Mining Incidents

Hardrock 2: 60 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Hardrock Sand & Gravel, LLC · Surface
Dodge City, Ford County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1401738

Hardrock 2 has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
60
citations
17
significant & substantial
$17,479
proposed penalties
$7,862
paid to date
45% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,617 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
28
inspections on record
213
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: 213 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Hardrock 2 has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $10K outstanding across 0 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$10K
outstanding
58 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-10-17.
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.
29.3%
significant & substantial
32.8%
high negligence or reckless
29.3%
reasonably likely or greater
48.3%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 0.0% low, 67.2% moderate, 32.8% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2016-04-27, 10 years ago
2
samples
0
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
Show the individual readings (2)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2016-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Supervisor, Co. Official
2016-04-27 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 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.
Ownership history
  1. Hardrock Sand & Gravel, LLC 2011 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2020 1
2019 3
2018 4
2017 4
2016 5
2015 5
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Hardrock 2 sits in Ford County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Ford County, Kansas · Population 34,133
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$70,495
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
2020 Q4 0 0 0
2020 Q3 0 0 0
2020 Q2 0 0 0
2020 Q1 940 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 960 5 3 5208.3
2019 Q3 1,140 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,765 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 1,560 13 7 8333.3
Show 29 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2018 Q4 1,900 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,945 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 1,688 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,800 3 1 1666.7
2017 Q4 2,104 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 3,360 1 0 297.6
2017 Q1 3,480 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,000 7 2 3500.0
2016 Q3 1,900 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 3,120 4 0 1282.1
2016 Q1 2,734 1 0 365.8
2015 Q4 2,734 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 2,797 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,858 4 1 2152.9
2015 Q1 1,690 12 3 7100.6
2014 Q4 1,540 2 0 1298.7
2014 Q3 1,560 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,605 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 990 4 0 4040.4
2013 Q4 1,420 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 990 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 667 1 0 1499.3
2013 Q1 1,064 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 950 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 550 1 0 1818.2
2012 Q2 1,620 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,100 1 0 476.2
2011 Q4 2,200 1 0 454.5

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.