Mining Incidents

Madison Mine Metal/Non-Metal

US Strategic Metals · Surface
Fredericktown, Madison County, MO  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 2301770

Madison Mine has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $735 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
2019–2022
Latest incident
Jul 2022
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2019
68
citations
8
significant & substantial
$17,234
proposed penalties
$16,499
paid to date
96% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $735 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2019
37
inspections on record
594
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: 594 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Madison Mine has $17K in proposed MSHA penalties and $735 outstanding across 0 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.
$17K
proposed penalties
$17K
current assessed
$16K
paid to date
$735
outstanding
68 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-04.
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 9,206 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 10,073 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 9,090 1 0 110.0
2025 Q1 8,463 0 0 0.0
2024 Q4 8,801 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 10,758 4 0 371.8
2024 Q2 9,937 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 6,996 1 0 142.9
Show 19 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 6,922 9 1 1300.2
2023 Q3 10,768 5 0 464.3
2023 Q2 18,035 1 0 55.4
2023 Q1 32,020 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 37,887 3 0 79.2
2022 Q3 47,240 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 54,726 15 4 274.1
2022 Q1 42,519 2 0 47.0
2021 Q4 48,839 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 32,353 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 35,300 4 0 113.3
2021 Q1 28,851 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 30,605 2 0 65.3
2020 Q3 25,352 9 2 355.0
2020 Q2 15,409 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 16,722 10 1 598.0
2019 Q4 12,441 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 12,901 1 0 77.5
2019 Q2 1,042 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

2022 · 1 incident

July 24, 2022 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
US Strategic Metals · Fall down stairs

EE was working by the rougher cells. When EE needed to check in on the cleaner cells, EE walked down a set of stairs, misjudging the last step and slipped, causing EE to fall and hit EE's head on the step.

2019 · 1 incident

August 14, 2019 MO · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
US Strategic Metals · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was using an angle grinder to cut off a section of pipe. The angle grinder bound up and kicked back striking the employee on the top of the left hand. The grinder cut through EE's glove a caused a small laceration on the top of the left hand. This laceration required 5 stitches to close the cut.

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