Mining Incidents

Kentucky Road Quarry: 206 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Eagle Materials Inc
Independence, Jackson County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2302211

Kentucky Road Quarry has $91K in proposed MSHA penalties and $243 outstanding across 5 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
9
Years on record
2001–2013
Latest incident
Apr 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
206
citations
81
significant & substantial
$91,483
proposed penalties
$72,203
paid to date
79% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $19,280 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
117
inspections on record
2,742
inspection hours
7.5
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.
206 citations across 2,742 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Imminent-danger orders
A Section 107(a) order removes miners from an area when an inspector finds an imminent danger. Each order is lifted once the condition is corrected, so this counts orders issued, not orders now in effect.
1
Section 107(a) orders
Most recent order: 2015-04-09.
On record since 2015.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.

Kentucky Road Quarry has $91K in proposed MSHA penalties and $243 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.
$91K
proposed penalties
$72K
current assessed
$72K
paid to date
$243
outstanding
205 assessments are final orders; 5 contested dockets.
Of $42K in penalties contested before the Commission, $13K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2018-07-02.
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.
39.5%
significant & substantial
8.3%
high negligence or reckless
39.0%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 19.0% low, 72.7% moderate, 8.3% 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.
9 citations taken to the federal commission · 4% of citations on record
  • Settled 8 · 89%
  • Vacated or withdrawn 1 · 11%
78%
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 9 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
69%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$42K proposed, $13K 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 2015-02-25.
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 2010-1326M Settlement McCarthy 2012 $21K → $4K
CENT 2015-0273 Withdrawal Rae 2015 $10K → $0
CENT 2015-0061 Settlement Lesnick 2015 $6K → $6K
CENT 2011-82M Settlement Pope II 2012 $2K → $1K
CENT 2014-81M Settlement Lesnick 2014 $2K → $1K
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: 2018-01-04, 8 years ago
17%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
126
samples
108
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Total Carbon,TC159 over
  • Diesel particulate (total carbon)398 over
  • Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon.158 over
  • TC as EC @ 35031 over
Show the individual readings (100)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2015-02-25 TC from EC @ 160 201 160 1.26 Blaster, Powder Gang
2015-02-25 TC @ 160 196 160 1.23 Blaster, Powder Gang
2013-07-30 EC @ 160 358 160 2.24 Blaster, Powder Gang
2013-07-30 EC @ 160 276 160 1.73 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2013-07-30 TC @ 160 412 160 2.58 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2013-07-30 TC @ 160 480 160 3.00 Blaster, Powder Gang
2013-05-01 TC @ 160 168 160 1.05 Blaster, Powder Gang
2013-03-05 TC @ 160 282 160 1.76 Blaster, Powder Gang
2013-03-05 EC @ 160 209 160 1.31 Blaster, Powder Gang
2013-02-05 TC from EC @ 160 209 160 1.31 Blaster, Powder Gang
2013-02-05 TC @ 160 208 160 1.30 Blaster, Powder Gang
2013-01-09 EC @ 160 298 160 1.86 Blaster, Powder Gang
2013-01-09 TC @ 160 184 160 1.15 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2013-01-09 TC @ 160 492 160 3.08 Blaster, Powder Gang
2007-02-07 TC as EC @ 350 399.64 350 1.14 Blaster, Powder Gang
2007-02-07 TCarbon @ 350 478.85 350 1.37 Blaster, Powder Gang
2004-10-27 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 437.81 400 1.09 Blaster, Powder Gang
2004-10-27 Total Carbon,TC 414.41 400 1.04 Blaster, Powder Gang
2004-10-27 Total Carbon,TC 511.07 400 1.28 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2004-10-27 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 535.41 400 1.34 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2004-10-27 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 797.48 400 1.99 Truck Driver
2004-10-27 Total Carbon,TC 730.99 400 1.83 Truck Driver
2004-02-25 Total Carbon,TC 420.52 400 1.05 Blaster, Powder Gang
2004-02-25 Total Carbon,TC 540 400 1.35 Laborer, Bullgang
2004-02-25 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 411.42 400 1.03 Blaster, Powder Gang
2004-02-25 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 454 400 1.14 Laborer, Bullgang
2002-12-18 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 768.37 400 1.92 Blaster, Powder Gang
2002-12-18 Total Carbon,TC 1446.33 400 3.62 Front-end Loader Operator
