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County Line Quarry: 68 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

County Line Quarry, LLC · Surface
Wellsville, Montgomery County, MO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2301975

County Line Quarry has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $304 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2019
Latest incident
Sep 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
68
citations
22
significant & substantial
$31,672
proposed penalties
$29,845
paid to date
94% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,827 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
50
inspections on record
414
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: 414 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
ⓘ A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2015-03-25.
On record since 2015.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

County Line Quarry has $32K in proposed MSHA penalties and $304 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.
$32K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$304
outstanding
67 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $14K in penalties contested before the Commission, $13K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-13.
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.
32.8%
significant & substantial
9.0%
high negligence or reckless
32.8%
reasonably likely or greater
61.2%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 29.9% low, 61.2% moderate, 9.0% 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 · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 3 · 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 3 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
11%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$14K proposed, $13K 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 2023-05-02.
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 2023-0174 Settlement Simonton 2023 $14K → $13K
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: 2012-05-24, 14 years ago
5
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (5)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2012-05-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2012-05-24 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-06-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant Operator
2002-06-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dry Screen Plant 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.
Ownership history
  1. County Line Quarry 1987 to 2020
  2. KLS Pvg & Const LLC dba Co Line Quarry 2020 to 2025
  3. County Line Quarry, LLC 2025 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 5
2025 1
2024 3
2023 6
2022 6
2021 3
2020 2
2019 1
2018 0
2017 1
2016 2
2015 2
2014 2
2013 4
2012 6
2011 6
2010 5
2009 4
2008 4
2007 4
2006 4
2005 4
2004 6
2003 4
2002 6
2001 5
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

County Line Quarry sits in Montgomery County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Montgomery County, Missouri · Population 11,422
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$61,042
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 4,959 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 1,473 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 975 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 0 2 0
2025 Q2 170 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 427 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 514 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 660 1 0 1515.2
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 2,016 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,992 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 3,034 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,810 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 2,214 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,558 6 3 3851.1
2022 Q4 3,462 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 4,478 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,257 12 7 5316.8
2022 Q1 1,702 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 1,745 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,667 3 1 1799.6
2021 Q2 2,293 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,668 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,208 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,100 8 2 7272.7
2020 Q2 1,126 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1 1 0 1000000.0
2019 Q2 0 0 0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 0 0 0
2018 Q3 0 0 0
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 119 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 323 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 367 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 377 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 376 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 376 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 282 2 0 7092.2
2015 Q4 416 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 638 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 500 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 204 4 1 19607.8
2014 Q4 386 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 534 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 489 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 236 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 410 3 0 7317.1
2013 Q3 566 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 477 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 495 4 2 8080.8
2012 Q4 822 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 991 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 835 1 1 1197.6
2012 Q1 871 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,020 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,181 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 939 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 679 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,103 1 0 906.6
2010 Q3 1,249 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 826 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 700 1 0 1428.6
2009 Q4 781 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 876 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 825 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 613 1 0 1631.3
2008 Q4 628 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 730 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 723 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 600 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 724 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 796 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 769 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 641 2 0 3120.1
2006 Q4 790 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 669 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 809 2 0 2472.2
2006 Q1 726 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 460 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 496 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 820 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 509 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 634 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 886 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,053 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 484 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 582 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 934 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 991 2 0 2018.2
2003 Q1 661 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,002 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,183 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,169 9 4 7698.9
2002 Q1 1,286 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 1,345 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 945 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 889 1 1 1124.9
2001 Q1 812 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 836 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 886 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 876 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 549 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2019 · 1 incident

September 17, 2019 MO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec MACHINERY
County Line Quarry · Struck by falling object

A miner alleges that EE's foot was crushed by a large rock near the feeder to the primary crusher. This miner is the friend of a potential buyer of this mine. I was not on mine property at the time of the alleged accident. Buyer backed out of the sale of the property. No information available about date of birth. Not an employee.