Mining Incidents

LeLoup Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Ottawa, Franklin County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401517

LeLoup Quarry has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K outstanding across 2 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1988–2024
Latest incident
Jan 2024
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2011
93
citations
21
significant & substantial
$30,390
proposed penalties
$21,179
paid to date
70% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $9,211 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2011
40
inspections on record
544
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: 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.

LeLoup Quarry has $30K in proposed MSHA penalties and $2K 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
$21K
paid to date
$2K
outstanding
88 assessments are final orders; 2 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-04-08.
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 3,703 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
2024 Q2 4,634 1 0 215.8
2024 Q1 3,897 0 0 0.0
Show 50 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 4,123 2 1 485.1
2023 Q3 5,064 1 0 197.5
2023 Q2 4,224 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 4,108 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 3,967 3 0 756.2
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 7 4 1757.9
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 4 1 968.8
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 5 3 1141.3
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 1 0 193.7
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, 2024 KS · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Penny's Aggregates, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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, 2021 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Penny's Aggregates, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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, 2011 KS · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Penny's Aggregates, Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Coming down off the loader that feeds the second screen stepped on the conveyor didn't see the roller and caused employee to roll his ankle

1988 · 1 incident

November 8, 1988 KS · Metal/Non-Metal HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Penny's Concrete Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.