2002-12-18 Total Carbon,TC 774.05 400 1.94 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2002-12-18 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 708.02 400 1.77 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2002-12-18 Total Carbon,TC 445.93 400 1.11 Truck Driver
2002-12-18 Total Carbon,calculated from elemental carbon. 518.11 400 1.30 Truck Driver
2002-12-18 Total Carbon,TC 722.95 400 1.81 Blaster, Powder Gang
2018-01-04 TC @ 160 57 160 0.36 Mechanic
2018-01-04 TC @ 160 35 160 0.22 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-01-04 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Mechanic
2018-01-04 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2018-01-04 TC @ 160 100 160 0.63 Scaling (mechanical)
2018-01-04 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-01-04 EC @ 160 69 160 0.43 Scaling (mechanical)
2018-01-04 EC @ 160 30 160 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2018-01-04 EC @ 160 43 160 0.27 Mechanic
2017-10-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.2 1.59 0.13 Laborer, Bullgang
2017-10-04 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.29 2.42 0.12 Crusher Oper/Worker
2017-10-04 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-10-04 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.23 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2017-04-13 TC @ 160 31 160 0.19 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-13 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2017-04-13 EC @ 160 79 160 0.49 Scaling (mechanical)
2017-04-13 TC @ 160 110 160 0.69 Scaling (mechanical)
2017-04-13 TC @ 160 40 160 0.25 Truck Driver
2017-04-13 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-13 EC @ 160 25 160 0.16 Front-end Loader Operator
2017-04-13 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2017-04-13 TC @ 160 77 160 0.48 Truck Driver
2017-04-13 EC @ 160 56 160 0.35 Truck Driver
2017-04-13 EC @ 160 28 160 0.18 Truck Driver
2017-04-13 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2016-04-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.43 10 0.04 Crusher Oper/Worker
2016-04-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Laborer, Bullgang
2016-04-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2016-04-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 1.69 0.20 Cleanup Man
2016-04-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.15 10 0.02 Truck Driver
2015-11-18 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Scaling (mechanical)
2015-11-18 EC @ 160 28 160 0.18 Scaling (mechanical)
2015-11-18 TC @ 160 48 160 0.30 Scaling (mechanical)
2015-11-18 EC @ 160 74 160 0.46 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2015-11-18 EC @ 160 11 160 0.07 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-18 TC @ 160 15 160 0.09 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-18 TC @ 160 103 160 0.64 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2015-11-18 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-11-18 EC @ 160 33 160 0.21 Blaster, Powder Gang
2015-11-18 TC @ 160 33 160 0.21 Blaster, Powder Gang
2015-11-18 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2015-11-18 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Blaster, Powder Gang
2015-02-25 TC @ 160 13 160 0.08 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-02-25 TC @ 160 152 160 0.95 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2015-02-25 EC @ 160 151 160 0.94 Blaster, Powder Gang
2015-02-25 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2015-02-25 EC @ 160 110 160 0.69 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2015-02-25 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2015-02-25 EC @ 160 7 160 0.04 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-11-20 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Truck Driver
2014-11-20 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.68 10 0.07 Scaling (mechanical)
2014-11-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.79 1.96 0.40 Utility Man
2014-11-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.34 2.21 0.15 Crusher Oper/Worker
2014-11-20 Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz 0.41 2.44 0.17 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2014-04-02 TC @ 160 23 160 0.14 Truck Driver
2014-04-02 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2014-04-02 EC @ 160 88 160 0.55 Truck Driver
2014-04-02 EC @ 160 20 160 0.13 Truck Driver
2014-04-02 TC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-02 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2014-04-02 TC @ 160 128 160 0.80 Truck Driver
2014-04-02 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-04-02 EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Front-end Loader Operator
2014-02-06 EC @ 160 14 160 0.09 Truck Driver
2014-02-06 TC @ 160 27 160 0.17 Truck Driver
2014-02-06 TC from EC @ 160 0 160 0.00 Truck Driver
2014-02-06 EC @ 160 70 160 0.44 Truck Driver
Showing 100 of 221 laboratory readings: every over-limit reading, then the most recent. MSHA reads one air sample several times, so readings outnumber the samples counted above. The full set is in MSHA's Personal Health Samples file.

