Mining Incidents

Buffalo Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Leroy Tarr; Wanda Tarr
Buffalo, Dallas County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2302359

Buffalo Quarry has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 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 2009
13
citations
3
significant & substantial
$1,234
proposed penalties
$1,234
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
9
inspections on record
79
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: 79 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Buffalo Quarry has $1K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
12 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-10-01.
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
2010 Q2 3,634 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,320 1 0 301.2
2009 Q3 3,418 8 2 2340.6
2009 Q2 3,581 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,236 4 1 1236.1
2008 Q4 3,904 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 2,809 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 2,808 0 0 0.0
Show 3 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q1 2,099 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 2,437 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,666 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.

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