2023 6
2022 6
2021 6
2020 5
2019 5
2018 6
2017 6
2016 6
2015 6
2014 6
2013 6
2012 6
2011 11
2010 6
2009 5
2008 5
2006 6
2005 6
2004 6
2003 7
2002 7
2001 7
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Allen Limestone Quarry And Mill No 1 sits in Dade County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.0% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Dade County, Missouri · Population 7,627
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$49,899
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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
2026 Q2 118 5 0 42372.9
2026 Q1 134 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 79 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 195 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 322 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 162 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 176 6 0 34090.9
2024 Q1 164 0 0 0.0
Show 89 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 86 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 84 1 0 11904.8
2023 Q2 132 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 172 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 148 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 228 2 0 8771.9
2022 Q2 249 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 92 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 207 2 0 9661.8
2021 Q2 205 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 148 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 175 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 251 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 175 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 180 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 229 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 74 2 0 27027.0
2018 Q4 120 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 71 1 0 14084.5
2018 Q2 268 4 0 14925.4
2018 Q1 85 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 128 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 192 2 0 10416.7
2017 Q2 1,315 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 150 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 129 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 104 1 0 9615.4
2016 Q2 480 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 164 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 76 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 270 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 235 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 82 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 170 1 0 5882.4
2014 Q3 110 2 1 18181.8
2014 Q2 240 1 0 4166.7
2014 Q1 301 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 245 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 586 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,476 5 1 2019.4
2013 Q1 320 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 543 2 0 3683.2
2012 Q3 538 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 462 7 3 15151.5
2012 Q1 193 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,368 2 1 1462.0
2011 Q3 273 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 254 3 1 11811.0
2011 Q1 1,194 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 507 1 0 1972.4
2010 Q3 258 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 588 4 1 6802.7
2010 Q1 1,354 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,160 5 3 2314.8
2009 Q3 2,100 1 1 476.2
2009 Q2 2,560 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,200 2 0 1666.7
2008 Q4 2,990 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 3,004 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,027 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 890 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 2,120 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,440 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,304 2 0 605.3
2005 Q4 3,877 1 0 257.9
2005 Q3 3,210 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,542 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,580 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 2,730 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,852 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,130 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,635 9 3 2475.9
2003 Q4 3,933 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,140 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,179 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,931 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,712 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 3,953 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,040 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 4,407 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,519 1 0 284.2
2001 Q2 3,967 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,023 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 3,408 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,856 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,006 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 3,707 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2006 · 1 incident

October 4, 2006 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Allen Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Installing O-ring on 2100-35 tire. Tire tool slipped hitting him on the left cheek. He received 10 stitches in cheek and resulted in being off for 2 1/2 days.

1997 · 1 incident

August 8, 1997 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech STRIKING OR BUMPING
Allen Quarries Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNDER HAMMERMILL WORKING ON ROLLER, BENT OVER TO GO UNDER HAMMERMILL FRAME, CAUGHT HEAD ON WALK WAY FRAME.

1995 · 1 incident

April 20, 1995 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Allen Quarries Inc · Fall from scaffolds, walkways, platforms

BOARDS GAVE WAY BECAUSE OF CRACK.

1987 · 1 incident

October 8, 1987 MO · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator MACHINERY
Allen Quarries Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ROTATOR BECAME LODGED & EMPLOYEE WERE ROLLING IT BACKWARDS. WHEN IT CAME LOOSE IT ROLLED BACK AND PINCHED HIS INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS. RESULTING IN STITCHES TO THE FINGERS.