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FOUNTAIN FARM MILL: 20 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by John H Waters
Washington, Washington County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2300563

FOUNTAIN FARM MILL has $3K 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
7
Years on record
1983–1993
Latest incident
Apr 1993
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
20
citations
4
significant & substantial
$3,066
proposed penalties
$2,914
paid to date
95% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $152 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Cimbar Performance Minerals's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
11
inspections on record
229
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: 229 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

FOUNTAIN FARM MILL has $3K 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.
$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
Of $579 in penalties contested before the Commission, $427 was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2003-01-28.
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.
20.0%
significant & substantial
0.0%
high negligence or reckless
25.0%
reasonably likely or greater
80.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 10.0% low, 90.0% moderate, 0.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
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
WEST20000319M Settlement Weisberger 2000 $579 → $427
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: 2004-05-18, 22 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
18
samples
5
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz10
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz5
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (18)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2004-05-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.51 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-05-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.65 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-05-18 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 2.06 Laborer, Bullgang
2003-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 1.33 0.35 Utility Man
2003-01-28 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.14 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 1.17 0.29 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2003-01-28 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2003-01-28 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.6 1.1 0.55 Truck Loader
2002-07-11 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Lab Technician
2002-07-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.48 Cleanup Man
2002-07-11 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 Kiln/Dryer Operator
2002-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 1.48 0.22 Mechanic
2002-07-11 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.23 0.92 0.25 Mechanic
2002-01-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 2.22 Bagging Operator
2002-01-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 9.44 Bagging Operator
2002-01-17 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Mechanic
2002-01-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.99 Bagging Operator
2002-01-17 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 8.07 Kiln/Dryer Operator
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.

FOUNTAIN FARM MILL recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2002.

Injury rate, 2002
ⓘ 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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 4.17 and the all-US-mining average was 5.05 cases per 100 workers.
In Missouri, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 5.05 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
2002 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2000 * 0.00 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. Baroid Drilling Fluids Inc 1950 to 1995
  2. Cimbar Performance Minerals 1995 to 1998
  3. Cimbar Performance Minerals 1998 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 8
2003 10
2002 11
2001 13
2000 15
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

FOUNTAIN FARM MILL sits in Washington County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 1.6% 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.
Washington County, Missouri · Population 23,483
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$51,886
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
2004 Q3 4,278 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,813 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 4,533 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 3,805 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 4,514 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 4,484 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 4,608 3 1 651.0
2002 Q4 4,590 0 0 0.0
Show 11 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2002 Q3 5,111 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 5,321 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 5,150 2 0 388.3
2001 Q4 5,559 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 4,927 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 5,311 3 0 564.9
2001 Q1 7,288 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 6,527 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 7,445 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 7,413 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 7,915 12 3 1516.1
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1993 · 2 incidents

April 2, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech POWERED HAULAGE
Baroid Drilling Fluids Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE WAS CLEANING BUILD UP OF MATERIAL FROM #2 CONVEYOR BELT WHEN SHOVEL GOT CAUGHT IN RETURN IDLER THEREFORE PULLING HIS RT ARM BETWEEN IDLER & CONVEYOR

March 16, 1993 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baroid Drilling Fluids Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE WAS HELPING TO ASSEMBLE A MILL ROLL TO GO IN THE RAYMOND MILL. HE WAS TIGHTENING BOLTS ON ROLL WHEN SOCKET SLIPPED OFF NUT, THEREFORE STRIKING HIS LEFT HAND ON PART OF THE ROLL.

1988 · 2 incidents

May 25, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baroid Drilling Fluids Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE ALLEGES HE AND ANOTHER MAN WERE TAKING A LOG BEARING OFF OF THE LATHE BEARING FELL ON HIS HAND

February 9, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech OTHER
Baroid Drilling Fluids Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

WASP STING TO RIGHT THUMB.

1986 · 1 incident

January 11, 1986 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Baroid Drilling Fluids Inc · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE ALLEDG9S RAIL CAR BRAKES DID NOT HOLD, CAR STARTED ROLLING HE THEN JUMPED FROM THE CAR.

1983 · 2 incidents

March 11, 1983 MO · Metal/Non-Metal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider MACHINERY
Baroid Drilling Fluids Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

USING BENCH GRINDER WHEN HAND WAS PULLED INTO GRINDER,CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN SIDE GUARD AND GRINDING WHEEL.

January 3, 1983 MO · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baroid Drilling Fluids Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE ALLEDGES HE WAS LIFTING BAG FROM THE PACKER TO PALLET WHEN A HURTING CAME IN LEFT LEG