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
40
citations
15
significant & substantial
$203,139
proposed penalties
$29,747
paid to date
15% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $173,392 gap.
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.
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.
Of $198K in penalties contested before the Commission, $24K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-02-26.
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.
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.
11citations taken to the federal commission · 28% of citations on record
Settled
10 · 91%
Stood as issued
1 · 9%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 5 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
88%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$198K proposed, $24K 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 2015-02-24.
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
3
2025
4
2024
3
2023
3
2022
3
2021
3
2020
5
2019
5
2018
5
2017
5
2016
5
2015
6
2014
5
2013
5
2012
6
2011
6
2010
6
2009
5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
Hafenstine Plant #1 sits in Wabaunsee County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 1.9% 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.
Wabaunsee County, Kansas · Population 6,961
1.9%
Mining share of county employment
$70,536
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
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.