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Houstonia Quarry: 52 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Kingdom City, Pettis County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2302119

Houstonia Quarry has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
8
Years on record
1997–2016
Latest incident
May 2016
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
52
citations
11
significant & substantial
$11,293
proposed penalties
$8,425
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,868 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.'s full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
40
inspections on record
452
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: 452 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Houstonia Quarry has $11K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 5 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.
$11K
proposed penalties
$8K
current assessed
$8K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
52 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2016-10-26.
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.
21.2%
significant & substantial
1.9%
high negligence or reckless
21.2%
reasonably likely or greater
75.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 19.2% low, 78.8% moderate, 1.9% 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.
6 citations taken to the federal commission · 12% of citations on record
  • Settled 6 · 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 1 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
46%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $3K 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 2017-03-15.
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 2017-0244 Settlement Miller 2017 $6K → $3K
CENT 2011-250M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $200 → $200
CENT 2011-292M Settlement Lesnick 2011 $100 → $100
CENT 2012-375M Settlement Lesnick 2012 $100 → $100
CENT 2013-410M Settlement Lesnick 2013 $100 → $100
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: 2015-01-14, 11 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
16
samples
13
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz12
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
  • Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (16)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-01-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.33 1.75 0.19 Truck Driver
2015-01-14 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.18 10 0.02 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-01-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.16 1.27 0.13 Truck Driver
2015-01-14 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 1.72 0.28 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-03-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 1.17 2.02 0.58 Crusher Oper/Worker
2009-03-03 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-03-03 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.61 3.13 0.19 Truck Driver
2006-10-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.35 1.46 0.24 Truck Driver
2006-10-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.48 1.51 0.32 Truck Driver
2006-10-18 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.13 1.31 0.10 Crusher Oper/Worker
2006-10-18 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-11-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.55 1.25 0.44 Truck Driver
2002-11-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.32 1.99 0.16 Truck Driver
2002-11-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 1.8 0.19 Crusher Oper/Worker
2002-11-26 Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz 1.08 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-11-26 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.28 1.84 0.15 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.

Houstonia Quarry recorded 9.33 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2016.

