Mining Incidents

Dredge #6060 (Kathy Lee): 26 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Jefferson City, Callaway County, MO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2302517

Dredge #6060 (Kathy Lee) has $6K 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
11
Years on record
2018–2024
Latest incident
Jul 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
26
citations
0
significant & substantial
$5,898
proposed penalties
$4,518
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,380 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2017
18
inspections on record
238
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: 238 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Dredge #6060 (Kathy Lee) has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
26 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $3K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2022-10-13.
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.
0.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
0.0%
reasonably likely or greater
65.4%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 38.5% low, 61.5% moderate, 0.0% 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.
5 citations taken to the federal commission · 19% of citations on record
  • Settled 5 · 100%
44%
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 2020-09-16.
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 2020-0234 Settlement Manning 2021 $3K → $2K
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: 2022-10-13, 3 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
2
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg7
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz2
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz2
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2022-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2022-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2022-10-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2020-06-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2020-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 Dredge/Barge Operator
2020-06-23 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 Flotation/Concentrator Oper.
2018-01-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2018-01-31 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.13 10 0.01 Washer Operator
2018-01-31 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Dredge/Barge Operator
2018-01-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Dredge/Barge Operator
2018-01-31 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
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.

Dredge #6060 (Kathy Lee) recorded 21.47 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.
21.47
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above 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 * 21.47 0.00 0.000
2022 * 7.91 0.00 0.000
2021 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2020 * 16.21 0.00 0.000
2019 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2018 * 2.97 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. Capital Sand Company, Inc. 2017 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 6
2025 11
2024 10
2023 16
2022 28
2021 26
2020 29
2019 35
2018 26
2017 21
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Dredge #6060 (Kathy Lee) sits in Callaway County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Callaway County, Missouri · Population 44,541
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$72,645
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 4,601 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 533 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 6,540 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 5,015 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 4,787 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 2,235 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,085 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 4,730 0 0 0.0
Show 29 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 4,281 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 4,370 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 4,699 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 4,920 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 6,190 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 12,142 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 13,965 3 0 214.8
2022 Q3 12,017 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 11,271 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 13,291 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 8,633 1 0 115.8
2021 Q3 12,220 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 15,085 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 11,695 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 13,475 3 0 222.6
2020 Q3 13,147 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 15,323 6 0 391.6
2020 Q1 7,413 5 0 674.5
2019 Q4 15,130 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 18,765 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 14,853 5 0 336.6
2019 Q1 15,950 1 0 62.7
2018 Q4 17,791 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 21,798 1 0 45.9
2018 Q2 15,028 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 12,685 1 0 78.8
2017 Q4 16,314 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 12,857 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 10,573 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

11 on file

2024 · 1 incident

July 8, 2024 MO · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Sand Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was removing & rolling up approximately 800 feet of 1 inch cable from starboard anchor winch when EE felt a pop in their right forearm; causing immediate pain to EE's forearm, bicep & shoulder. Employee was taken to clinic and placed on restricted duty.

2023 · 3 incidents

July 27, 2023 MO · Metal/Non-Metal welder (non-shop) POWERED HAULAGE
Capital Sand Company, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was operating the manlift when something blew into EE's left eye. Employee had been working on the gravel system installing a piece of skirting prior to the incident. Employee stated EE was wearing safety glasses. Employee went to clinic on 7/31/2023 where EE was diagnosed with an abrasion in EE's left eye and issued prescription eye drops.

March 27, 2023 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Capital Sand Company, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee went to step out of the All-Flux System when EE's left foot caught a probe that was sticking out inside the system. The probe went through EE's boot and into the top of EE's foot. Employee required one stitch and was placed on light duty.

February 16, 2023 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Capital Sand Company, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was outside the fab shop driving the sky-trak, moving a container when something went into left eye. Employee wiped eye with hand & flushed eye with eye wash but still felt something in eye. Went to clinic & a small piece of debris was removed and employee was issued a prescription antibiotic.

2022 · 2 incidents

December 30, 2022 MO · Metal/Non-Metal groundman, yardman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Capital Sand Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

The employee was performing maintenance on a sand dryer. During maintenance the employee was cutting zip ties off of electrical wires with a collapsible knife. While doing so the employee cut the top of right hand resulting in five stitches.

October 31, 2022 MO · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Sand Company, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was replacing screens on the shaker deck above the load out bins on the rock plant. While installing the new screen, the injured employee and another employee were lifting the screen into place when the injured employee felt a pop in the right upper bicep.

2020 · 4 incidents

September 8, 2020 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Capital Sand Company, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was leaning against a ladder with left foot on the bottom rung. The ladder was leaning up against a job box on wheels. The job box shifted causing the employee to lose balance and strain the right knee. Employee went to the occupational clinic where EE was placed on light duty.

September 2, 2020 MO · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand MACHINERY
Capital Sand Company, Inc. · Struck by flying object

Employee was grinding on a piece of metal when a piece of metal went under EE's safety glasses and into EE's left eye. The employee went to the doctor where they removed the piece of metal on the surface of EE's eye and issued prescription eye drops.

June 26, 2020 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Capital Sand Company, Inc. · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was checking the pump gauges on the pump dock next to the delignite system when employee twisted left knee. The injury became reportable on 08/24/2020 when the employee was placed on modified duty.

June 23, 2020 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Sand Company, Inc. · Struck against stationary object

Employee was reaching into a job tool storage box for a tool and while pulling arm out EE caught right elbow on a sharp corner of an aluminum welding rod box cutting EE's elbow.

2018 · 1 incident

October 16, 2018 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Capital Sand Company, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was assisting with the removal of conveyor leg, the bottom portion had been cut through with a torch. They started to remove the upper section and the leg sprung forward, striking the employee on the hand.