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: 85 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Clay Center Mine has $1K 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.
$1K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
13 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2010-04-20.
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.
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: 2010-04-20, 16 years ago
1
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg1
Show the individual readings (1)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2010-04-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2014
0
2013
1
2012
1
2011
1
2010
1
2009
1
2008
1
2007
1
2006
3
2005
4
2004
5
2003
4
2002
6
2001
0
2000
8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Clay Center Mine sits in Clay County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Clay County, Kansas · Population 8,071
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$63,136
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
2014 Q4
0
0
0
2014 Q3
0
0
0
2014 Q2
0
0
0
2014 Q1
0
0
0
2013 Q4
245
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
0
0
0
2013 Q2
0
0
0
2013 Q1
0
0
0
Show 46 earlier quartersHide earlier quarters
Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2012 Q4
170
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
0
0
0
2012 Q2
0
0
0
2012 Q1
305
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
0
0
0
2011 Q3
0
0
0
2011 Q2
0
0
0
2011 Q1
153
0
0
0.0
2010 Q4
0
0
0
2010 Q3
124
0
0
0.0
2010 Q2
262
2
0
7633.6
2010 Q1
0
0
0
2009 Q4
0
0
0
2009 Q3
0
1
0
2009 Q2
202
0
0
0.0
2008 Q1
25
0
0
0.0
2007 Q4
0
0
0
2007 Q3
18
1
0
55555.6
2007 Q2
168
0
0
0.0
2007 Q1
137
0
0
0.0
2006 Q4
226
0
0
0.0
2006 Q3
380
0
0
0.0
2006 Q2
394
3
0
7614.2
2006 Q1
707
0
0
0.0
2005 Q4
171
1
0
5848.0
2005 Q3
556
0
0
0.0
2005 Q2
636
0
0
0.0
2005 Q1
690
0
0
0.0
2004 Q4
676
0
0
0.0
2004 Q3
270
0
0
0.0
2004 Q2
623
0
0
0.0
2004 Q1
463
0
0
0.0
2003 Q4
214
2
0
9345.8
2003 Q3
402
0
0
0.0
2003 Q2
263
0
0
0.0
2003 Q1
557
0
0
0.0
2002 Q4
1,171
0
0
0.0
2002 Q3
1,652
0
0
0.0
2002 Q2
1,739
0
0
0.0
2001 Q3
0
0
0
2001 Q2
0
0
0
2001 Q1
0
0
0
2000 Q4
1,886
0
0
0.0
2000 Q3
3,293
0
0
0.0
2000 Q2
3,576
0
0
0.0
2000 Q1
3,313
0
0
0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
7 on file
1994 · 2 incidents
June 23, 1994KS · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE WAS LOOSENING BRAKES ON PUP TRAILER. THE WRENCH SLIPPED AND HE BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE TRAILER FRAME. SINCE THIS INCIDENT. HE HAS EXPERIENCED HEADACHE. HE IS SEEING A DR FOR THIS FOR THE FIR ST TIME TODAY.
EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING BARGE ANCHORS. WHEN HE RELEASED THE WHINCH BRAKE, HE WAS HIT BY THE WINCH CRANK. HE HAD NUMEROUS ABRASIONS AND BRUISES TO BOTH ARMS. HIS LF. WRIST/ARM WAS BROKEN IN 2 PLACE S.
1991 · 4 incidents
August 28, 1991KS · Metal/Non-Metalhaul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driverHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING TIRES ON RIMS. AS EMPLOYEE GRABBED A TIRE AND RIM, THE TIRE AND RIM SLIPPED AND PINCHED THE EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE TIRE AND RIM.
EMPLOYEE WAS PROCEEDING TO GREASE THE TOP PORTION ON THE RADIAL STACKER. EMPLOYEE LAID DOWN ON THE BELT IN ORDER TO RIDE UP TO THE TOP. WHEN THE BELT STARTED, THE EMPLOYEE REACTED BY SITTING. UP. EMPLOYEE WAS STRUCK ON THE BACK AND NECK BYA CROSS BAR GOING OVER THE BELT.
May 29, 1991KS · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanHANDLING OF MATERIALS
EMPLOYEE KNOCKED A PIECE OF ANGLE IRON LOOSE WITH HIS FOOT. AS HE WAS DOING THIS A PIECE OF #9 WIRE WHICH AS LAYING NEXT TO THE PIECE OF ANGLE IRON PUNCTURED THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT LEG CALF. EMPL OYEE RECEIVED STITCHES AT THE HOSPITAL.