Mining Incidents

House Springs Quarry (CS-73) Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Riverstone Group
House Springs, Jefferson County, MO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2300106

House Springs Quarry (CS-73) has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1996–2021
Latest incident
Sep 2021
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
66
citations
9
significant & substantial
$9,541
proposed penalties
$8,473
paid to date
89% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,068 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
65
inspections on record
859
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: 859 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

House Springs Quarry (CS-73) has $10K in proposed MSHA penalties and $151 outstanding across 3 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.
$10K
proposed penalties
$9K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$151
outstanding
66 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-08-21.
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 3,888 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 3,546 3 0 846.0
2025 Q2 3,853 0 0 0.0
2025 Q1 3,437 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 3,181 3 0 943.1
2024 Q3 2,958 4 0 1352.3
2024 Q2 2,312 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 2,946 0 0 0.0
Show 96 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,038 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 3,939 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 4,079 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,405 1 0 227.0
2022 Q4 3,378 0 0 0.0
2022 Q3 3,821 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 3,873 1 0 258.2
2022 Q1 3,751 0 0 0.0
2021 Q4 4,326 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 4,616 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 4,705 1 0 212.5
2021 Q1 4,533 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 4,246 1 0 235.5
2020 Q3 4,630 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 5,044 3 0 594.8
2020 Q1 4,701 1 0 212.7
2019 Q4 4,478 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 5,197 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 5,051 2 0 396.0
2019 Q1 4,715 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 4,588 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 4,853 1 0 206.1
2018 Q2 4,755 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 4,492 1 0 222.6
2017 Q4 4,516 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 4,698 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,836 2 0 413.6
2017 Q1 4,748 1 0 210.6
2016 Q4 4,653 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 4,830 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 4,758 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 4,745 2 0 421.5
2015 Q4 4,271 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 4,496 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,246 1 0 235.5
2015 Q1 3,956 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 4,166 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,805 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 4,358 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 3,359 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 3,973 1 0 251.7
2013 Q3 4,560 3 0 657.9
2013 Q2 3,278 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 198 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 4,358 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 5,615 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 5,262 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 2,951 1 0 338.9
2011 Q4 4,622 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 4,891 7 2 1431.2
2011 Q2 4,473 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 2,636 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 4,497 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 5,207 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 5,647 2 0 354.2
2010 Q1 3,998 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 4,195 2 0 476.8
2009 Q3 5,051 5 4 989.9
2009 Q2 4,477 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,415 5 2 1464.1
2008 Q4 5,184 0 0 0.0
2008 Q3 5,936 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 6,318 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 3,909 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 5,411 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 6,198 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 6,346 1 0 157.6
2007 Q1 5,936 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 5,546 0 0 0.0
2006 Q3 6,001 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 6,796 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 6,089 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 5,919 2 0 337.9
2005 Q3 6,002 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 6,873 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 6,030 1 0 165.8
2004 Q4 6,243 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 6,167 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 6,141 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,567 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 5,918 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 6,748 2 0 296.4
2003 Q2 6,561 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 5,280 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 6,149 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,011 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,162 1 0 162.3
2002 Q1 5,342 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,561 1 0 179.8
2001 Q3 6,080 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 6,289 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 5,653 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 5,102 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 6,124 4 1 653.2
2000 Q2 6,444 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,341 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

2021 · 1 incident

September 17, 2021 MO · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker MACHINERY
Bussen Quarries, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was patching a chute with a piece of plastic poly board. A co-worker was power drilling from inside chute while Employee was holding poly board in place on the outside. Employee instructed driller to drill top first, inadvertently drilled bottom holes causing injury to Employee's left wrist. Employee sent to Hand/Wrist specialist, where it was cleaned up and sutured.

2019 · 1 incident

April 3, 2019 MO · Metal/Non-Metal miner, prospector, nec HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bussen Quarries, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

employee was stepping down out of man lift basket onto catwalk with a piece of metal to replace in the scalper. When EE stepped onto catwalk EE heard a pop and felt pain in the back of EE's lower right leg.

2015 · 1 incident

October 6, 2015 MO · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Bussen Quarries, Inc. · Over-exertion in lifting objects

Employee was lifting a yoke that secures a transmission in place on a R-50 Euc haul truck. Lifted it chest high and was trying to lift it higher when he felt a pop in right shoulder.

1996 · 1 incident

April 17, 1996 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA)
House Springs Quarry & Materials Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REPETITIVE MOTION USING STICK STEERING ON 988F.

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