Base Rock Fruitland has $13K 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
7
Years on record
2015–2022
Latest incident
May 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
51
citations
5
significant & substantial
$12,685
proposed penalties
$9,031
paid to date
71% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,654 gap.
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: 422 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 Fruitland has $13K 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.
$13K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$9K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
50 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-21.
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.
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.
4citations taken to the federal commission · 8% of citations on record
Settled
4 · 100%
50%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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%
58%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K 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 2020-01-14.
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.
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: 2026-04-21
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
12
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz3
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (12)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2026-04-21
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.3
Utility Man
2026-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2026-04-21
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2024-07-15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.22
10
0.02
Crusher Oper/Worker
2024-07-15
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.16
10
0.02
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2019-10-25
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.29
10
0.23
Shovel Operator
2019-10-25
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.45
10
0.25
Front-end Loader Operator
2019-10-25
Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz
2.94
10
0.29
Truck Driver
2018-11-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2018-11-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
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.
Base Rock Fruitland recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2025.
Injury rate, 2025
ⓘ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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.65 and the all-US-mining average was 1.97 cases per 100 workers.
In Missouri, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.13 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
2025 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2024 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2023 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2022 *
8.58
8.58
0.000
2021 *
9.95
9.95
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
14
2025
13
2024
15
2023
12
2022
16
2021
14
2020
9
2019
11
2018
11
2017
10
2016
12
2015
7
2014
3
2013
1
2012
3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Base Rock Fruitland 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
Employees were adjusting the jaw. At the time of completion, EE picked up the power unit for the porta power. When lifting it, EE felt a burning and stinging sensation on the left side of EE's abdomen.
March 30, 2022MO · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
While exiting cab of truck, driver fell from top step. Driver complained of pain to EE's left arm. This driver was not an employee or contractor of Baserock Minerals. This driver worked for Strack Excavating and was our customer.
2021 · 1 incident
December 2, 2021MO · Metal/Non-Metalledgeman/hand, quarry manPOWERED HAULAGE
Employee was operating a skid-steer at the plant. The employee's operation of the controls caused the skid-steer to abruptly change in speed, causing the employee to be jolted inside the cab. The sudden jolt caused the employee to feel pain in middle back and left shoulder.
2019 · 2 incidents
September 19, 2019MO · Metal/Non-MetalsuperintendentDISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
Employee was putting a track pin back in the Excavator, a piece of steel broke off sledge hammer or pin and embedded in right hand between first finger and thumb.