Mining Incidents

Ava Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John R Scott
Ava, Douglas County, MO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2302367

Ava Quarry has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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 2008
38
citations
9
significant & substantial
$4,794
proposed penalties
$4,631
paid to date
97% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $163 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
48
inspections on record
601
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: 601 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Ava Quarry has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 6 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-04-14.
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 2,790 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,676 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 3,696 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,072 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,058 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,465 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 3,117 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,912 0 0 0.0
Show 65 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,821 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,352 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,912 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 2,989 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,300 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,295 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,389 1 1 295.1
2022 Q1 3,776 1 0 264.8
2021 Q4 3,006 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,923 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,744 1 0 364.4
2021 Q1 1,258 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,516 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,390 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 2,419 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,913 1 0 522.7
2019 Q4 1,957 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,827 1 0 353.7
2019 Q2 2,426 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,608 2 0 1243.8
2018 Q4 2,256 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,944 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,802 2 0 713.8
2018 Q1 2,208 1 0 452.9
2017 Q4 2,332 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 3,203 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,912 1 1 343.4
2017 Q1 2,698 1 0 370.6
2016 Q4 2,518 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,752 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 2,773 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 2,741 1 0 364.8
2015 Q4 2,388 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,626 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 3,340 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,830 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,946 1 0 513.9
2014 Q3 2,120 2 0 943.4
2014 Q2 2,008 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,409 2 1 1419.4
2013 Q4 1,802 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,152 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 2,152 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,166 1 0 461.7
2012 Q4 2,228 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 2,309 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,371 1 0 421.8
2012 Q1 1,680 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,231 2 1 896.5
2011 Q3 2,476 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,276 3 0 1318.1
2011 Q1 1,549 1 1 645.6
2010 Q4 2,037 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 2,620 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,724 2 2 734.2
2010 Q1 2,564 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,339 3 1 1282.6
2009 Q3 2,542 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,368 1 0 422.3
2009 Q1 1,867 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,858 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,824 6 1 3289.5
2008 Q2 1,856 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,065 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,986 0 0 0.0

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.

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