Mining Incidents

Blue Mound Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Bandera Stone Inc · Surface
Controlled by Donald K Pemberton
Centerville, Linn County, KS  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1401661

Blue Mound Quarry has $7K 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
26
citations
4
significant & substantial
$6,830
proposed penalties
$4,225
paid to date
62% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,605 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
38
inspections on record
312
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: 312 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Blue Mound Quarry has $7K 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.
$7K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
25 assessments are final orders; 6 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-09.
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 406 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 14 1 0 71428.6
2025 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 0 0 0
2024 Q3 9 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 55 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 114 0 0 0.0
Show 71 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 51 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 158 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 113 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 19 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 26 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 76 1 0 13157.9
2022 Q1 0 0 0
2021 Q4 323 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 124 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 275 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 0 0 0
2020 Q4 12 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 149 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 402 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 537 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,042 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,336 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,205 1 0 829.9
2019 Q1 828 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 619 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 332 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,013 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 159 1 0 6289.3
2017 Q4 902 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 940 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 1,170 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 635 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 562 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 953 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 986 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 946 1 0 1057.1
2015 Q4 1,110 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 929 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,041 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 590 1 0 1694.9
2014 Q4 677 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,187 8 3 6739.7
2014 Q2 1,113 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 945 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 745 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,461 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 968 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 935 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,262 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 935 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 592 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 650 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 661 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 579 1 0 1727.1
2011 Q2 479 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 227 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 998 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 224 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 159 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 207 5 0 24154.6
2009 Q3 408 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 187 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 56 3 0 53571.4
2008 Q4 278 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,203 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,106 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 823 3 1 3645.2
2007 Q4 1,301 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,713 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,131 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 366 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 844 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 868 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 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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