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COURTNEY RIDGE PLANT: 150 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Eagle Materials Inc
Sugar Creek, Jackson County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2302239

COURTNEY RIDGE PLANT has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
13
Years on record
2001–2014
Latest incident
Mar 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
150
citations
44
significant & substantial
$43,471
proposed penalties
$42,460
paid to date
98% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,011 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Talon Concrete & Aggregates LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
100
inspections on record
1,922
inspection hours
7.8
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.
150 citations across 1,922 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

COURTNEY RIDGE PLANT has $43K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$43K
proposed penalties
$42K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
150 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-04-15.
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.
29.3%
significant & substantial
13.3%
high negligence or reckless
29.3%
reasonably likely or greater
54.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 18.0% low, 68.7% moderate, 13.3% 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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 3% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 100%
75%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
30%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$3K proposed, $2K 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 2013-09-30.
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 2012-705M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $2K → $2K
CENT 2014-3M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $1K → $293
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: 2014-01-23, 12 years ago
6%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
93
samples
86
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Diesel particulate (total carbon)184 over
  • TC as EC @ 35031 over
  • TCarbon @ 35031 over
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz30
Show the individual readings (100)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2011-07-20 TC from EC @ 160 197 160 1.23 Scaling (mechanical)
2011-07-20 TC @ 160 195 160 1.22 Scaling (mechanical)
2008-09-09 TC @ 160 338 160 2.11 Blaster, Powder Gang
2008-09-09 EC @ 160 261 160 1.63 Blaster, Powder Gang
2008-07-30 TC @ 160 578 160 3.61 Blaster, Powder Gang
2008-07-30 EC @ 160 304 160 1.90 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2008-07-30 TC @ 160 368 160 2.30 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2008-07-30 EC @ 160 453 160 2.83 Blaster, Powder Gang
2007-02-22 TCarbon @ 350 363.57 350 1.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2007-02-22 TC as EC @ 350 368.89 350 1.05 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-01-23 EC @ 160 2 160 0.01 Truck Driver
2014-01-23 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2014-01-23 TC @ 160 127 160 0.79 Truck Driver
2014-01-23 EC @ 160 69 160 0.43 Truck Driver
2014-01-23 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2014-01-23 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2014-01-23 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2014-01-23 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2014-01-23 TC @ 160 2 160 0.01 Truck Driver
2013-03-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Scale Man
2013-03-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.32 2.09 0.63 Crusher Oper/Worker
2013-03-13 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 1.54 0.18 Truck Driver
2012-10-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.07 1.84 0.58 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-10-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2012-10-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-10-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.83 0.19 Blaster, Powder Gang
2012-10-11 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.21 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2012-05-02 EC @ 160 60 160 0.38 Drill Operator, Rotary
2012-05-02 TC @ 160 72 160 0.45 Drill Operator, Rotary
2012-05-02 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Drill Operator, Rotary
2012-05-02 TC @ 160 132 160 0.83 Blaster, Powder Gang
2012-05-02 EC @ 160 101 160 0.63 Blaster, Powder Gang
2012-05-02 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Blaster, Powder Gang
2012-05-02 TC @ 160 23 160 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-05-02 EC @ 160 11 160 0.07 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-05-02 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-11-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.02 1.82 0.56 Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-11-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.65 1.69 0.38 Blaster, Powder Gang
