Mining Incidents

Blue River Quarry: 21 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Semco Stone · Surface
Controlled by Doug Black
Ste. Genevieve, Ste Genevieve County, MO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2302353

Blue River Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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
21
citations
4
significant & substantial
$2,790
proposed penalties
$2,790
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
29
inspections on record
243
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: 243 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 River Quarry has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
21 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2023-07-27.
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.
19.0%
significant & substantial
14.3%
high negligence or reckless
19.0%
reasonably likely or greater
23.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 9.5% low, 76.2% moderate, 14.3% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2024-08-22
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
5
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-08-22 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Cutting Mach Operator
2011-10-05 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2011-10-05 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 2.1 0.17 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-10-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Drill Operator, Rotary
2010-10-27 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.45 0.14 Laborer, Bullgang
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. Semco Stone 2006 to 2023
  2. Semco Stone 2023 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 4
2024 4
2023 4
2022 3
2021 7
2020 5
2017 2
2016 2
2015 5
2014 5
2013 6
2012 4
2011 6
2010 7
2009 6
2008 8
2007 12
2006 11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Blue River Quarry sits in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri · Population 18,551
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$61,310
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 22 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 79 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 16 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 21 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 22 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 21 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 6 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 37 0 0 0.0
Show 62 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 36 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 37 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 34 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 6 1 0 166666.7
2023 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 175 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 1 3 0 3000000.0
2022 Q2 1,121 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,117 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 999 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,671 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,244 5 3 4019.3
2021 Q1 894 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 1,494 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,660 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 224 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 3 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 8 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 6 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 6 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 961 3 1 3121.7
2015 Q3 294 1 0 3401.4
2015 Q2 0 0 0
2015 Q1 752 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 531 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 449 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 570 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 16 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 599 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 490 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 545 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 412 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 935 1 0 1069.5
2012 Q3 1,062 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 455 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 947 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 947 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 534 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,103 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,169 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,151 1 0 868.8
2010 Q3 876 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 610 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,422 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,087 4 0 3679.9
2009 Q3 187 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 507 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,335 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,581 1 0 632.5
2008 Q3 1,616 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,082 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,836 1 0 544.7
2007 Q4 3,212 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 4,277 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,473 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,862 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 317 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.