Mining Incidents

Eagle Rock Quarry: 23 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Phil Hutchens
Purdy, Barry County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2301985

Eagle Rock Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
1989–1999
Latest incident
Dec 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
23
citations
8
significant & substantial
$1,937
proposed penalties
$1,489
paid to date
77% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $448 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
24
inspections on record
246
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: 246 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Eagle Rock Quarry has $2K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 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.
$2K
proposed penalties
$1K
current assessed
$1K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
22 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $1K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2009-07-15.
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.
34.8%
significant & substantial
4.3%
high negligence or reckless
26.1%
reasonably likely or greater
69.6%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 17.4% low, 78.3% moderate, 4.3% 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 · 17% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 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%
4%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$416 proposed, $400 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 2009-09-30.
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
CENT20020130M Settlement Feldman 2002 $872 → $652
CENT20010291M Settlement Bulluck 2001 $432 → $220
CENT 2009-875M Settlement Lesnick 2010 $416 → $400
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: 2009-07-15, 17 years ago
11%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
9
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz61 over
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-06-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.88 0.86 1.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-15 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Utility Man
2009-07-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.27 10 0.03 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-07-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2006-02-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 0.89 0.24 Truck Driver
2006-02-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.27 0.81 0.33 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 0.79 0.16 Scale Man
2005-04-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-06-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.3 1.12 0.27 Truck Driver
2004-06-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.36 10 0.04 Drill Operator, Rotary
2004-06-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 0.87 0.55 Crusher Oper/Worker
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. Hutchens Construction Company 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2010 2
2009 7
2008 4
2007 4
2006 6
2005 5
2004 4
2003 3
2002 3
2001 7
2000 9
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Eagle Rock Quarry sits in Barry 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.
Barry County, Missouri · Population 34,831
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$56,611
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
2010 Q3 599 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 593 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 1,107 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,224 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,847 4 2 1405.0
2009 Q2 665 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,274 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,037 0 0 0.0
Show 35 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2008 Q3 1,950 1 0 512.8
2008 Q2 1,423 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 1,325 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 997 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,259 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 2,356 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 996 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,904 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,182 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,039 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,912 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 1,933 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 2,675 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,776 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 1,723 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,506 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,728 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,602 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 854 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 1,168 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 1,964 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 1,072 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 697 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 1,211 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 1,614 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,689 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 883 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,217 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,873 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,838 14 4 4933.1
2001 Q1 2,668 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,544 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,985 4 2 1340.0
2000 Q2 3,177 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 4,886 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

1999 · 3 incidents

December 15, 1999 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Hutchens Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS PLACING A PIECE OF METAL ON BIN SIDE, IT SLIPPED CAUSING HIM TO LOOSE BALANCE. METAL HIT HIM ON SIDE AND BACK.

July 12, 1999 MO · Metal/Non-Metal scalper-screen operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hutchens Construction Company · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO CHANGE A WIPER ON A SCRAPER WHEN A ROCK SLIPPED AND HIT EMPLOYEE ABOVELEFT EYEBROW.

June 7, 1999 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Hutchens Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

PUSHING STOCK PILE W/LOADER WENT FORWARD TO DUMP-STOCKPILE UNDER RIGHT FRONT WHEEL GAVE, LOADER TURNED OVER ON RIGHT SIDE. ANKLE HIT THE LOADER.

1998 · 1 incident

November 2, 1998 MO · Metal/Non-Metal loader head operator, roscoe operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Hutchens Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING CUTTING EDGE ON LOADER. BOLT SLIPPED AND PUSHED ITSELF IN AN UPWARD DIRECTION. EMPLOYEE PROCEEDED TO RELIVE WEIGHT ON CUTTING EDGE AND WEIGHT IMPACTED ITSELF INTO HAND.

1992 · 3 incidents

November 4, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hutchens Construction Company · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

BOULDER LOCKED IN JAW CRUSHER. USED PRY BAR TO LOOSEN ROCK, PRY BAR SLIPPED WENT BETWEEN BAR AND ROCK SNAPPED BACK. CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN ROCK AND SAFETY CHAIN.

October 7, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hutchens Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPENING 50 GALLON BARREL WITH SCREWDRIVER/ SCREWDRIVER HANDLE BROKE AND BLUNT END WENT THROUGH SHOE.

April 19, 1992 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Hutchens Construction Company · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

GRINDING OFF OLD WELD GRINDER JUMPED CAME BACK AND CUT HIS KNEE.

1990 · 1 incident

January 2, 1990 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Hutchens Construction Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PRYING A ROCK LOOSE AND PINCHED FINGER BETWEEN ROCK & PRY BAR.

1989 · 1 incident

April 14, 1989 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Hutchens Construction Company · Struck by falling object

EMPL WAS TRYING TO GET ROCK THROUGH CRUSHER WHEN ANOTHER ROCK FELL OFF FEEDER & FELL ON FOOT.