2011-11-30 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.62 2.39 0.26 Scaling (mechanical)
2011-11-30 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.39 10 0.04 Truck Driver
2011-11-30 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-07-20 EC @ 160 9 160 0.06 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-07-20 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-07-20 EC @ 160 155 160 0.97 Scaling (mechanical)
2011-07-20 TC @ 160 17 160 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2010-01-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.71 1.78 0.40 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2010-01-26 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-01-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.7 2.17 0.32 Scaling (mechanical)
2010-01-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 1.48 0.41 Blaster, Powder Gang
2009-10-07 EC @ 160 56 160 0.35 Truck Driver
2009-10-07 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2009-10-07 TC @ 160 8 160 0.05 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-07 EC @ 160 8 160 0.05 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-07 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-10-07 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Blaster, Powder Gang
2009-10-07 EC @ 160 105 160 0.66 Blaster, Powder Gang
2009-10-07 TC @ 160 130 160 0.81 Blaster, Powder Gang
2009-10-07 TC @ 160 139 160 0.87 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2009-10-07 EC @ 160 99 160 0.62 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2009-10-07 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2009-10-07 TC @ 160 70 160 0.44 Truck Driver
2008-10-08 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Blaster, Powder Gang
2008-10-08 EC @ 160 122 160 0.76 Blaster, Powder Gang
2008-10-08 TC @ 160 157 160 0.98 Blaster, Powder Gang
2008-09-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.31 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-09-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 2.01 0.16 Truck Driver
2008-09-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2008-09-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.53 2.97 0.18 Scaling (mechanical)
2008-09-09 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2008-09-09 EC @ 160 125 160 0.78 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2008-09-09 TC @ 160 158 160 0.99 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2008-09-09 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Blaster, Powder Gang
2008-07-30 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-07-30 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Blaster, Powder Gang
2008-07-30 TC @ 160 117 160 0.73 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-07-30 EC @ 160 62 160 0.39 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-07-30 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2007-10-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 2.15 2.36 0.91 Truck Driver
2007-10-10 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 2.32 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2007-02-22 TC as EC @ 350 178.04 350 0.51 Blaster, Powder Gang
2007-02-22 TCarbon @ 350 54.19 350 0.15 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2007-02-22 TC as EC @ 350 20.49 350 0.06 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2007-02-22 TCarbon @ 350 204.94 350 0.59 Blaster, Powder Gang
2006-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.5 1.92 0.26 Utility Man
2006-11-15 Diesel Particulate Material 227.31 308 0.74 Drill Operator, Rotary Air
2006-11-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.12 2.16 0.52 Utility Man
2006-11-15 Diesel Particulate Material 244.16 308 0.79 Blaster, Powder Gang
2006-10-04 Diesel Particulate Material 101.78 308 0.33 Blaster, Powder Gang
2005-12-21 Diesel Particulate Material 75.77 308 0.25 Mechanic
2005-12-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.34 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2005-12-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.31 2.13 0.15 Truck Driver
2005-12-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.91 2.41 0.38 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-12-21 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.72 0.20 Truck Driver
2005-12-21 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.28 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-12-21 Diesel Particulate Material 73.8 308 0.24 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2005-12-21 Diesel Particulate Material 102.96 308 0.33 Blaster, Powder Gang
2005-12-21 Diesel Particulate Material 97.15 308 0.32 Blaster, Powder Gang
2005-12-21 Diesel Particulate Material 101.19 308 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-05-25 Total Carbon,TC 95.38 400 0.24 Truck Driver
Showing 100 of 150 laboratory readings: every over-limit reading, then the most recent. MSHA reads one air sample several times, so readings outnumber the samples counted above. The full set is in MSHA's Personal Health Samples file.

