Mining Incidents

Conco Quarries- Fair Play: 64 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Conco Quarries · Surface
Controlled by CRH PLC
Fair Play, Polk County, MO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2302117

Conco Quarries- Fair Play has $8K 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
7
Years on record
1996–2024
Latest incident
Sep 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
64
citations
9
significant & substantial
$7,726
proposed penalties
$7,688
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $38 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
43
inspections on record
631
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: 631 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Conco Quarries- Fair Play has $8K 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.
$8K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
63 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $276 in penalties contested before the Commission, $238 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-06-11.
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.
14.1%
significant & substantial
3.1%
high negligence or reckless
14.1%
reasonably likely or greater
57.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 25.0% low, 71.9% moderate, 3.1% 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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 2 · 100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
14%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$276 proposed, $238 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 2009-09-22.
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 2009-857M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $276 → $238
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: 2022-05-26, 4 years ago
5%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
26
samples
20
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz51 over
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz15
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg6
Show the individual readings (26)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2005-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 3.7 2.89 1.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
2022-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2022-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mucking Mach. Operator
2022-05-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2006-12-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Utility Man
2006-12-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-02-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.37 10 0.04 Truck Driver
2006-02-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Truck Loader
2006-02-08 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.36 10 0.04 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-06-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.91 10 0.09 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.26 2.97 0.42 Truck Driver
2005-04-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 4.27 10 0.43 Utility Man
2004-08-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-08-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-08-12 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2004-08-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.47 2.31 0.20 Cleanup Man
2003-01-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2003-01-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.97 1.39 0.70 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-01-29 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.2 2.75 0.44 Cleanup Man
2003-01-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.43 10 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-01-29 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2001-06-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.56 10 0.06 Crusher Oper/Worker
2001-06-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.57 10 0.06 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2001-06-12 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.37 10 0.04 Truck Driver
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.

Conco Quarries- Fair Play recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2023.

Injury rate, 2023
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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.78 and the all-US-mining average was 2.10 cases per 100 workers.
In Missouri, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.20 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
2023 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2005 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2004 * 0.00 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.
Ownership history
  1. Ottendorf Stone Inc 1995 to 1996
  2. T & M Stone Quarry Llc 1996 to 2010
  3. Ash Grove Aggregates Inc 2010 to 2020
  4. Conco Quarries 2020 to 2026
  5. Conco Quarries 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 14
2025 8
2024 9
2023 11
2022 11
2021 11
2020 3
2010 5
2009 8
2008 11
2007 11
2006 11
2005 11
2004 8
2003 9
2002 7
2001 6
2000 6
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Conco Quarries- Fair Play sits in Polk 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.
Polk County, Missouri · Population 32,109
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$56,686
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 5,142 1 0 194.5
2026 Q1 9,475 3 0 316.6
2025 Q4 5,326 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,946 2 0 506.8
2025 Q2 4,160 4 0 961.5
2025 Q1 4,067 2 0 491.8
2024 Q4 4,180 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 3,321 0 0 0.0
Show 57 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 3,244 2 1 616.5
2024 Q1 5,230 3 0 573.6
2023 Q4 4,728 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 5,432 2 0 368.2
2023 Q2 5,879 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 5,084 2 0 393.4
2022 Q4 4,941 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,985 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 5,280 6 0 1136.4
2022 Q1 4,659 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,903 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 5,388 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,460 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,742 2 1 729.4
2020 Q3 2,148 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 0 0 0
2010 Q1 5,112 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 3,368 4 3 1187.6
2009 Q3 3,618 2 2 552.8
2009 Q2 4,257 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 4,793 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 6,164 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 6,240 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,093 2 0 328.2
2008 Q1 5,585 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,871 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,877 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,381 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 5,459 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,474 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 5,726 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 5,722 3 0 524.3
2006 Q1 6,676 3 0 449.4
2005 Q4 6,461 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 7,077 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 7,951 2 1 251.5
2005 Q1 6,600 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 8,975 2 0 222.8
2004 Q3 4,562 3 0 657.6
2004 Q2 4,319 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 3,744 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,045 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 5,323 3 0 563.6
2003 Q2 5,051 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,584 2 0 558.0
2002 Q4 4,885 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 4,309 1 0 232.1
2002 Q2 3,603 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 4,355 6 1 1377.7
2001 Q4 3,714 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,095 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 4,155 1 0 240.7
2001 Q1 3,924 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,743 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 3,303 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,255 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,926 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

2024 · 2 incidents

September 24, 2024 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Conco Quarries · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was holding bolt on a pin being driven out by another employee with sledge hammer. The hammer glanced off the bolt striking the employees left hand and ring finger.

March 27, 2024 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Conco Quarries · Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee was using cutting torch, and had a hot spark or piece of slag hit in the corner of right eye.

2001 · 1 incident

March 3, 2001 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & M Stone Quarry Llc · Struck by falling object

PUTTING GUARD ON CRUSHER. ROCK HIT ON HARD HAT AND ONTO RIGHT SHOULDER.

2000 · 1 incident

March 9, 2000 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T & M Stone Quarry Llc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING BEARING TO ANOTHER PERSON HURT LEFT SHOULDER AND HIPS.

1998 · 1 incident

September 22, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal drill operator POWERED HAULAGE
T & M Stone Quarry Llc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE CAME UP TO GET FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS ON WHERE TO DRILL WHEN A BIG ROCK WAS INTERING THE IMPACTDOOR WHICH PUSHED SCREEN CURTAIN FORWARD LETTINGA ROCK THE SIZE OF A NICKEL CAME BACK AND HIT EE ON THE LIP

1997 · 1 incident

April 10, 1997 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
T & M Stone Quarry Llc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

IT WAS A CLEAR, SUNNY DRY DAY. EMP WAS MOVING A BELT, AND TRIPPED OVER BELT LAYING ON THE GROUND.

1996 · 1 incident

December 17, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
T & M Stone Quarry Llc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ROCK HUNG IN TAIL PULLEY, BELT WAS SHUT OFF, & GAURD WAS REMOVED BY INJURED EE. CO-WORKER WENT AFTER BAR TO DISLODGE ROCK, INJURED EE REACHED INWITH HAND BEFORE CO-WORKER RETURNED & WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT & PULLEY.