Mining Incidents

Hafenstine Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Donald P Hafenstine
Alma, Wabaunsee County, KS  ·  Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 1401708

Hafenstine Plant #1 has $203K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
1
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2014
Latest incident
Apr 2014
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
39
citations
15
significant & substantial
$203,139
proposed penalties
$29,747
paid to date
15% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $173,392 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
37
inspections on record
448
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: 448 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hafenstine Plant #1 has $203K 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.
$203K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
38 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-02-26.
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 202 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 171 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 133 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 116 2 0 17241.4
2024 Q4 128 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 206 0 0 0.0
2024 Q2 184 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 164 0 0 0.0
Show 58 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 132 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 198 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 186 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 158 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 128 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 140 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 126 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 113 2 1 17699.1
2021 Q4 138 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 50 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 89 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 56 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 90 2 2 22222.2
2020 Q3 176 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 956 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,239 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 675 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 652 2 0 3067.5
2019 Q2 917 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 889 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 677 1 0 1477.1
2018 Q3 754 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 442 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 678 2 0 2949.9
2017 Q4 700 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 965 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 844 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 903 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 867 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,060 1 1 943.4
2016 Q2 949 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 976 2 1 2049.2
2015 Q4 878 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 921 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,194 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 677 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 919 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 592 5 2 8445.9
2014 Q2 689 11 4 15965.2
2014 Q1 763 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,024 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,252 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 975 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 619 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 286 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,056 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 1,425 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 1,342 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 1,032 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 1,274 3 1 2354.8
2011 Q2 615 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 720 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 419 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 264 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 276 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 288 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 228 2 2 8771.9
2009 Q3 98 4 1 40816.3

Fatalities at this mine

1 recorded
April 17, 2014 KS · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver Fatality · MACHINERY
Hafenstine Construction · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Victim was caught between track hoe bucket and haul truck. An excavator was loading material in a haul truck parked in the pit. When the victim exited the truck, he was struck by the bucket of the excavator and pinned against the truck.

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