Area samples (mill and shop air)

Last sampled: 2015-02-25, 11 years ago
2
samples
Show the individual readings (6)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Area sampled
2015-02-25 TC from EC @ 160 0 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE A
2015-02-25 EC @ 160 143 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE A
2015-02-25 TC @ 160 191 UG TRAVEL/HAULAGE A
2013-02-05 TC from EC @ 160 0 UG SHOP
2013-02-05 EC @ 160 74 UG SHOP
2013-02-05 TC @ 160 117 UG SHOP
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.

Kentucky Road Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2017.

Injury rate, 2017
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.
0.00
total case rate
0.00
days-away rate
0.000
fatality rate
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 1.99 and the all-US-mining average was 2.48 cases per 100 workers.
In Missouri, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 2.71 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
2017 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2016 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2015 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2014 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2013 * 5.35 0.00 0.000
2012 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2011 * 0.00 0.00 0.000
2010 * 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. Rocca Processing Llc 2000 to 2003
  2. Lafarge North America Inc. 2003 to 2012
  3. Talon Concrete and Aggregates LLC 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2018 10
2017 13
2016 15
2015 18
2014 16
2013 14
2012 12
2011 13
2010 11
2009 11
2008 14
2007 18
2006 18
2005 15
2004 14
2003 12
2002 9
2001 9
2000 8
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Kentucky Road Quarry sits in Jackson County, Missouri, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Jackson County, Missouri · Population 717,021
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$67,178
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 Q2 5,255 1 0 190.3
2018 Q1 7,471 1 0 133.9
2017 Q4 7,280 1 1 137.4
2017 Q3 7,847 1 1 127.4
2017 Q2 7,795 4 0 513.1
2017 Q1 8,311 4 2 481.3
2016 Q4 8,187 3 0 366.4
2016 Q3 10,045 2 0 199.1
Show 63 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2 10,331 2 0 193.6
2016 Q1 10,164 5 1 491.9
2015 Q4 12,059 2 0 165.9
2015 Q3 12,921 3 0 232.2
2015 Q2 12,212 4 1 327.5
2015 Q1 12,295 2 1 162.7
2014 Q4 11,480 5 1 435.5
2014 Q3 11,332 6 4 529.5
2014 Q2 7,291 5 2 685.8
2014 Q1 6,962 4 0 574.5
2013 Q4 8,179 8 2 978.1
2013 Q3 12,382 10 5 807.6
2013 Q2 9,614 8 5 832.1
2013 Q1 7,194 5 3 695.0
2012 Q4 8,199 4 1 487.9
2012 Q3 7,617 2 1 262.6
2012 Q2 7,081 2 1 282.4
2012 Q1 5,024 2 0 398.1
2011 Q4 5,148 1 0 194.3
2011 Q3 6,566 3 1 456.9
2011 Q2 7,486 4 2 534.3
2011 Q1 5,539 4 2 722.2
2010 Q4 6,420 9 1 1401.9
2010 Q3 7,739 4 3 516.9
2010 Q2 6,112 5 1 818.1
2010 Q1 3,257 3 2 921.1
2009 Q4 5,091 2 0 392.9
2009 Q3 5,334 4 0 749.9
2009 Q2 5,073 1 1 197.1
2009 Q1 3,897 4 1 1026.4
2008 Q4 6,125 3 1 489.8
2008 Q3 7,866 0 0 0.0
2008 Q2 8,571 4 2 466.7
2008 Q1 9,401 5 2 531.9
2007 Q4 9,220 0 0 0.0
2007 Q3 11,846 1 0 84.4
2007 Q2 12,604 0 0 0.0
2007 Q1 11,587 3 2 258.9
2006 Q4 11,622 1 0 86.0
2006 Q3 13,802 1 1 72.5
2006 Q2 12,755 1 1 78.4
2006 Q1 10,841 1 1 92.2
2005 Q4 11,162 4 3 358.4
2005 Q3 15,904 2 1 125.8
2005 Q2 13,857 1 1 72.2
2005 Q1 11,096 3 0 270.4
2004 Q4 11,298 2 2 177.0
2004 Q3 10,452 6 3 574.1
2004 Q2 10,131 3 0 296.1
2004 Q1 8,443 2 1 236.9
2003 Q4 7,485 6 3 801.6
2003 Q3 8,450 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 7,740 0 0 0.0
2003 Q1 6,177 0 0 0.0
2002 Q4 5,824 0 0 0.0
2002 Q3 6,888 0 0 0.0
2002 Q2 6,877 1 1 145.4
2002 Q1 4,921 0 0 0.0
2001 Q4 6,176 3 1 485.8
2001 Q3 6,908 1 0 144.8
2001 Q2 1,992 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 1,348 2 1 1483.7
2000 Q4 3,373 2 1 592.9
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

