Mining Incidents

NCK Quarries LLC Metal/Non-Metal

NCK Quarries LLC · Surface
Smith Center, Smith County, KS  ·  Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1401750

NCK Quarries LLC has $6K 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 2013
31
citations
7
significant & substantial
$6,256
proposed penalties
$6,256
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
29
inspections on record
449
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: 449 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

NCK Quarries LLC has $6K 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.
$6K
proposed penalties
$6K
current assessed
$6K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
31 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-10.
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 1,242 0 0 0.0
2025 Q3 1,239 0 0 0.0
2025 Q2 1,240 2 0 1612.9
2025 Q1 1,184 1 0 844.6
2024 Q4 1,262 0 0 0.0
2024 Q3 1,347 1 0 742.4
2024 Q2 1,516 0 0 0.0
2024 Q1 1,631 1 0 613.1
Show 46 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2023 Q4 1,628 0 0 0.0
2023 Q3 1,664 0 0 0.0
2023 Q2 1,700 0 0 0.0
2023 Q1 1,710 0 0 0.0
2022 Q4 1,465 2 0 1365.2
2022 Q3 1,750 0 0 0.0
2022 Q2 1,599 2 0 1250.8
2022 Q1 1,077 3 0 2785.5
2021 Q4 1,077 0 0 0.0
2021 Q3 1,089 0 0 0.0
2021 Q2 1,088 0 0 0.0
2021 Q1 1,108 0 0 0.0
2020 Q4 1,064 0 0 0.0
2020 Q3 1,192 0 0 0.0
2020 Q2 1,091 0 0 0.0
2020 Q1 149 0 0 0.0
2019 Q4 1,025 0 0 0.0
2019 Q3 1,142 0 0 0.0
2019 Q2 925 0 0 0.0
2019 Q1 0 0 0
2018 Q4 237 0 0 0.0
2018 Q3 1,348 1 0 741.8
2018 Q2 735 0 0 0.0
2018 Q1 846 0 0 0.0
2017 Q4 1,496 2 0 1336.9
2017 Q3 1,278 4 2 3129.9
2017 Q2 1,152 0 0 0.0
2017 Q1 1,191 0 0 0.0
2016 Q4 1,233 0 0 0.0
2016 Q3 1,442 1 1 693.5
2016 Q2 1,031 0 0 0.0
2016 Q1 913 0 0 0.0
2015 Q4 917 3 2 3271.5
2015 Q3 1,193 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 988 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 700 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 928 1 1 1077.6
2014 Q3 1,017 0 0 0.0
2014 Q2 1,042 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,228 1 0 814.3
2013 Q4 1,624 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,371 0 0 0.0
2013 Q2 958 3 0 3131.5
2013 Q1 682 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 582 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 766 0 0 0.0

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.

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