Big Springs Quarry has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2011–2012
Latest incident
Sep 2012
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
24
citations
12
significant & substantial
$3,630
proposed penalties
$3,564
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $66 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
31
inspections on record
287
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: 287 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Big Springs Quarry has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-02-22.
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
514
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
508
0
0
0.0
2025 Q2
588
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
419
0
0
0.0
2024 Q4
514
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
536
0
0
0.0
2024 Q2
488
0
0
0.0
2024 Q1
532
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4
527
0
0
0.0
2023 Q3
600
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
601
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
524
1
0
1908.4
2022 Q4
490
0
0
0.0
2022 Q3
541
0
0
0.0
2022 Q2
630
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
536
1
0
1865.7
2021 Q4
603
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
585
0
0
0.0
2021 Q2
676
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
688
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
756
0
0
0.0
2020 Q3
726
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
1,636
0
0
0.0
2020 Q1
1,549
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
1,875
0
0
0.0
2019 Q3
1,919
4
3
2084.4
2019 Q2
1,171
0
0
0.0
2019 Q1
572
0
0
0.0
2018 Q4
496
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
574
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
880
0
0
0.0
2018 Q1
1,247
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
1,822
1
1
548.8
2017 Q3
1,333
0
0
0.0
2017 Q2
575
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
619
0
0
0.0
2016 Q4
571
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
585
0
0
0.0
2016 Q2
873
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
592
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
2,616
5
3
1911.3
2015 Q3
2,085
0
0
0.0
2015 Q2
1,912
3
1
1569.0
2015 Q1
582
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
540
0
0
0.0
2014 Q3
565
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
5,421
0
0
0.0
2014 Q1
2,389
3
1
1255.8
2013 Q4
559
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
558
1
1
1792.1
2013 Q2
889
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
1,297
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
676
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
912
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
5,806
0
0
0.0
2012 Q1
2,549
4
1
1569.2
2011 Q4
2,858
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
3,440
1
1
290.7
2011 Q2
8,746
0
0
0.0
2011 Q1
4,260
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
3 on file
2012 · 2 incidents
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