9 on file

2013 · 1 incident

April 11, 2013 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Talon Concrete and Aggregates LLC · Struck by falling object

Employee went to mount tongue of trailer that pump was mounted on, to the ball on the maintenance truck. Truck was not aligned with the tongue so employee went to move the tongue over. Employee moved the tongue too far over causing the tongue on the trailer to slip off the blocks and smash his finger under the tongue.

2008 · 2 incidents

September 15, 2008 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lafarge North America Inc. · Fall from machine

Employee was walking along frame of rock crusher, slipped off and fell to ground causing elbow injury.

February 26, 2008 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Lafarge North America Inc. · Struck against a moving object

Employee operating loader, inadvertantly loader bucket struck rock debris pile, causing loader to abruptly stop. Operator was gripping steering wheel with both hands, causing a slight impact affecting wrists of operator; wearing seatbelt. Operator remained in full duty work as per doctor. As of early April, employee received minor physical therapy for wrist discomfort.

2006 · 1 incident

December 19, 2006 MO · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver OTHER
Lafarge North America Inc. · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE came to work this morning and notified other ee that he did not feel good he was having chest pains. Other ee told mgr ee what was going on. MGr said take ee to the hospital. Other EE took him to the hospital and came back to work. He had test ran and the hospital found he had 2 blocked arteries and they needed to do open heart surgery.

2005 · 1 incident

March 1, 2005 MO · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge North America Inc. · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee was working on impact crusher belt when his foot was caught between the impactor blow bar and the wear plate.

2004 · 2 incidents

September 13, 2004 MO · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, roof trimmer/scaler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Lafarge North America Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee reported back injury on 8-11-04, but did not seek treatment at that time. Employee reported aggravation on 9-13-04 and was sent to the doctor. He was diagnosed with lumbar strain and was placed on restrictions, making this event recordable.

February 23, 2004 MO · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Lafarge North America Inc. · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF LADDER WHILE EXITING HAUL TRUCK AND ARM STRUCK EXHAUST BRACKET DURING FALL. CURRENTLY ON LIGHT DUTY - NO LOST TIME INVOLVED.

2002 · 1 incident

October 3, 2002 MO · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Rocca Processing Llc · Fall from machine

OPERATOR WAS CLEANING WINDOWN ON LOADER, SLIPPED & HIT THE CATWALK ON LEFT BACK.

2001 · 1 incident

August 16, 2001 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Rocca Processing Llc · Struck against stationary object

CUT FINGER ON GUARD.