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.
Hafenstine Plant #1 Metal/Non-Metal
Hafenstine Construction
· Surface
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
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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.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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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 |
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| 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
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