Mining Incidents

Gilliam Quarry: 102 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Gilliam, Saline County, MO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2300083

Gilliam Quarry has $54K 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
3
Years on record
1984–1994
Latest incident
Oct 1994
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2003
102
citations
23
significant & substantial
$53,557
proposed penalties
$27,733
paid to date
52% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $25,824 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
67
inspections on record
826
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: 826 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Gilliam Quarry has $54K 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.
$54K
proposed penalties
$28K
current assessed
$28K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
102 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $40K in penalties contested before the Commission, $14K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-05.
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.
22.5%
significant & substantial
2.9%
high negligence or reckless
22.5%
reasonably likely or greater
62.7%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 20.6% low, 76.5% moderate, 2.9% 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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 6% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 100%
25%
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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
65%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$40K proposed, $14K 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 2022-08-24.
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 2015-0637 Settlement Miller 2016 $25K → $8K
CENT 2022-0224 Settlement Manning 2023 $8K → $4K
CENT 2021-0044 Settlement Simonton 2021 $7K → $3K
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: 2025-06-25
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
31
samples
23
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz21
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz5
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg5
Show the individual readings (31)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2025-06-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2020-09-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.23 2.38 0.52 Mechanic
2018-06-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.26 Crusher Oper/Worker
2018-06-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-06-06 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 Truck Driver
2016-05-25 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.3 10 0.03 Truck Driver
2016-05-25 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-05-25 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 2.04 0.19 Truck Driver
2012-07-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Crusher Oper/Worker
2012-07-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.49 0.89 0.55 Truck Driver
2012-07-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 0.86 0.41 Truck Driver
2012-07-03 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.19 1.18 0.16 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-10-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 1.23 0.37 Truck Driver
2010-10-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.19 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-10-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.25 1.08 0.23 Truck Driver
2010-10-14 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-08-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.38 1.35 0.28 Truck Driver
2008-08-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.39 1.5 0.26 Truck Driver
2008-08-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.81 0.19 Truck Driver
2008-08-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.43 1.26 0.34 Front-end Loader Operator
2008-08-12 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.01 1.46 0.69 Crusher Oper/Worker
2004-03-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.15 1.35 0.11 Truck Driver
2004-03-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.21 1.52 0.14 Truck Driver
2004-03-24 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.73 0.09 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.37 1.13 0.33 Truck Driver
2003-04-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.22 1.72 0.13 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-09 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.09 10 0.11 Crusher Oper/Worker
2003-04-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2003-04-09 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.44 2.22 0.20 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.

Gilliam Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2011.

Injury rate, 2011
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 2.56 and the all-US-mining average was 3.08 cases per 100 workers.
In Missouri, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.68 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.
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. Gilliam Rock Inc 1950 to 1986
  2. Glasgow Quarries Inc 1986 to 2008
  3. Skyline Materials LTD 2008 to 2023
  4. Con-Agg Companies LLC 2023 to 2026
  5. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2026 3
2025 3
2024 2
2023 7
2022 11
2021 12
2020 13
2019 13
2018 12
2017 12
2016 12
2015 13
2014 12
2013 10
2012 9
2011 9
2010 6
2009 6
2008 7
2007 7
2006 5
2005 6
2004 5
2003 5
2002 6
2001 6
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Gilliam Quarry sits in Saline County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Saline County, Missouri · Population 23,177
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$56,566
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 647 2 0 3091.2
2026 Q1 218 0 0 0.0
2025 Q4 1,116 1 0 896.1
2025 Q3 937 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 2,115 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,225 1 0 310.1
2024 Q4 1,418 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 894 2 0 2237.1
Show 98 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2 1,021 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,022 1 0 978.5
2023 Q4 1,649 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 2,244 2 0 891.3
2023 Q2 4,222 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,225 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,659 2 2 546.6
2022 Q3 4,235 3 2 708.4
2022 Q2 5,001 1 0 200.0
2022 Q1 3,596 3 0 834.3
2021 Q4 5,177 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,752 2 0 420.9
2021 Q2 5,425 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 4,443 2 1 450.1
2020 Q4 4,126 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 4,534 4 0 882.2
2020 Q2 3,991 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 4,634 9 0 1942.2
2019 Q4 4,449 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 4,103 3 0 731.2
2019 Q2 5,009 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 3,953 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,347 4 2 920.2
2018 Q3 3,302 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 3,728 1 0 268.2
2018 Q1 3,422 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 5,002 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 5,011 2 0 399.1
2017 Q2 3,817 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 4,868 1 0 205.4
2016 Q4 3,427 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 5,236 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 5,536 2 0 361.3
2016 Q1 3,681 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 3,017 3 1 994.4
2015 Q3 5,375 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,123 1 1 242.5
2015 Q1 3,114 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,234 2 0 472.4
2014 Q3 3,955 7 3 1769.9
2014 Q2 4,226 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,636 1 0 379.4
2013 Q4 4,226 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,224 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 5,080 5 1 984.3
2013 Q1 53 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,474 1 0 223.5
2012 Q3 5,334 2 1 375.0
2012 Q2 5,394 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 4,173 1 0 239.6
2011 Q4 4,498 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 7,264 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 7,953 3 2 377.2
2011 Q1 4,290 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,290 2 0 466.2
2010 Q3 3,429 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 3,809 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 2,265 3 1 1324.5
2009 Q4 3,253 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 3,787 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,268 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 2,715 8 4 2946.6
2008 Q4 2,745 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 1,272 4 0 3144.7
2008 Q2 2,934 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 864 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 3,539 3 0 847.7
2007 Q3 3,664 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 3,670 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 2,421 1 1 413.1
2006 Q4 3,430 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,587 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 2,253 1 0 443.9
2006 Q1 2,521 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 3,912 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,337 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 4,005 2 1 499.4
2005 Q1 4,504 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 3,370 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 3,635 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 3,791 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,152 1 0 464.7
2003 Q4 3,936 1 0 254.1
2003 Q3 3,144 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 3,257 1 0 307.0
2003 Q1 1,964 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 2,473 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,293 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 1,095 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 1,968 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 2,815 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 2,271 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,833 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,331 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,207 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,650 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 3,261 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 1,626 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1994 · 1 incident

October 19, 1994 MO · Metal/Non-Metal blaster, shooter, shotfirer, explosive worker, powder gang/monkey MACHINERY
Glasgow Quarries Inc · Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

AIR DRIVEN BULK PUMP DISCHARGE HOSE CAME OFF NOZZLE, SPURTING EMULSION IN HIS EYES. HE WAS WEARING SAFETY GLASSES.

1988 · 1 incident

June 17, 1988 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Glasgow Quarries Inc · Struck against a moving object

ROLLED OFF 30 ST. STOCKPILE

1984 · 1 incident

November 13, 1984 MO · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gilliam Rock Inc · Fall down stairs

INJURED EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING DUTIES OF FEEDER MAN TO THE CRUSER; SUB. FOR A REGULAR THAT HAD FAILED TO SHOW UP FOR WORK. EMPLOYEE HAD PERFORMED THIS DUTY MANY TIMES. FEEDER MAN\S DUTY STATI ON IS ON A PLATFORM APPROX. 10 FT HIGH A STEEL LADDER IS USED TO GET OFF FROM PLRFORM. WITH PLANT SHEET DOWN FOR DINNER BREAK EMPLOYEE APPRARENTLY LOST HIS BALANCE WHILE DISMOUNTNG & FELL OFF