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Harry Byers & Sons Inc: 153 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Michael M Beachner
Coffeyville, Labette County, KS  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1400062

Harry Byers & Sons Inc has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1986–2009
Latest incident
Sep 2009
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
153
citations
36
significant & substantial
$30,684
proposed penalties
$30,481
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $203 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Harry Byers & Sons Inc's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
65
inspections on record
588
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: 588 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Harry Byers & Sons Inc has $31K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 2 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.
$31K
proposed penalties
$30K
current assessed
$30K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
152 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $2K in penalties contested before the Commission, $2K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2021-10-05.
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.
23.7%
significant & substantial
10.5%
high negligence or reckless
23.7%
reasonably likely or greater
71.1%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 2.0% low, 87.5% moderate, 10.5% high, 0.0% reckless.
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.
2 citations taken to the federal commission · 1% of citations on record
  • Stood as issued 2 · 100%
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 2 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
10%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$2K proposed, $2K 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 2015-09-27.
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.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
CENT 2015-0641 Default Lesnick 2016 $2K → $2K
CENT 2007-261M Dismissal Manning 2009 $203 → $0
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), 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: 2021-03-23, 5 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
11
samples
8
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz4
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz4
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg3
Show the individual readings (11)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2021-03-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2021-03-23 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2010-12-15 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.22 10 0.02 Crusher Oper/Worker
2010-12-15 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.46 2.59 0.18 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-01 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.12 10 0.01 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-01 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.26 10 0.03 Supervisor, Co. Official
2005-03-01 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2005-03-01 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Utility Man
2004-07-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.43 1.81 0.79 Front-end Loader Operator
2004-07-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.43 2.15 0.67 Supervisor, Co. Official
2004-07-22 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.69 1.75 0.39 Front-end Loader Operator
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. Harry Byers & Sons Inc 1950 to 2001
  2. Harry Byers & Sons Inc 2001 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2023 1
2022 1
2021 1
2017 0
2016 1
2015 1
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 5
2010 3
2009 4
2008 3
2007 5
2006 6
2005 7
2004 7
2003 5
2002 6
2001 6
2000 5
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Harry Byers & Sons Inc sits in Labette County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.4% 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.
Labette County, Kansas · Population 19,949
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$55,439
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
2023 Q3 87 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 91 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 52 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 168 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 153 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 136 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 40 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 191 4 1 20942.4
Show 75 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2021 Q3 334 1 0 2994.0
2021 Q2 598 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 319 2 0 6269.6
2017 Q4 0 1 0
2017 Q3 0 0 0
2017 Q2 0 1 0
2017 Q1 0 0 0
2016 Q4 0 0 0
2016 Q3 0 4 3
2016 Q2 571 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 570 4 2 7017.5
2015 Q4 556 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 629 5 1 7949.1
2015 Q2 603 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 530 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,000 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 1,082 14 6 12939.0
2014 Q2 1,813 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 954 7 4 7337.5
2013 Q4 1,629 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,876 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 1,792 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 2,044 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 1,800 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 1,786 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 917 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 452 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,018 3 0 1486.6
2011 Q3 2,426 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,774 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,357 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 1,400 2 1 1428.6
2010 Q3 1,377 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 1,556 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 715 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 1,223 1 0 817.7
2009 Q3 2,490 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 2,186 1 0 457.5
2009 Q1 1,011 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 517 1 0 1934.2
2008 Q3 1,944 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 1,660 1 0 602.4
2008 Q1 1,177 9 2 7646.6
2007 Q4 1,063 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 2,450 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 1,701 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 3,230 11 1 3405.6
2006 Q4 3,208 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 3,598 3 1 833.8
2006 Q2 3,545 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 3,426 37 6 10799.8
2005 Q4 4,609 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 3,033 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 3,506 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 3,135 4 1 1275.9
2004 Q4 2,892 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 2,630 8 1 3041.8
2004 Q2 2,865 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 2,315 1 1 432.0
2003 Q4 2,457 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 2,535 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 2,275 3 0 1318.7
2003 Q1 2,179 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 3,445 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 3,442 2 1 581.1
2002 Q2 3,528 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 3,062 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 3,851 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 3,384 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 2,921 5 3 1711.7
2001 Q1 3,475 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,667 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 2,591 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 2,915 17 0 5831.9
2000 Q1 2,656 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2009 · 1 incident

September 28, 2009 KS · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Harry Byers & Sons Inc · Fall onto or against objects

exiting front-end loader, slipped on 4" rock on ground, sprained right ankle

1986 · 1 incident

December 30, 1986 KS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Harry Byers & Sons Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE REACHE8 INSIDE A LARGE SLIDING DOOR PULLED ON A CHAIN TO CLOSE IT HIS JACKET WAS SNAGGED BY A LOCK HASP WHILE HE WAS TRYING TO PULL HIS ARM OUT THE DOOR SLID SHUT MASHING HIS ARM AGAI ST THE STATIONA9Y DOOR ON THE OTHER SIDE RESULTING IN A FRACTURE OF HIS RT FOREARM