Higgins Ranch · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was drilling rock and pushing down on the drill. The steel broke off and hit EE in the right foot behind the steel toes towards the outside of EE's foot.
Higgins Ranch, LLC & Shults Quarry Metal/Non-Metal
Higgins Ranch
· Surface
Controlled by
Michael W Higgins
Maple Hill,
Wabaunsee County,
KS
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401651
Higgins Ranch, LLC & Shults Quarry has $64K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 outstanding across 4 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2019
- Latest incident
- Jul 2019
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2005
112
citations
47
significant & substantial
$64,368
proposed penalties
$42,475
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $21,893 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2005
74
inspections on record
525
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: 525 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Higgins Ranch, LLC & Shults Quarry has $64K in proposed MSHA penalties and $453 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.$64K
proposed penalties
$43K
current assessed
$42K
paid to date
$453
outstanding
110 assessments are final orders; 4 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-24.
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 | 1,783 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 1,934 | 2 | 0 | 1034.1 |
| 2025 Q2 | 1,910 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 1,485 | 2 | 0 | 1346.8 |
| 2024 Q4 | 2,575 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 2,230 | 3 | 1 | 1345.3 |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,459 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 2,161 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 3,428 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 3,460 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 3,329 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 2,280 | 5 | 1 | 2193.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 1,722 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 2,754 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 2,946 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 531 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 1,150 | 2 | 0 | 1739.1 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,125 | 3 | 0 | 2666.7 |
| 2021 Q2 | 1,147 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 851 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,135 | 2 | 0 | 1762.1 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,085 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,932 | 5 | 3 | 2588.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 1,222 | 10 | 4 | 8183.3 |
| 2019 Q4 | 1,170 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 3,422 | 15 | 6 | 4383.4 |
| 2019 Q2 | 1,600 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 1,417 | 4 | 3 | 2822.9 |
| 2018 Q4 | 2,151 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,751 | 6 | 2 | 2181.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 2,628 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 2,650 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q4 | 3,229 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 3,645 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 3,607 | 1 | 0 | 277.2 |
| 2017 Q1 | 2,510 | 1 | 0 | 398.4 |
| 2016 Q4 | 3,033 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 4,239 | 1 | 0 | 235.9 |
| 2016 Q2 | 3,389 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q1 | 3,392 | 2 | 0 | 589.6 |
| 2015 Q4 | 2,370 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q3 | 2,593 | 7 | 5 | 2699.6 |
| 2015 Q2 | 2,114 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 Q1 | 2,104 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q4 | 2,032 | 3 | 3 | 1476.4 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,798 | 11 | 9 | 6117.9 |
| 2014 Q2 | 2,166 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q1 | 1,562 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 2,390 | 1 | 0 | 418.4 |
| 2013 Q3 | 1,966 | 2 | 2 | 1017.3 |
| 2013 Q2 | 1,658 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q1 | 971 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q4 | 1,412 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q3 | 1,481 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q2 | 1,324 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 Q1 | 856 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q4 | 1,895 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q3 | 1,313 | 1 | 1 | 761.6 |
| 2011 Q2 | 2,110 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 Q1 | 1,751 | 3 | 2 | 1713.3 |
| 2010 Q4 | 1,991 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q3 | 1,858 | 2 | 0 | 1076.4 |
| 2010 Q2 | 2,255 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 Q1 | 1,836 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q4 | 2,908 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q3 | 3,861 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q2 | 3,304 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 Q1 | 2,688 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q4 | 2,689 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2008 Q3 | 2,648 | 1 | 0 | 377.6 |
| 2008 Q2 | 2,630 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q4 | 2,408 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q3 | 875 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q2 | 2,603 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007 Q1 | 2,130 | 4 | 1 | 1877.9 |
| 2006 Q4 | 2,087 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q3 | 1,560 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006 Q2 | 1,695 | 3 | 0 | 1769.9 |
| 2006 Q1 | 2,134 | 1 | 0 | 468.6 |
| 2005 Q4 | 2,705 | 4 | 2 | 1478.7 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
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