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Base Rock Burfordville: 52 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Base Rock Minerals · Surface
Controlled by BMC Enterprises Inc
Bufordville, Cape Girardeau County, MO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2302446

Base Rock Burfordville has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2014–2023
Latest incident
Aug 2023
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
52
citations
10
significant & substantial
$9,426
proposed penalties
$9,326
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $100 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Base Rock Minerals's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
28
inspections on record
420
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: 420 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Base Rock Burfordville has $9K in proposed MSHA penalties and $100 outstanding across 3 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.
$9K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$100
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-07-07.
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.
19.2%
significant & substantial
5.8%
high negligence or reckless
19.2%
reasonably likely or greater
50.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 11.5% low, 82.7% moderate, 5.8% 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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 67%
  • Stood as issued 1 · 33%
100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
0%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $3K 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 2015-12-02.
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 2013-601M Settlement Miller 2013 $2K → $2K
CENT 2013-602M Settlement Miller 2013 $807 → $807
CENT 2016-0106 Dismissal Lesnick 2016 $100 → $100
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: 2024-10-10
14%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
13
samples
7
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz61 over
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (13)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.84 0.49 1.71 Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-10-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 0.8 0.43 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-10-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 Front-end Loader Operator
2024-08-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 0.67 0.30 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-06-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-06-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2019-10-30 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.36 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-30 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.77 10 0.08 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-02-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 2.88 0.14 Truck Driver
2013-02-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.55 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2013-02-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2024-08-28
1
samples
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2024-08-28 ANALYZED BULK DUST MASS 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
2024-08-28 QUARTZ (BULK DUST) 0 SF ORE PROCESSING
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. T & M Stone Quarry LLC 2013 to 2016
  2. Fischer Quarry & Hauling, LLC 2016 to 2026
  3. Base Rock Minerals 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 7
2025 5
2024 5
2023 7
2022 6
2021 6
2020 6
2019 6
2018 6
2017 5
2016 3
2015 7
2014 7
2013 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Base Rock Burfordville sits in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri · Population 82,180
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$68,912
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 2,131 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 942 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,920 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 2,213 2 0 903.8
2025 Q2 2,193 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,811 2 0 1104.4
2024 Q4 2,040 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 2,006 5 2 2492.5
Show 45 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,627 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,511 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,531 6 1 2370.6
2023 Q3 3,105 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 3,091 1 0 323.5
2023 Q1 2,828 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 2,271 3 0 1321.0
2022 Q3 2,795 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,416 2 0 585.5
2022 Q1 2,585 3 1 1160.5
2021 Q4 2,950 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,964 1 0 337.4
2021 Q2 3,104 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,354 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 2,707 2 1 738.8
2020 Q3 3,114 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 3,392 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 2,922 2 0 684.5
2019 Q4 2,977 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 3,316 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,770 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,288 1 0 437.1
2018 Q4 2,351 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 2,763 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,046 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,241 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 2,249 2 0 889.3
2017 Q3 2,682 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,974 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,669 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 0 0 0
2016 Q2 2,116 1 0 472.6
2016 Q1 2,272 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,737 4 1 1461.5
2015 Q3 3,858 5 0 1296.0
2015 Q2 4,187 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,481 1 1 403.1
2014 Q4 2,970 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,897 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 3,997 2 1 500.4
2014 Q1 3,984 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 4,821 2 0 414.9
2013 Q3 5,278 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 4,968 3 2 603.9
2013 Q1 4,708 2 0 424.8
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2023 · 1 incident

August 21, 2023 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Fischer Quarry & Hauling, LLC · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was walking with a ladder in one arm and tools in the other. EE stepped on a rock and lost balance. EE fell on right shoulder and was taken to the ER for evaluation. EE was eventually diagnosed with an acute-on-chronic rotator cuff tear. EE has been out of work since that time because of the medical restrictions. Anticipated return date in late October.

2014 · 1 incident

February 13, 2014 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & M Stone Quarry LLC · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Thursday Feb. 13, 2014 at approximately 10AM an EE and IE were replacing drive belt on 16X20 shaker Screen. IE turned & felt a sharp pain go through his shoulder, the other EE asked if he was ok, IE said yes lets just get it done. Over the course of the weekend the pain didn't ease up. IE went to Dr. Waiting on Dr. report & schedule MRI.