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2011-07-20, 15 years ago
1
samples
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2011-07-20 TC from EC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE A
2011-07-20 EC @ 160 112 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE A
2011-07-20 TC @ 160 143 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE A
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.

COURTNEY RIDGE PLANT recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2013.

Injury rate, 2013
ⓘ 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
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.46 and the all-US-mining average was 2.99 cases per 100 workers.
In Missouri, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.79 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
2013 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 6.11 0.00 0.000
2010 * 5.15 0.00 0.000
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2008 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2007 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2006 * 22.09 5.52 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. Lafarge Construction Materials 2001 to 2001
  2. Lafarge North America Inc. 2001 to 2012
  3. Talon Concrete & Aggregates LLC 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2014 9
2013 9
2012 16
2011 17
2010 16
2009 17
2008 18
2007 17
2006 16
2005 18
2004 16
2003 15
2002 14
2001 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

COURTNEY RIDGE PLANT sits in Jackson County, Missouri, 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.
Jackson County, Missouri · Population 717,021
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$67,178
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 Q2 4,295 3 2 698.5
2014 Q1 5,381 8 2 1486.7
2013 Q4 5,578 3 0 537.8
2013 Q3 4,674 4 0 855.8
2013 Q2 6,222 3 1 482.2
2013 Q1 4,192 3 0 715.6
2012 Q4 6,608 3 0 454.0
2012 Q3 8,649 4 1 462.5
Show 45 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2012 Q2 8,649 7 3 809.3
2012 Q1 6,803 2 1 294.0
2011 Q4 8,087 3 0 371.0
2011 Q3 8,740 4 1 457.7
2011 Q2 8,884 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 7,006 14 3 1998.3
2010 Q4 9,793 5 2 510.6
2010 Q3 13,157 3 2 228.0
2010 Q2 10,079 4 2 396.9
2010 Q1 5,790 3 1 518.1
2009 Q4 6,851 3 2 437.9
2009 Q3 10,592 4 1 377.6
2009 Q2 7,810 1 0 128.0
2009 Q1 6,808 2 0 293.8
2008 Q4 8,855 8 0 903.4
2008 Q3 10,628 4 2 376.4
2008 Q2 10,072 4 1 397.1
2008 Q1 8,875 1 0 112.7
2007 Q4 8,759 3 0 342.5
2007 Q3 11,156 3 2 268.9
2007 Q2 10,695 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 8,954 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 9,272 2 1 215.7
2006 Q3 10,108 2 2 197.9
2006 Q2 8,985 1 1 111.3
2006 Q1 7,843 5 2 637.5
2005 Q4 9,698 6 2 618.7
2005 Q3 15,131 2 1 132.2
2005 Q2 12,500 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 9,615 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 10,739 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 10,811 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 11,806 4 0 338.8
2004 Q1 7,928 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 9,047 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 12,690 1 1 78.8
2003 Q2 8,877 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,481 3 1 462.9
2002 Q4 7,652 1 0 130.7
2002 Q3 8,104 2 0 246.8
2002 Q2 10,839 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 7,428 2 1 269.3
2001 Q4 5,991 8 2 1335.3
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

13 on file

2014 · 1 incident

March 6, 2014 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Talon Concrete & Aggregates LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee was bar scaling in the back of a room when a piece of rock from behind where he was working came down and struck him on the backside of his head. His hard hat did not cover this portion of his head, it struck him about two inches above the hairline on his neck. Resulting in a laceration to the back of his head.

2011 · 1 incident

August 23, 2011 MO · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge North America Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While working on a crusher a rock became lodged in the impactor. The employee attempted to remove it and it slipped, causing the burst laceration to his left middle finger.

2010 · 1 incident

March 25, 2010 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Lafarge North America Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While repairing a water line, employee used a utility knife to cut a cable. The knife slipped causing a laceration to the left forearm.

2006 · 4 incidents

June 20, 2006 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge North America Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was shoveling rocks off of a conveyor when she experienced pain in the neck and shoulders.

May 11, 2006 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge North America Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee has had ongoing pain in his elbow since 5/11/06 and no medical attention. ON 6/14/06, he reported lifting metal and pain increasing, at which time he had medical treatment.

April 24, 2006 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lafarge North America Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was dumping trash in the dumpster when a large raccoon came out of the dumpster, startled him, he jumped back.

2005 · 1 incident

February 10, 2005 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge North America Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The bolts came loose on the yoke of an ANFO pot. The yoke came off of the tank and hit the employee in the right knee. Employee was placed on restricted duty.

2004 · 1 incident

August 9, 2004 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Lafarge North America Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee turned a corner while driving a haul truck and ran over a rock. The rock shook the truck, causing the driver to strike his shoulder on the left side of the cab. Employee suffered a dislocated shoulder, which will require surgery to repair.

2003 · 1 incident

August 8, 2003 MO · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lafarge North America Inc. · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON GUARD RAIL OF TAIL PULLEY OF C2 CONVEYER ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL A NEW BELT ON THE CONVEYER. EE HAD POSITIONED ON THE GUARD RAIL OF TAIL PULLEY AND QUARRY MANAGER INSTRU CTED HIM TO GET OFF GUARD. WHILE DOING SO, A WELD BROKE ON THE PIPE GUARD SUPPORT BRACE AND EE FELL TO THE GROUND.

2002 · 1 incident

2001 · 2 incidents

October 9, 2001 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge North America Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ON GROUND HELPING TO STACK CONCRETE BLOCKS ONTO A WALL. A BLOCK HIT HIS LEG CAUSING A LACERATION.