Mining Incidents

Grand Summit Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Grenola, Elk County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401658

Grand Summit Quarry has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3 outstanding across 8 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
2007–2017
Latest incident
Jan 2017
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
94
citations
26
significant & substantial
$24,663
proposed penalties
$21,571
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $3,092 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2006
34
inspections on record
453
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: 453 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Grand Summit Quarry has $25K in proposed MSHA penalties and $3 outstanding across 8 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.
$25K
proposed penalties
$22K
current assessed
$22K
paid to date
$3
outstanding
90 assessments are final orders; 8 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-04-22.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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
2025 Q4 6,111 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 6,807 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 6,246 9 1 1440.9
2025 Q1 4,327 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 4,668 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 5,339 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 1,859 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,990 0 0 0.0
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,755 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 0 0 0
2023 Q1 0 0 0
2022 Q4 0 0 0
2022 Q3 3,067 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,727 6 3 1609.9
2022 Q1 3,890 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 2,339 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 3,973 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,166 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,065 2 0 968.5
2019 Q4 0 0 0
2019 Q3 0 0 0
2019 Q2 3,113 2 1 642.5
2019 Q1 452 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 1,485 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 3,989 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 5,776 6 3 1038.8
2018 Q1 2,488 10 1 4019.3
2017 Q4 1,516 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,770 4 0 1444.0
2017 Q2 2,817 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 2,809 4 3 1424.0
2016 Q4 2,077 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 2,619 1 0 381.8
2016 Q2 3,005 1 0 332.8
2016 Q1 1,688 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 1,715 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,838 9 3 4896.6
2015 Q2 2,731 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 526 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 929 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 2,643 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 2,695 6 2 2226.3
2014 Q1 557 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,332 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 855 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 184 2 0 10869.6
2013 Q1 493 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 0 0 0
2012 Q3 822 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,390 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 0 0 0
2011 Q4 1,429 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 2,769 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 2,118 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 952 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 2,452 3 3 1223.5
2010 Q3 3,542 3 2 847.0
2010 Q2 2,359 5 2 2119.5
2010 Q1 308 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,566 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 1,184 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 3,390 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 1,605 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 2,301 7 1 3042.2
2008 Q3 3,147 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 3,245 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 4,207 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,094 7 1 1374.2
2007 Q3 4,332 7 0 1615.9
2007 Q2 1,686 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 1,524 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 1,771 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 2,760 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 918 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 1,043 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

2017 · 1 incident

January 25, 2017 KS · Metal/Non-Metal rotary bucket excavator operator MACHINERY
Wade Agricultural Products Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Operating 349 excavator and bucket of machine hit a boulder (rock). Employee to be off work a few days (rest of this week) if not better by Monday, is to return to doctor.

2016 · 1 incident

August 12, 2016 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Wade Agricultural Products Inc. · Fall to the walkway or working surface

Went to burn the trash, ground was wet from rain slipped and fell.

2007 · 1 incident

October 31, 2007 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Wade Agricultural Products Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Was going up ramp & engine stalled out. Lost air to brake system, truck hit berm and tipped over. Bent door, broke seat & battery box restraint. EE was asked if he was ok, said he was fine. No visual injury noted. Asked later if he needed to be checked out. EE said no he might be sore, bump on hand & battery fell on leg. RTW 11/2/07. Fine till noon & complained of back hurting.

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.