Mining Incidents

Fischer Minerals LLC: 24 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Fischer Minerals LLC · Surface
Controlled by Brice Fischer
Fulton, Callaway County, MO  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2302420

Fischer Minerals LLC has $4K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
24
citations
7
significant & substantial
$4,160
proposed penalties
$3,506
paid to date
84% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $654 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
22
inspections on record
179
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: 179 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Fischer Minerals LLC has $4K 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
24 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $897 in penalties contested before the Commission, $243 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-03-25.
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.
29.2%
significant & substantial
12.5%
high negligence or reckless
29.2%
reasonably likely or greater
41.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 8.3% low, 79.2% moderate, 12.5% 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.
1 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 1 · 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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
73%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$897 proposed, $243 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 2011-08-25.
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 2011-1127M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $897 → $243
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: 2020-07-08, 6 years ago
3
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (3)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2020-07-08 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Washer Operator
2012-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-07-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
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. John Klick Trucking LLC 2011 to 2023
  2. Callaway Gravel Sand & Soil Company LLC 2023 to 2026
  3. Fischer Minerals LLC 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 2
2024 5
2023 4
2022 3
2021 3
2020 4
2019 3
2018 3
2017 3
2016 3
2015 3
2014 3
2013 2
2012 3
2011 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Fischer Minerals LLC 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 69 0 0 0.0
2026 Q1 114 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 0 0 0
2025 Q3 83 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 226 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 208 2 0 9615.4
2024 Q4 254 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 287 2 0 6968.6
Show 53 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 244 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 233 0 0 0.0
2023 Q4 279 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 294 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 324 2 1 6172.8
2023 Q1 11 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 44 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 42 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 37 1 0 27027.0
2022 Q1 22 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 52 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 72 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 45 2 1 44444.4
2021 Q1 22 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 66 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 46 3 1 65217.4
2020 Q2 47 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 32 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 114 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 98 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 32 2 1 62500.0
2018 Q4 57 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 82 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 61 1 0 16393.4
2018 Q1 67 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 157 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 95 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 82 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 122 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 49 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 137 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 92 1 0 10869.6
2016 Q1 55 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 118 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 92 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 67 1 0 14925.4
2015 Q1 17 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 122 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 107 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 62 2 1 32258.1
2014 Q1 20 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 80 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 96 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 60 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 85 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 267 2 1 7490.6
2012 Q3 144 1 0 6944.4
2012 Q2 192 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 294 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 254 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 213 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 69 2 1 28985.5

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.