Injury rate, 2016
ⓘ This rate is reportable injury cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers per year, computed as 200,000 times cases divided by MSHA operator-reported employee-hours. Cases are injuries MSHA graded degree 01 through 07; accident-only events that hurt no one are excluded, and so are contractor injuries, whose hours do not attach to a single mine. Rates begin in 2000, when quarterly employment reporting starts, and are withheld below 20,000 hours in a year.
9.33
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Above average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.17 and the all-US-mining average was 2.59 cases per 100 workers.
In Missouri, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.48 cases per 100 workers that year.
Under 100,000 employee-hours were reported that year, so a single case moves the rate by two or more. Read the figure as approximate.
Year total case rate days-away fatal
2016 * 9.33 0.00 0.000
2012 * 7.94 7.94 0.000
2009 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2001 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
* Fewer than 100,000 employee-hours that year; the rate is less stable.
Source: injury cases from MSHA accident and injury records; employee-hours from MSHA quarterly employment reports. Rate is cases per 100 full-time-equivalent workers, operator employees only.
Ownership history
  1. Mid-Missouri Limestone Inc 1995 to 2018
  2. Con-Agg Companies, LLC 2018 to 2026
  3. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2026 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 2
2017 5
2016 10
2015 7
2014 5
2013 4
2012 12
2011 8
2010 8
2009 15
2008 2
2007 4
2006 4
2005 7
2004 4
2003 3
2002 3
2001 9
2000 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Houstonia Quarry sits in Pettis County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Pettis County, Missouri · Population 43,205
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$60,232
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
2018 Q3 284 0 0 0.0
2018 Q2 400 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 309 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,823 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 2,765 0 0 0.0
2017 Q2 4,632 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,900 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 2,202 2 1 908.3
Show 67 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q3 3,657 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 7,265 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 8,303 2 0 240.9
2015 Q4 3,967 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 5,889 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 4,217 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 2,197 1 0 455.2
2014 Q4 3,293 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 4,168 2 0 479.8
2014 Q2 1,427 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 597 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,958 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 2,795 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 645 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 641 1 0 1560.1
2012 Q4 4,667 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 7,087 0 0 0.0
2012 Q2 8,131 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 5,316 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 5,762 1 0 173.6
2011 Q3 6,991 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 1,806 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 1,055 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 5,293 1 0 188.9
2010 Q3 3,807 6 0 1576.0
2010 Q2 5,269 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 691 0 0 0.0
2009 Q4 2,463 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 13,786 0 0 0.0
2009 Q2 13,878 0 0 0.0
2009 Q1 3,253 0 0 0.0
2008 Q4 1,807 7 4 3873.8
2008 Q3 599 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 578 0 0 0.0
2008 Q1 585 0 0 0.0
2007 Q4 610 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 831 0 0 0.0
2007 Q2 5,226 1 1 191.4
2007 Q1 965 0 0 0.0
2006 Q4 4,204 2 1 475.7
2006 Q3 997 0 0 0.0
2006 Q2 1,448 0 0 0.0
2006 Q1 648 0 0 0.0
2005 Q4 2,460 7 1 2845.5
2005 Q3 5,354 0 0 0.0
2005 Q2 1,253 0 0 0.0
2005 Q1 5,834 0 0 0.0
2004 Q4 1,340 0 0 0.0
2004 Q3 643 0 0 0.0
2004 Q2 1,612 0 0 0.0
2004 Q1 5,756 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 907 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 630 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 654 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 3,717 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,445 4 1 734.6
2002 Q3 698 2 0 2865.3
2002 Q2 647 0 0 0.0
2002 Q1 572 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 5,360 0 0 0.0
2001 Q3 10,911 6 1 549.9
2001 Q2 1,416 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 3,907 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 2,975 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 1,151 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 638 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 5,450 7 1 1284.4
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

8 on file

2016 · 1 incident

May 6, 2016 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Mid-Missouri Limestone Inc · Struck by flying object

Employee was using sledge hammer to loosen hammer shoe in crusher. When struck, the shoe broke and metal shrapnel hit employee in hand and arm. Employee had stitches in right hand and left forearm.

2015 · 2 incidents

September 9, 2015 MO · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid-Missouri Limestone Inc · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

Maintained awkward position while welding, resulted in strained knee / sore knee. Knee swelled, developed fluid on knee. Employee reported 5 days later and was treated through a prescription and light duty.

2014 · 1 incident

September 12, 2014 MO · Metal/Non-Metal crusher attendant/operator, pan feeder operator/worker HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid-Missouri Limestone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

employee was putting new v-belts on crusher, pinched tip of left index and middle finger

2012 · 1 incident

May 9, 2012 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mid-Missouri Limestone Inc · Fall from machine

Employee slipped while performing maintenance on machinery. Impacted chest.

2005 · 1 incident

October 3, 2005 MO · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
Mid-Missouri Limestone Inc · Struck against a moving object

Employee slammed brakes on loader, lost power and control, collided with stockpile dump truck (employee statement).

2004 · 1 incident

March 11, 2004 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Mid-Missouri Limestone Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS ASSISTING WITH THE REMOVAL OF A CYLINDER FROM A WHEEL LOADER. THE SAFETY STRAPS SHIFTED AND PINCHED THE TIPS OF TWO FINGERS ON EE'S RIGHT HAND BETWEEN LOADER FRAME AND PRY BAR.

1997 · 1 incident

June 5, 1997 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Mid-Missouri Limestone Inc · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING TO GET IN HIS LOADER AND STUMBLED OVER A ROCK, TWISTING AND DISLOCATING HIS KNEE AND SPRAINING HIS WRIST.