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Atchison Quarry: 253 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Gary Servaes Enterprises · Underground
Controlled by Gary Servaes
Atchison, Atchison County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401710

Atchison Quarry has $252K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
253
citations
72
significant & substantial
$251,505
proposed penalties
$84,202
paid to date
33% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $167,303 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
114
inspections on record
1,940
inspection hours
13.0
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.
253 citations across 1,940 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Atchison Quarry has $252K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3K outstanding across 8 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.
$252K
proposed penalties
$87K
current assessed
$84K
paid to date
$3K
outstanding
241 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
Of $369K in penalties contested before the Commission, $33K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-02.
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.
28.9%
significant & substantial
13.7%
high negligence or reckless
28.9%
reasonably likely or greater
48.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 7.2% low, 79.1% moderate, 12.4% high, 1.2% 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.
44 citations taken to the federal commission · 17% of citations on record
  • Settled 36 · 82%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 8 · 18%
71%
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 35 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
91%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$369K proposed, $33K 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 2015-10-22.
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 2015-0509 Settlement Manning 2016 $232K → $17K
CENT 2015-0513 Settlement Manning 2016 $96K → $6K
CENT 2015-0327 Withdrawal Manning 2016 $16K → $2K
CENT 2015-0445 Withdrawal Manning 2016 $13K → $0
CENT 2015-0330 Settlement Manning 2016 $8K → $4K
CENT 2015-0510 Settlement Manning 2016 $2K → $2K
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: 2026-08-06
33%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
60
samples
49
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Diesel particulate (total carbon)269 over
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz277 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
Show the individual readings (100)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-12-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.56 0.49 1.14 Truck Driver
2023-05-16 TC @ 160 295 160 1.84 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-16 TC from EC @ 160 193 160 1.21 Truck Driver
2023-05-16 EC @ 160 162 160 1.01 Truck Driver
2023-05-16 TC @ 160 255 160 1.59 Truck Driver
2023-05-16 EC @ 160 192 160 1.20 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.62 0.58 1.07 Drill Operator, Rotary
2021-03-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.48 0.76 1.95 Truck Driver
2021-03-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.54 0.73 2.11 Truck Driver
2019-01-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.1 0.75 1.47 Truck Driver
2018-08-29 EC @ 160 262 160 1.64 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-08-29 TC @ 160 188 160 1.18 Truck Driver
2018-08-29 TC @ 160 368 160 2.30 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-03-07 TC @ 160 172 160 1.08 Drill Operator, Rotary
2016-06-22 TC @ 160 178 160 1.11 Truck Driver
2016-06-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.63 0.59 1.07 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-06-22 TC @ 160 178 160 1.11 Truck Driver
2015-01-21 TC @ 160 164 160 1.03 Mechanic
2015-01-21 TC @ 160 172 160 1.08 Truck Driver
2011-03-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.54 1.66 1.53 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2026-08-06 EC @ 160 50 160 0.31 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-06 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-06 TC @ 160 78 160 0.49 Drill Operator, Rotary
2026-08-06 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-06 EC @ 160 68 160 0.43 Drill Operator, Rotary
2026-08-06 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Drill Operator, Rotary
2026-08-06 TC @ 160 65 160 0.41 Front-end Loader Operator
2026-08-06 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2024-12-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.97 0.28 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-12-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.69 0.46 Truck Driver
2024-06-04 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2024-06-04 ORGANIC CARBON 36 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-06-04 TC @ 160 107 160 0.67 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-06-04 EC @ 160 71 160 0.44 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-06-04 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-06-04 TC @ 160 77 160 0.48 Truck Driver
2024-06-04 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Truck Driver
2024-06-04 EC @ 160 54 160 0.34 Truck Driver
2023-11-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 0.54 0.54 Drill Operator, Rotary
2023-11-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.77 1.09 0.71 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-11-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2023-07-18 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-07-18 TC @ 160 87 160 0.54 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-07-18 EC @ 160 63 160 0.39 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 0.79 0.41 Truck Driver
2023-07-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 1.06 0.25 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-07-18 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-16 ORGANIC CARBON 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2023-05-16 TC @ 160 135 160 0.84 Drill Operator, Rotary
2023-05-16 EC @ 160 114 160 0.71 Drill Operator, Rotary
2023-05-16 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Drill Operator, Rotary
2023-05-16 ORGANIC CARBON 102 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-16 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2023-05-16 ORGANIC CARBON 94 Truck Driver
2022-08-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 1.21 0.38 Truck Driver
2022-08-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 Truck Driver
2022-08-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-08-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-08-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.59 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 0.62 0.76 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 0.61 0.62 Utility Man
2021-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.71 0.87 0.82 Truck Driver
2021-04-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 0.59 0.53 Truck Driver
2021-03-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 0.71 0.37 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-07 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2020-10-07 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2020-10-07 EC @ 160 66 160 0.41 Truck Driver
2020-10-07 TC @ 160 106 160 0.66 Truck Driver
2020-10-07 EC @ 160 73 160 0.46 Truck Driver
2020-10-07 TC @ 160 126 160 0.79 Truck Driver
2020-10-07 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-07 EC @ 160 98 160 0.61 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-10-07 TC @ 160 157 160 0.98 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-07-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2020-07-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-01-09 TC @ 160 149 160 0.93 Truck Driver
2020-01-09 EC @ 160 111 160 0.69 Truck Driver
2020-01-09 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2020-01-09 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-01-09 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-01-09 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-01-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2019-01-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-11-14 TC @ 160 64 160 0.40 Truck Driver
2018-11-14 EC @ 160 33 160 0.21 Truck Driver
2018-11-14 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2018-11-14 TC @ 160 54 160 0.34 Truck Driver
2018-11-14 EC @ 160 34 160 0.21 Truck Driver
2018-11-14 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2018-09-20 TC @ 160 112 160 0.70 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-09-20 EC @ 160 85 160 0.53 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-09-20 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-08-29 EC @ 160 128 160 0.80 Truck Driver
2018-08-29 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2018-08-29 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-03-07 TC @ 160 7 160 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-03-07 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-03-07 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-03-07 EC @ 160 51 160 0.32 Drill Operator, Rotary
Showing 100 of 120 laboratory readings: every over-limit reading, then the most recent. MSHA reads one air sample several times, so readings outnumber the samples counted above. The full set is in MSHA's Personal Health Samples file.

