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: 527 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Branson Quarry has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$10K
current assessed
$10K
paid to date
$10
outstanding
48 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $324 in penalties contested before the Commission, $200 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-04-02.
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.
2citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
Settled
2 · 100%
0%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
38%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$324 proposed, $200 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 A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record.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 2012-01-30.
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: 2019-04-03, 7 years ago
5%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
30
samples
21
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz181 over
Respirable dust, <.1mg9
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (30)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2007-11-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.48
1.42
1.04
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-04-03
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2010-09-08
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Bobcat Operator
2009-06-09
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.9
0.28
Utility Man
2009-06-09
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.3
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2009-06-09
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-11-07
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.33
10
0.03
Front-end Loader Operator
2007-11-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
1.17
1.42
0.82
Utility Man
2006-11-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.79
1.03
0.77
Utility Man
2006-11-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.43
1.14
0.38
Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-11-14
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-11-14
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
0.82
0.24
Utility Man
2006-04-27
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.44
10
0.04
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-04-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
0.72
0.26
Truck Driver
2006-04-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.24
1.33
0.18
Front-end Loader Operator
2006-04-27
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.34
0.88
0.39
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.33
2.2
0.15
Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-11-05
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
1.95
0.10
Utility Man
2003-11-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2003-11-05
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-10
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2002-07-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.48
0.99
0.48
Truck Driver
2002-07-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.15
0.8
0.19
Sampler, Dust
2002-07-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
1.05
0.18
Truck Driver
2002-07-10
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.21
0.81
0.26
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-11-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
0.81
0.31
Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-11-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.5
1.17
0.43
Front-end Loader Operator
2001-11-15
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Scale Man
2001-11-15
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.2
1.24
0.16
Front-end Loader 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.
Branson Quarry recorded 8.85 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2006.
Injury rate, 2006
ⓘ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.
8.85
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 3.41 and the all-US-mining average was 3.91 cases per 100 workers.
In Missouri, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.77 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
2006 *
8.85
0.00
0.000
2005 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2001 *
29.56
0.00
0.000
2000 *
7.87
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
2020
4
2019
6
2018
5
2017
4
2016
5
2015
4
2014
5
2013
5
2012
3
2011
4
2010
4
2009
4
2008
4
2007
5
2006
11
2005
11
2004
6
2003
7
2002
15
2001
12
2000
13
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Branson Quarry sits in Taney County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Taney County, Missouri · Population 56,382
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$58,258
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
EE & co-worker were changing hammers on impactor. They'd finished 1 set & were rolling impactor to do other set. Co-worker rolled impactor around, wheel started to free wheel to its heavy side, co-worker lost his balance & fell on wheel. EE reached in & pulled him back to keep him from falling. As EE was holding co-worker, impactor stopped & spun the other way catching EE's knee.
2003 · 2 incidents
August 13, 2003MO · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
EE WAS HOLDING ONE FITTING W/A WRENCH & ANOTHER EE WAS USING A WRENCH TO TIGHTEN BOLTS. WHEN THEOTHER EE PUSHED ON THE WRENCH IT SLIPPED HIT EE IN THE MOUTH CHIPPING 2 TEETH.
EE WAS ASSISTING IN REMOVING A GUARD WHICH HAD AZIPPER TIE THAT WAS HOLDING IT SECURE ON THE SIDE. WHILE CUTTING THE TIE, THE KNIFE SLIPPED AND CUT HIM ABOVE THE RIGHT KNEE.
2000 · 1 incident
July 12, 2000MO · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPLOYEE STATES HE WAS REPAIRING PARKING BRAKE ON REAR OF EUCLID R-22, HE WAS COMPRESSING SPRING TO PUT CLAMP ON WHEN NUT STRIPPED OUT MAKING THE SPRING DECOMPRESS AND MAKING ASSEMBLY TO FLY A PART.