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: 544 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
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: 2019-10-08.
On record since 2019.
Source: MSHA imminent-danger order records, updated weekly.
LeLoup Quarry has $30K 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.
$30K
proposed penalties
$23K
current assessed
$23K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
92 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
Of $14K in penalties contested before the Commission, $7K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-08.
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.
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.
5citations taken to the federal commission · 5% of citations on record
Settled
5 · 100%
75%
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 Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.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 4 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
52%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$14K proposed, $7K 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 2020-01-08.
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.
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: 2026-01-16
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
20
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
Respirable dust, <.1mg11
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz8
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (20)
Date
Contaminant
Concentration
Limit
Conc / limit
Occupation
2026-01-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Rotary Bucket Ex. Operator
2026-01-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2026-01-16
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2023-09-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.25
1.02
0.25
Crusher Oper/Worker
2023-09-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.19
Truck Driver
2023-09-07
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.31
Front-end Loader Operator
2022-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2022-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Backhoe Operator
2022-09-13
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-02-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.27
Backhoe Operator
2019-02-12
Unlisted Particulate, respirable, <1% Qtz
0.19
Crusher Oper/Worker
2019-02-12
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.58
Truck Driver
2019-02-12
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-07-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Drill Oper., Jackleg/Stoper
2017-07-18
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2017-07-18
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.41
2.13
0.19
Truck Driver
2011-07-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Front-end Loader Operator
2011-07-20
Respirable dust, <.1mg
0
Truck Driver
2011-07-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.82
1.61
0.51
Crusher Oper/Worker
2011-07-20
Quartz, respirable, >1% Qtz
0.81
2.62
0.31
Mechanic
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.
LeLoup Quarry recorded 0.00 reportable injury cases per 100 full-time workers in 2013.
Injury rate, 2013
ⓘ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
No reportable injury cases in any year shown. Employee-hours were reported in each of those years, so these are true zeros rather than missing data. Citations, listed in the compliance record above, are inspector-found violations and are counted separately from worker injuries.
Below average. The US metal and nonmetal mining average was 2.46 and the all-US-mining average was 2.99 cases per 100 workers.
In Kansas, metal and nonmetal mining averaged 3.31 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
2013 *
0.00
0.00
0.000
2012 *
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.
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year
Employees
2026
7
2025
7
2024
7
2023
7
2022
8
2021
7
2020
7
2019
7
2018
7
2017
8
2016
7
2015
8
2014
7
2013
11
2012
11
2011
11
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.
LeLoup Quarry sits in Franklin County, Kansas, where the Census mining category is 0.6% 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.
Franklin County, Kansas · Population 25,994
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$72,142
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
2026 Q2
3,866
22
5
5690.6
2026 Q1
3,623
1
0
276.0
2025 Q4
3,703
0
0
0.0
2025 Q3
4,072
2
0
491.2
2025 Q2
3,956
0
0
0.0
2025 Q1
3,750
1
0
266.7
2024 Q4
4,010
0
0
0.0
2024 Q3
3,830
0
0
0.0
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Quarter
Hours worked
Citations
S&S
Per 1M hrs
2024 Q2
4,634
1
0
215.8
2024 Q1
3,897
0
0
0.0
2023 Q4
4,123
2
1
485.1
2023 Q3
5,064
0
0
0.0
2023 Q2
4,224
0
0
0.0
2023 Q1
4,108
0
0
0.0
2022 Q4
3,967
2
0
504.2
2022 Q3
4,533
1
0
220.6
2022 Q2
3,770
0
0
0.0
2022 Q1
3,599
4
1
1111.4
2021 Q4
3,759
0
0
0.0
2021 Q3
4,185
2
0
477.9
2021 Q2
4,277
0
0
0.0
2021 Q1
4,039
0
0
0.0
2020 Q4
4,548
2
0
439.8
2020 Q3
4,447
0
0
0.0
2020 Q2
3,911
2
1
511.4
2020 Q1
3,762
0
0
0.0
2019 Q4
3,982
6
3
1506.8
2019 Q3
4,041
0
0
0.0
2019 Q2
4,212
8
2
1899.3
2019 Q1
3,441
1
0
290.6
2018 Q4
3,512
0
0
0.0
2018 Q3
3,807
0
0
0.0
2018 Q2
4,129
2
0
484.4
2018 Q1
3,617
0
0
0.0
2017 Q4
4,160
2
0
480.8
2017 Q3
4,287
5
1
1166.3
2017 Q2
4,111
0
0
0.0
2017 Q1
4,094
3
1
732.8
2016 Q4
4,034
0
0
0.0
2016 Q3
4,381
4
3
913.0
2016 Q2
3,992
0
0
0.0
2016 Q1
3,549
0
0
0.0
2015 Q4
3,577
1
0
279.6
2015 Q3
3,280
2
0
609.8
2015 Q2
3,270
0
0
0.0
2015 Q1
2,833
0
0
0.0
2014 Q4
2,429
2
0
823.4
2014 Q3
1,810
0
0
0.0
2014 Q2
2,545
2
0
785.9
2014 Q1
3,495
0
0
0.0
2013 Q4
5,162
0
0
0.0
2013 Q3
5,090
1
1
196.5
2013 Q2
5,833
0
0
0.0
2013 Q1
5,460
0
0
0.0
2012 Q4
5,436
0
0
0.0
2012 Q3
6,900
0
0
0.0
2012 Q2
7,530
3
0
398.4
2012 Q1
6,375
0
0
0.0
2011 Q4
6,556
0
0
0.0
2011 Q3
6,369
2
0
314.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file
2024 · 1 incident
January 24, 2024KS · Metal/Non-Metalbulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineerSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EE walked through water puddles not realizing there was ice underneath. EE slipped. EE reported EE's knee hurt the next day and we sent EE to the doctor who released EE to full duty with follow up visit & therapy. Knee strain was the diagnosis. EE has always been released to full duty but was referred to an Ortho doctor who thinks EE needs to have EE's knee repaired.
2021 · 1 incident
June 15, 2021KS · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Stepping down off a tail pulley guard that was 18" off the ground. Guard was covered with rubber belting and had loose rocks on it. As EE stepped down the rock slipped and made EE slide down the side of the rock. EE caught self and this resulted in a dislocated right shoulder. It was an 18" slip
2011 · 1 incident
October 21, 2011KS · Metal/Non-Metallaborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitmanSLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
EMPL WAS LYING ON BELT AND REACHED BACK OVER HIS HEAD TO HOLD A BOLT WHILE FLASHING WAS BEING INSTALLED HE FELT A PAIN IN R SHOULDER BUT DID NOT GO TO DR EMPL SAYS PAIN STILL THERE SO HE REPOR TED IT TO THE OFFICE ON 12-12-88 AND THEN WENT TO DR IS CURRENTLY WORKING AND RECEIVING TREATMENT