Mining Incidents

HEFT & SONS, LLC Metal/Non-Metal

Heft & Sons L L C · Surface
Controlled by Dayle Heft
Greensburg, Kiowa County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1400535

HEFT & SONS, LLC has $60K 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
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2001
148
citations
53
significant & substantial
$60,381
proposed penalties
$59,483
paid to date
99% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $898 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2001
54
inspections on record
660
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: 660 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

HEFT & SONS, LLC has $60K 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.
$60K
proposed penalties
$59K
current assessed
$59K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
148 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-06-25.
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 970 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 953 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 976 2 0 2049.2
2025 Q1 811 5 1 6165.2
2024 Q4 910 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 904 3 2 3318.6
2024 Q2 954 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 896 2 0 2232.1
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 927 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,313 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,570 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,563 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,581 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 1,976 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 2,461 0 0 0.0
2022 Q1 2,414 4 0 1657.0
2021 Q4 391 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 2,403 5 2 2080.7
2021 Q2 2,475 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 2,366 7 0 2958.6
2020 Q4 1,276 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,480 2 0 1351.4
2020 Q2 1,400 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 1,176 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,246 3 0 2407.7
2019 Q3 1,310 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 1,415 2 1 1413.4
2019 Q1 1,393 2 0 1435.8
2018 Q4 1,511 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,727 4 2 2316.2
2018 Q2 1,298 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 1,225 2 0 1632.7
2017 Q4 1,215 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 1,249 1 0 800.6
2017 Q2 1,316 1 0 759.9
2017 Q1 1,267 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,255 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,301 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 1,295 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 1,292 4 1 3096.0
2015 Q4 15 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 15 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 15 2 0 133333.3
2015 Q1 2,752 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 3,239 4 1 1234.9
2014 Q3 3,250 9 3 2769.2
2014 Q2 3,028 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 2,785 1 0 359.1
2013 Q4 3,246 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 3,298 8 7 2425.7
2013 Q2 3,392 1 0 294.8
2013 Q1 4,125 4 2 969.7
2012 Q4 3,451 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 3,294 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 3,377 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,996 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 2,945 10 3 3395.6
2011 Q3 2,620 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,200 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,568 6 3 2336.4
2010 Q4 3,413 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 3,384 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 2,270 6 3 2643.2
2010 Q1 2,015 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,010 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 2,002 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 491 23 13 46843.2
2009 Q1 485 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 712 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 546 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 0 0 0
2008 Q1 0 0 0
2007 Q4 626 3 0 4792.3
2007 Q3 772 6 1 7772.0
2007 Q2 973 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 751 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 379 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 654 9 6 13761.5
2006 Q2 879 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 841 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 492 0 0 0.0
2005 Q3 624 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 690 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 912 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 32 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 39 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 85 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 32 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 119 3 1 25210.1
2003 Q2 198 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 35 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 22 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 137 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 120 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 117 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 38 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 115 4 1 34782.6
2001 Q2 256 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 156 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 0 0 0
2000 Q1 98 0 0 0.0

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.

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