Mining Incidents

Melton Fertilizer & Lime: 30 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

M & D Real Properties LLC · Surface
Buffalo, Dallas County, MO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2302396

Melton Fertilizer & Lime has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2009
30
citations
7
significant & substantial
$3,922
proposed penalties
$3,922
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2009
19
inspections on record
169
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: 169 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Melton Fertilizer & Lime has $4K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 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.
$4K
proposed penalties
$4K
current assessed
$4K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
30 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2020-01-08.
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.
23.3%
significant & substantial
20.0%
high negligence or reckless
23.3%
reasonably likely or greater
60.0%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 13.3% low, 66.7% moderate, 20.0% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, 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: 2017-08-29, 9 years ago
0%
of limit-tested samples over the exposure limit
6
samples
4
limit-tested
Most sampled contaminants
  • Diesel particulate (total carbon)3
  • Respirable dust, <.1mg2
  • Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz1
Show the individual readings (9)
Date Contaminant Concentration Limit Conc / limit Occupation
2017-08-29 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2012-05-09 Respirable dust, <.1mg 0 Front-end Loader Operator
2009-05-13 TC @ 160 147 160 0.92 Scaling (hand)
2009-05-13 EC @ 160 93 160 0.58 Blaster, Powder Gang
2009-05-13 Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% Qtz 0.2 10 0.02 Utility Man
2009-05-13 EC @ 160 61 160 0.38 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2009-05-13 TC @ 160 72 160 0.45 Drill Operator, Jumbo Perc.
2009-05-13 TC @ 160 142 160 0.89 Blaster, Powder Gang
2009-05-13 EC @ 160 122 160 0.76 Scaling (hand)
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.
Ownership history
  1. M & D Real Properties LLC 2009 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2021 2
2020 2
2019 2
2018 2
2017 2
2016 2
2015 3
2014 3
2013 3
2012 3
2011 3
2010 2
2009 4
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Melton Fertilizer & Lime sits in Dallas 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.
Dallas County, Missouri · Population 17,344
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$53,177
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
2021 Q3 36 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 102 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 72 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 90 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 148 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 83 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 70 1 0 14285.7
2019 Q4 111 0 0 0.0
Show 40 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2019 Q3 106 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 154 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 79 0 0 0.0
2018 Q4 85 2 0 23529.4
2018 Q3 125 7 1 56000.0
2018 Q2 87 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 75 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 128 0 0 0.0
2017 Q3 151 1 1 6622.5
2017 Q2 157 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 132 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 124 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 123 0 0 0.0
2016 Q2 138 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 97 1 0 10309.3
2015 Q4 121 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 122 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 158 3 0 18987.3
2015 Q1 47 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 82 0 0 0.0
2014 Q3 172 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 147 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 65 1 0 15384.6
2013 Q4 125 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 148 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 109 0 0 0.0
2013 Q1 77 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 90 5 2 55555.6
2012 Q3 76 0 0 0.0
2012 Q1 104 0 0 0.0
2011 Q4 89 0 0 0.0
2011 Q3 94 0 0 0.0
2011 Q2 106 0 0 0.0
2011 Q1 50 0 0 0.0
2010 Q4 83 0 0 0.0
2010 Q3 123 0 0 0.0
2010 Q2 128 0 0 0.0
2010 Q1 38 1 0 26315.8
2009 Q4 134 0 0 0.0
2009 Q3 127 4 2 31496.1

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.