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Charah Limestone: 10 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Charah LLC · Surface
Controlled by Charah Solutions Inc
Bloomsdale, Ste Genevieve County, MO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2302386

Charah Limestone has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2010–2017
Latest incident
Dec 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
10
citations
1
significant & substantial
$3,943
proposed penalties
$1,869
paid to date
47% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,074 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Charah LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
38
inspections on record
445
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: 445 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Charah Limestone has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$2K
current assessed
$2K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-12-22.
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.
10.0%
significant & substantial
10.0%
high negligence or reckless
10.0%
reasonably likely or greater
20.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.0% low, 70.0% moderate, 10.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
3 citations taken to the federal commission · 30% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 67%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 33%
100%
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%
68%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $1K 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 2011-10-03.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2010-1253M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $3K → $926
CENT 2011-309M Withdrawal Lesnick 2011 $100 → $0
CENT 2012-17M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $100 → $100
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2024-08-15
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
15
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz6
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz3
Show the individual readings (15)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-08-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2021-05-19 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2019-04-11 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.59 10 0.06 Cleanup Man
2019-04-11 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.56 10 0.06 Cleanup Man
2019-04-11 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.44 10 0.04 Cleanup Man
2018-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2018-05-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-05-08 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.17 0.45 0.38 Scale Man
2017-07-12 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 1.34 10 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-07-12 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.8 10 0.08 Truck Driver
2017-07-12 Nuisance dust, total, <1% Qtz 0.57 10 0.06 Cleanup Man
2012-06-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Ball Mill Operator
2012-06-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.11 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-21 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
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. Charah LLC 2008 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 4
2025 4
2024 4
2023 4
2022 4
2021 4
2020 4
2019 4
2018 4
2017 4
2016 4
2015 4
2014 3
2013 4
2012 6
2011 5
2010 3
2009 1
2008 0
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Charah Limestone 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 1,647 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,537 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,606 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,540 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,493 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 1,760 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 1,576 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,746 0 0 0.0
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,731 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,728 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 2,129 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,868 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,963 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,686 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,723 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,988 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,808 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 1,356 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,780 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,724 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 2,136 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,162 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,648 1 0 606.8
2020 Q3 2,187 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,757 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,412 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,753 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 2,100 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 2,180 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 2,253 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,673 1 0 597.7
2018 Q3 1,816 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 2,131 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 2,095 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,490 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,943 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 2,084 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,802 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,435 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,544 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,532 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,815 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 2,243 1 0 445.8
2015 Q3 2,340 1 0 427.4
2015 Q2 2,197 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,184 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,951 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,863 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,468 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,569 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,886 1 0 530.2
2013 Q3 2,139 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,957 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 1,947 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,798 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,978 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 2,469 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,532 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,484 1 0 402.6
2011 Q3 2,713 1 0 368.6
2011 Q2 2,585 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,699 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,926 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,255 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 535 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 648 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 486 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 110 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 475 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 0 0 0
2008 Q4 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2017 · 1 incident

December 13, 2017 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Charah LLC · Unclassified, insufficient data

Person was discovered un-responsive at desk in office.

2010 · 1 incident

July 21, 2010 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman OTHER
Charah LLC · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Signs of heat exhaustion, called the MSHA Complaint Hot Line, Medical Doctors later ruled by blood and urine testing the condition of the employees was a result of low blood sugar, low potassium and verly little dehydration. This being said, it would not be a work related event as previously called in.