Mining Incidents

ENGELVALE QUARRY: 36 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Matt Blessant
Arma, Crawford County, KS  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1401594

ENGELVALE QUARRY has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2002
36
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,529
proposed penalties
$3,973
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $556 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
35
inspections on record
391
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: 391 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

ENGELVALE QUARRY has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 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.
$5K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
36 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
Of $1K in penalties contested before the Commission, $773 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2024-08-12.
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.
19.4%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
22.2%
reasonably likely or greater
58.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.8% low, 97.2% 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.
4 citations taken to the federal commission · 11% of citations on record
  • Settled 4 · 100%
67%
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%
42%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$1K proposed, $773 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 2024-10-24.
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 2008-139M Settlement Manning 2008 $825 → $412
CENT 2011-806M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $243 → $100
CENT 2025-0011 Settlement McCarthy 2025 $161 → $161
CENT 2012-188M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $100 → $100
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: 2024-08-13
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
8
samples
6
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (8)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2024-08-13 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-10 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.16 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-09-16 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.14 1.25 0.11 Front-end Loader Operator
2011-10-06 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.18 1.01 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.11 0.17 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-04-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.12 1.04 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2005-04-19 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.24 0.91 0.26 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.
Ownership history
  1. Mulberry Limestone Quarry Company 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 2
2025 0
2024 1
2023 0
2022 4
2021 4
2020 3
2019 4
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 2
2014 1
2013 2
2012 2
2011 2
2010 2
2009 3
2008 4
2007 4
2006 3
2005 5
2004 4
2003 4
2002 0
2001 0
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

ENGELVALE QUARRY sits in Crawford County, Kansas, 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.
Crawford County, Kansas · Population 38,963
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$50,311
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 660 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 2 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 0 0 0
2025 Q2 0 0 0
2025 Q1 0 0 0
2024 Q4 240 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 160 1 1 6250.0
Show 95 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 0 0 0
2024 Q1 0 0 0
2023 Q4 0 0 0
2023 Q3 0 0 0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 1,281 2 0 1561.3
2022 Q3 339 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 324 1 0 3086.4
2022 Q1 119 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 835 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 759 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 824 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 259 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 495 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 966 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 34 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 516 1 0 1938.0
2019 Q3 582 1 0 1718.2
2019 Q2 109 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 179 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 259 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 472 1 0 2118.6
2018 Q2 0 0 0
2018 Q1 0 0 0
2017 Q4 0 0 0
2017 Q3 879 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 334 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 44 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 787 3 1 3811.9
2016 Q3 1,028 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 622 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 952 2 0 2100.8
2015 Q3 322 5 0 15528.0
2015 Q2 711 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 456 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 377 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 0 0 0
2014 Q2 386 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 206 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,198 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 804 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 910 1 0 1098.9
2013 Q1 0 0 0
2012 Q4 735 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 832 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,224 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,016 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,033 1 0 968.1
2011 Q3 657 1 0 1522.1
2011 Q2 875 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 857 2 0 2333.7
2010 Q4 1,142 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 1,251 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,238 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 790 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 969 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 699 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 1,152 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 575 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 738 1 0 1355.0
2008 Q3 863 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 687 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 907 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 789 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 1,078 3 1 2782.9
2007 Q2 775 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 892 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 666 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 299 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 208 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 278 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 483 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 706 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,314 6 2 4566.2
2005 Q1 1,661 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,818 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 1,662 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,089 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 708 2 1 2824.9
2003 Q4 600 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,325 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 535 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 200 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 0 0 0
2002 Q3 0 2 1
2001 Q3 0 0 0
2001 Q2 0 0 0
2001 Q1 0 0 0
2000 Q4 500 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 277 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.