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2026-08-06
5
samples
Show the individual readings (10)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2026-08-06 TC @ 160 0 UG GENERAL
2026-08-06 EC @ 160 0 UG GENERAL
2024-06-04 TC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2024-06-04 EC @ 160 0 UG SHOP
2024-06-04 EC @ 160 0 UG ACTIVE MINING
2024-06-04 TC @ 160 0 UG ACTIVE MINING
2024-06-04 TC @ 160 0 UG SHOP
2024-06-04 EC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2023-05-16 EC @ 160 160 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
2023-05-16 TC @ 160 192 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE
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.

Atchison Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2020.

Injury rate, 2020
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.77 and the all-US-mining average was 2.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Kansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.32 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2020 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Gary Servaes Enterprises 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 10
2025 9
2024 9
2023 8
2022 9
2021 9
2020 10
2019 10
2018 10
2017 10
2016 10
2014 9
2013 9
2012 8
2011 6
2010 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Atchison Quarry sits in Atchison County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Atchison County, Kansas · Population 16,211
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$62,164
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 4,456 11 1 2468.6
2026 Q1 4,593 5 0 1088.6
2025 Q4 4,499 3 0 666.8
2025 Q3 4,308 3 2 696.4
2025 Q2 3,091 2 1 647.0
2025 Q1 2,935 3 0 1022.1
2024 Q4 3,729 1 0 268.2
2024 Q3 3,367 0 0 0.0
Show 52 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,796 2 0 526.9
2024 Q1 4,160 3 1 721.2
2023 Q4 4,311 1 0 232.0
2023 Q3 3,976 2 0 503.0
2023 Q2 3,926 3 2 764.1
2023 Q1 4,080 3 0 735.3
2022 Q4 4,472 6 0 1341.7
2022 Q3 4,641 2 0 430.9
2022 Q2 3,735 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 4,655 1 0 214.8
2021 Q4 3,913 5 2 1277.8
2021 Q3 4,768 3 0 629.2
2021 Q2 4,390 4 1 911.2
2021 Q1 4,400 4 2 909.1
2020 Q4 4,545 3 1 660.1
2020 Q3 5,370 2 0 372.4
2020 Q2 5,560 2 1 359.7
2020 Q1 4,690 3 0 639.7
2019 Q4 4,580 1 0 218.3
2019 Q3 4,800 1 0 208.3
2019 Q2 4,827 3 0 621.5
2019 Q1 5,120 4 1 781.2
2018 Q4 4,886 2 0 409.3
2018 Q3 5,081 5 2 984.1
2018 Q2 5,100 4 0 784.3
2018 Q1 5,070 2 0 394.5
2017 Q4 4,920 3 0 609.8
2017 Q3 4,951 4 2 807.9
2017 Q2 4,765 3 0 629.6
2017 Q1 5,040 4 1 793.7
2016 Q4 4,840 6 1 1239.7
2016 Q3 5,079 7 3 1378.2
2016 Q2 4,595 11 3 2393.9
2016 Q1 4,823 8 1 1658.7
2014 Q2 2,782 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,740 1 0 365.0
2013 Q4 1,566 1 0 638.6
2013 Q3 2,448 1 0 408.5
2013 Q2 2,494 2 0 801.9
2013 Q1 2,841 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 2,865 2 1 698.1
2012 Q3 2,740 1 0 365.0
2012 Q2 3,675 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 3,731 2 0 536.0
2011 Q4 2,560 6 2 2343.8
2011 Q3 1,015 5 0 4926.1
2011 Q2 1,949 3 1 1539.3
2011 Q1 1,725 5 1 2898.6
2010 Q4 2,420 1 0 413.2
2010 Q3 2,080 11 3 5288.5
2010 Q2 2,080 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,675 2 2 1194.0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.