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BRONSON QUARRY Metal/Non-Metal

Bandera Stone · Surface
Controlled by Patrick Kerr
Topeka, Bourbon County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1400072

BRONSON QUARRY has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $668 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2017–2022
Latest incident
Mar 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
86
citations
12
significant & substantial
$11,821
proposed penalties
$11,153
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $668 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
68
inspections on record
556
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: 556 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

BRONSON QUARRY has $12K in proposed MSHA penalties and $668 outstanding across 5 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.
$12K
proposed penalties
$12K
current assessed
$11K
paid to date
$668
outstanding
83 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-14.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also the operator's enforcement record
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 2,313 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,206 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,946 1 0 339.4
2025 Q1 2,125 2 0 941.2
2024 Q4 2,511 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,265 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 2,833 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,533 0 0 0.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 2,955 1 1 338.4
2023 Q3 3,057 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,466 3 0 1216.5
2023 Q1 2,413 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,816 3 1 1652.0
2022 Q3 2,075 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,384 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,164 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,500 2 0 800.0
2021 Q3 2,136 2 0 936.3
2021 Q2 1,987 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,792 2 1 1116.1
2020 Q4 2,001 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 2,334 5 2 2142.2
2020 Q2 1,447 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,751 1 0 571.1
2019 Q4 1,714 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,755 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,591 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,097 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,512 3 1 1984.1
2018 Q3 2,239 4 1 1786.5
2018 Q2 2,017 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,468 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,746 2 0 1145.5
2017 Q3 1,603 1 0 623.8
2017 Q2 1,600 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,735 2 0 1152.7
2016 Q4 1,400 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,461 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,712 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,210 3 0 2479.3
2015 Q4 1,007 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,147 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,287 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 677 2 0 2954.2
2014 Q4 1,088 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,492 1 0 670.2
2014 Q2 1,523 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,075 1 0 930.2
2013 Q4 1,114 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,280 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,490 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 904 3 0 3318.6
2012 Q4 1,258 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,357 2 1 1473.8
2012 Q2 573 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 512 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 603 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 714 1 0 1400.6
2011 Q2 724 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 540 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 466 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 567 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 707 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 241 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 561 1 0 1782.5
2009 Q3 710 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 579 1 0 1727.1
2009 Q1 695 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,180 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,549 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,674 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,407 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 1,571 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,416 10 3 7062.1
2007 Q2 1,283 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 912 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,157 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 930 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,804 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,409 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,308 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 1,365 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 745 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 685 2 0 2919.7
2004 Q4 849 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 900 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,244 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 797 1 0 1254.7
2003 Q4 791 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 877 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,138 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 1,155 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 833 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,723 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 909 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 793 2 0 2522.1
2001 Q4 999 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 995 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 881 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 831 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 802 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,098 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 794 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2022 · 1 incident

March 15, 2022 KS · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bandera Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Miner suffered swelling and bruising when a stone rolled over crushing EE's left hand between teeth of a hydraulic splitting machine and the stone. Went to doctor, x-rays were negative. No lost time, worked light duty until full work release.

2020 · 1 incident

June 25, 2020 KS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Bandera Stone Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was walking between work areas approx 25' distance when miner stepped wrong and twisted left ankle. Went to doctor on 7/2/20 and was diagnosed with a strain. Injury only caused pain when kneeling or squatting, neither is a motion required in this miner's job. Was given exercises for physical therapy. No lost time.

2017 · 1 incident

June 26, 2017 KS · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bandera Stone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Miner was moving stones, by hand, from a loader bucket to place on a conveyor. A stone shifted and left index finger was smashed between two stones resulting in a broken finger bone.

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